There’s an old Johnny Cash song about hearing “that lonesome whistle blow.”

Well, it looks like we could hear that same whistle here in Texarkana—if Amtrak doesn’t change course.

The national passenger rail service is planning to drop staffing from the Texarkana terminal when the longtime station agent retires this month.

So passengers will be left on their own when trying to take a train from Texarkana to parts across the country.

This comes as ridership from the local station is on the increase. This year the Texarkana terminal’s passenger coun...