November 25, 2020 - TRA News Analysis - Amtrak's long-distance network trains continued to outpace the Northeast Corridor and state-supported trains again in September, with numbers supplied by the passenger rail agency. This despite the fact that Amtrak executives cut 4/7th...

October 11, 2020 - Randy Diamond - San Antonio Express-News - The last daily Texas Eagle train from San Antonio to Chicago left the station Sunday morning, its best days trailing far behind it. The train had only four passenger cars. The chef,...

Updated August 28, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Ridership on intercity long-distance services is edging back up despite the pandemic while at the same time Amtrak said it will cut back cross-country trains by some 60% in October Ridership numbers...

August 26, 2020 - TRA Opinion - Connections... Connections... Connections... Without any institutional knowledge left at Amtrak to schedule trains, no one apparently realizes that while Hurricane Laura heads north up the Mississippi Valley the sun is still shining on the Texas...

August 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak finally released their reduced 3-times-a-week schedule for the long haul trains. The schedule takes effect in less than 60 days on October 1. The Texas Eagle will be one of the biggest casualties...

August 3, 2020 - Trains Magazine - Bob Johnston - Deja vu: Amtrak service to be cut from daily to 3x weekly October 1 1995 plan that cut trains to "save money" didn't work Expected "savings" did not offset costs Any...

May 1, 2020 - I’m aboard Amtrak’s Texas Eagle, train #21, en-route to Fort Worth, Texas today and it’s eerily quiet onboard. Life on Amtrak’s national rail system in these days of COVID-19 reminds me of a tune rolling around in my...

July 21, 2019 - myleaderpaper.com - A proposed Amtrak stop could be the start of bigger things in De Soto. That’s the message from a group called Fast Track De Soto, which envisions a new rail platform in De Soto to accommodate...

June 3, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Severe weather, heavy rain and historic flooding conditions continue to affect freight and passenger railroads' operations in parts of the U.S. South, Central Plains and Midwest regions. Amtrak announced late last week that it has cancelled its...

August 27, 2018 - TRA Newswire / TRAINS Magaine - In a stunning announcement from Amtrak Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Gardner to officials in towns along the Southwest Chief route,  he indicated that the passenger railroad will...