http://www.unitedrail.org Almost anything is possible in a train ... - Paul Theroux Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:58:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Volume 6, Number 20 Founded over three decades ago in 1976, URPA is a nationally known policy institute which focuses on solutions and plans for passenger rail systems in North America. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, URPA has professional associates in Minnesota, California, Arizona, New Mexico, the District of Columbia, Texas, New ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2009/06/28/this-week-at-amtrak-2009-06-29/ Volume 6, Number 19 Founded over three decades ago in 1976, URPA is a nationally known policy institute which focuses on solutions and plans for passenger rail systems in North America. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, URPA has professional associates in Minnesota, California, Arizona, New Mexico, the District of Columbia, Texas, New ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2009/06/27/this-week-at-amtrak-2009-06-27/ Volume 6, Number 18 Founded over three decades ago in 1976, URPA is a nationally known policy institute which focuses on solutions and plans for passenger rail systems in North America. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, URPA has professional associates in Minnesota, California, Arizona, New Mexico, the District of Columbia, Texas, New ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2009/06/25/this-week-at-amtrak-09-06-25/ Volume 6, Number 17 1) Are you a fan of failure? You may be, if you believe the following things to be true: The reasons freight railroads exited the passenger business in 1971 are the same reasons anyone but Amtrak should not be in the passenger rail business today. Railroads in ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2009/06/15/this-week-at-amtrak-2009-06-15/ Volume 6, Number 16 For those of us who keep track of segments of the news using key words for Internet searches, the term "Amtrak" has been popping up on a frequent basis in stories referring to the bankruptcy and government restructuring of General Motors. Most of the time, Amtrak is ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2009/06/07/this-week-at-amtrak-2009-06-08/