Amtrak Cascades Could Get Customs Preclearance in Canada Shaving At Least 10 Minutes Off...
Amtrak is hoping to improve service from Vancouver, British Columbia for its Amtrak Cascades service. At a briefing Wednesday, Ron Pate of the Washington...
Midweek Video: Rail Plus
https://youtu.be/bVQAfT89hCQ
Have you heard of Sound Transit’s Rail Plus program? If not, this video explains how ORCA passholders can use their cards on certain Amtrak...
Transportation Appropriations Bill Kickstarts Cascadia High-Speed Rail Authority
On Sunday, the Washington State Legislature concluded the 2019 legislative session. Many progressive environmental, transportation, land use, and housing bills managed to win approval...
Positive Train Control Fully Activated on Sounder Corridors
On Monday, Sound Transit announced that positive train control (PTC) has been fully implemented and received certification along the Sounder commuter rail corridors. Sounder...
What Is the State of US Rail Travel in 2019?
This is the second post in a two part series about train travel in the US. If you would like learn more about riding Amtrak...
Going The Distance On Amtrak
Some lessons learned about US train travel from a recent 48 hour trip on Amtrak.
This Christmas holiday I made an unconventional choice for my...
Sunday Video: Ready To Build
https://youtu.be/QJi2-I18kW4
Over the past several months, there has been some serious apprehension by the Trump administration to fund America’s most important infrastructure project: the Hudson...
Map of the Week: Cascadia Rail
On Monday, a new advocacy organization called Cascadia Rail announced itself to the world, piquing interest with their spiffy map by maestro cartographer Oran...