Recently, my wife and I took the train to Kansas City. It was only the second time on a train for both of us. A couple years ago I went to Springfield, IL on a day trip with my grandson.…

It is high time that America’s policy makers thought big about how to get the country through the current economic downturn. Last month, Amtrak posted the second highest ridership in its history with 27.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2009…

The letter “Outdated systems” in the September 28 Your Views makes several assertions about Amtrak that simply are not true.

Amtrak was started in 1971 to take over the failing railroad passenger service from the freight railroads.  To say it was…

I would be the last person to rail against mass-transit service, but the 110mph high-speed rail signed into law by Illinois Gov. Quinn and its 11 stops will unfortunately fall flat. The biggest problem facing rail transit in Illinois is…

The suggestion that the State of Missouri invest $10MM to relieve congestion on the Union Pacific Kansas City to St. Louis line merits comment. Three other railroads, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, and Rock Island, connect those cities. Their idle…

Someone tried to set a trap here for rail passenger enthusiasts and failed.  The tone of the editorial, “Off Track” in the March 27, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is “you can’t have both.”  Fact of the matter is, both Amtrak and…

The Post Dispatch editorial opinion concerning Pete Rahn’s request for additional 10.6 million to extend sidings along a busy rail corridor misses a very big picture.  It is called infrastructure.  Something that is being touted half way across the world by all…

Once again Amtrak is in the spotlight; on how to gain ridership.  The delays due to the long freight and coal trains put a damper on usage as it just takes too long to get from St. Louis to Kansas…