Volume 5 Number 19
“There’s trouble my friend, right here in River City,” sang Tony Award winner Robert Preston first on Broadway in 1957 and on the silver screen in 1962’s The Music Man. Preston was playing Professor Harold Hill, who had just arrived in fictional River City, Iowa on the Rock Island Railroad. The setting [...]
Volume 5 Number 17
When the telephone rings here at URPA World Headquarters, one never knows who could be on the other end of the line. These days, it’s often a reporter, looking for a quote about the correlation between high gas prices and Amtrak ridership. (If you believe all reporters call with an open mind [...]
Volume 5 Number 16
Here’s a follow-up to the saga of commuter rail in Central Florida, as reported in the previous This Week at Amtrak.
Volume 5 Number 15
New commuter rail in Central Florida went down on Friday in the Florida Senate, but it may not be out.
Volume 5 Number 14
Mayday! Mayday! Yes, it’s May Day, and Amtrak is having its 37th anniversary of operations, and it still needs all the help it can get.