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Taking a fatal walk
Just as it seems that not a day goes by without Amtrak announcing a change that reduces the utility of their trains, so, too, does it...
The dismantling of Amtrak, continued
If properly used, the word "dismantling" refers to taking apart a machine or structure. However, in the case of Amtrak, I cannot think...
Making sausage
A famous quotation attributed to "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck, who unified Germany in the nineteenth century, says that you should...
The Grinch and The Future
First the Future. Those of you who have been reading this blog know that I think Florida's Brightline train--I have mistakenly been...
Taking Amtrak apart
Amtrak's recent announcement that it would auction or otherwise sell off 48 pieces of equipment, including vintage passenger cars and...
More after Amtrak; the long-distance cruise
When the ocean marine transportation business could no longer make money on travel between city pairs, say, London to New York, for...
Serving desperate city pairs after Amtrak
Last time, I was talking about how an example Amtrak long-distance route, the Southwest Chief, could be segmented into day trains to...
What else, indeed?
Let's say we take my advice from the previous blog and dump Amtrak altogether. What can replace it? I guess I'm not worried about the...
To dump or not to dump
Every day it seems more and more like the Amtrak board of directors and upper management simply do not want to run long-distance...
And then there were six; and on BNSF there will be four
Six is the remaining number of passenger railroads that may not qualify for a Positive Train Control (PTC) extension under current...
