Newsletter 8/1/25:Amtrak Long Distance Routes Are in Jeopardy

Amtrak’s Long Distance Routes Are in Jeopardy

Rail advocates must turn up the pressure to get new trains running ASAP.

Long-distance trains are high-value, high-impact mobility machines. They connect urban and rural areas, providing essential transportation for hundreds of smaller communities that are becoming more isolated from major economic centers.

But, after decades of neglect, the trains are old and worn out.  There are too few coaches and bedroom cars to meet demand.

Please ask US Department of Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy to work with Amtrak to get an order for new trains placed—with funds already appropriated by Congress—as soon as possible.

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A short Amtrak train of two locomotives and three Superliners passes by on a snowy day.

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