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I can't find any updates on the situation with Amtrak working with and/or fighting against the local transit authorities, on the plan to move the Texas Eagle off of the crowded UP tracks between Dallas and Fort Worth, and onto the TRE tracks. It's a complete no-brainer - eliminate delays due to...

After having a great time on our honeymoon trip to Detroit in 2011, my wife and I are planning to tour California by train - and when possible, stay in a tent. We're going to fly from Dallas to San Diego on Monday July 15, and return 10 days later, Thursday July 25. Of course, taking the train...

There's a breaking story going on at Union Station in Dallas. The train platform is closed, and the Texas Eagle (can't tell which direction) is not going anywhere. Apparently, an off-duty police officer was shot in the hand... the alleged assailant was shot by someone with much better aim, and...

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that a rift has developed between some of the backers of high-speed rail in Texas. It's a classic dispute, with a twist. I would think that many cities have had a debate about whether to run HSR into the downtown core vs. out to the airport... but...

The chatter about the supposed "plot" by Bin Laden and his cronies to derail a train got me thinking about the perception of risk, versus the reality of risk. As has been pointed out already, a rail-based attack in the US would be a ridiculously low-return way to terrorize a population...

For a rail fan, Dallas and Fort Worth are great places to hop off of the Texas Eagle or Heartland Flyer and spend some quality time riding around town on steel wheels. The Texas Eagle stops at Dallas Union Station, and the platform is shared by the Trinity Railway Express commuter line, as well...

It seems to be an article of faith that college towns are good places to have Amtrak stops. But there are a couple of college towns in Texas that are bypassed by Amtrak, when it seems (to a rail noob like me) that it would have been just as easy to run a train into them. Waco is home to Baylor...

This is a topic I've bounced around before on a local forum (dallasmetropolis.com), but I still don't fully understand: why doesn't Amtrak expand the Auto Train concept beyond the one East Coast route? It seems like the most logical thing: if Americans are so in love with their cars that they...

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Light Rail system is completely separated from all freight systems, except for one non-revenue segment -- the spur to the downtown-area maintenance yard. It's an active freight spur, but not heavily used -- the primary customer is the scrap metal yard which...

I'm fortunate to be engaged to someone with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for the unexpected, so today I'll probably be booking our tickets for a week-long trip from Dallas to Detroit, stopping overnight in Chicago twice, and taking Amtrak the whole way. If we could get to the Upper...