The Little Engine That Could
Train service around here can be awfully slow. Not so slow as the horse-drawn carriages the government allowed to fade...
Derailed
I’ve never ridden the St. Louis/Kansas City Amtrak train, but have heard plenty of negative things about it. This year,...
Post-Dispatch Up and Gets Free-Market on Us …
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board is certainly capable of surprises, and this morning’s editorial about Amtrak is one such...
I Call Shotgun!
I spotted Kevin Horrigan‘s fantastic article on Amtrak subsidies last week when it was published in the Post-Dispatch, but somehow...
Amtrak is Successful … I’m Surprised!
An article in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch discusses the increasing ridership of Amtrak between Chicago and St. Louis. Last year,...
Realism is a Good Thing…
My love of trains has been discussed before. However, in a recently released study recommending against adding an Amtrak line...
Bureaucracy for the Uninsured
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson says she wants her plan for government-run health care to be "driven by the private sector":...
Trains, market gains and monopolies…
Yesterday, my colleague, Sarah Brodsky, posted on the report on Missourinet about MoDOT’s desire to improve Amtrak’s performance in order...
Will Amtrak Make a Comeback?
MoDot wants to make Amtrak more popular: Weiler says Missouri has about 175,000 Amtrak riders annually. He speculates that could...
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