Annual Members Meeting
Steel Wheels Conference 2016: A Year of Possibilities December 5, 2015 9:30 am – 3:00 pm Doors Open 9:00 am, with a break for...
infoAugust 6, 2015
The Unreported Meltdown on the Route of the California Zephyr
There were a few news reports on June 27th of an Amtrak train from Chicago that was stranded overnight in Iowa because of...
Noel BraymerJuly 12, 2015
What is Metrolink’s New CEO Art Leahy Up Too?
The interview in the June 30th Los Angeles Times by reporter Dan Weikel with Art Leahy gave some hints of what the future...
Noel BraymerJuly 12, 2015
Cap and Trade’s effect on California’s Railroads
The State of California’s official policy is to reduce its emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The...
Noel BraymerJuly 11, 2015
How to Serve All Stations with Faster Trains
Almost every town that has railroad tracks with passenger rail service on them would love to have a train station. If a town...
Noel BraymerJune 27, 2015
BYE BYE to Amtrak’s Dining Cars?
What would travel on Amtrak’s long distance trains be like if there were no Dining cars?
Russ JacksonJune 19, 2015
Why Does Amtrak want to expand Penn Station for New Jersey Transit?
The recent crash of Amtrak Train 118 in Philadelphia on May 12th set off a series of rhetorical contortions that tried to “blame”...
Noel BraymerMay 30, 2015
How to Make Grade Crossings Safer for Everyone
The derailment by a speeding Amtrak train this May in Philadelphia resulting in 8 deaths and over a hundred injuries of passengers has...
Noel BraymerMay 22, 2015
Toronto’s Go Transit is a Great Regional Passenger Rail Service
Begun in 1967 with one commuter rail line, Go Transit now has 7 lines. Daily ridership on Go Transit trains is 215,000. This...
Noel BraymerMay 11, 2015
Amtrak at 44: “Happy Birthday” to the Southwest Chief and Sunset Limited
It is no secret that for 44 years Amtrak’s long distance trains have had a target firmly placed upon them. From the nitpicking...
Russ JacksonMay 2, 2015