Budget Cuts and the End of the Line

An Amtrak train departing Fullerton Station on the Southwest Chief line. Well, the budget cuts come for us all, in the end. For the past year I've been a contractor for Amtrak where I've been working remotely from my desk at The Map Center. I've effectively been doing two full time jobs: one that keeps the lights on and one that I hope will one day. Thanks to aggressive federal pressure, there…