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James McCommons
 James McCommons has been a journalist for more than twenty-five years and published hundreds of articles in magazines and major newspapers. A former senior editor at Organic Gardening magazine, he specializes in ecology and travel writing. He grew up in a railroad family and has spent thirty-five years riding trains in America. He currently teaches journalism and nature writing at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula.
In the News
Interview on KCUR's Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Listen Now
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 1: Hooray for High Speed Rail: LA.StreetsBlog.org
Amtrak pitiful now but there's rail hope: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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James's Books
 The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service
A Year Spent Riding Across AmericaDuring the tumultuous year of 2008—when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California—journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting on a Train is equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism.
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