by Malcolm Kenton | Oct 20, 2016
European train services range across five to six different types of service that vary based on the length of the route and the comfort and level of service offered on board, from the luxury, speeding TGVs to plodding local service. Nearly all European trains have...
by Malcolm Kenton | Mar 12, 2016
Here are my eight tips for planning and making the most of a journey on The Canadian: 1. It’s not all about the Rockies: Though winding through Jasper National Park in the shadow of Mt. Robson (Canada’s highest peak) and viewing the Cariboo range are some of the...
by Malcolm Kenton | May 20, 2015
The hearts of all who care about passenger trains are heavy with the losses suffered in last week’s tragic derailment of Amtrak Northeast Regional train 188 in Philadelphia. I am very thankful that neither I, nor any of my family or friends, were aboard train 188, and...
by Ned S. Levi | Feb 23, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is now law. Whether we’re Democrats or Republicans, Liberals or Conservatives, whether we’re cheering its passage or mourning it, it’s time to ensure the $787 billion in the law is spent...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 15, 2009
There has been a lot of talk about an infrastructure stimulus program in the United States, but only in the most general of terms. Even the ideas flying around the Internet, leaked from Democrat think tanks and inside the beltway, are sketchy. Highway and bridge...
