Carolyn Ulstad was discussing the possibility of a future passenger rail link between southeast Michigan and Traverse City and Petoskey when she paused to offer a personal story. It wasn’t about her, ...
On May 21, the first ever Amtrak Borealis train departed St. Paul for Chicago. With passenger rail in the United States in decline for decades prior, the opening of a new route was a historic moment.
Amtrak revived and took the lead on a long-mulled high-speed rail route between Dallas and Houston. North Texas transportation planners advanced the idea of extending that line to Fort Worth and ...