June 11, 2020 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: KSL, June 10, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY — As thunderstorms moved through Box Elder County’s western desert last week, lightning sparked a handful of fires that grew due to brush and invasive cheatgrass in the area. By the time the fires were extinguished, a few...
June 11, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Press Herald, June 10, 2020) PORTLAND, Maine — The Amtrak Downeaster will restart limited service on Monday, two months after suspending all passenger trains in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story: Press Herald
June 11, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, June 20, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State of...
June 11, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 10, 2020) NEW YORK — Officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced ridership on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) was 28,089 on June 8, the first day of New York City’s Phase 1 reopening, totaling 13% of the...
June 11, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, June 11, 2020) NEW YORK — Shouting over the noise of diners at a Mexican restaurant on the floor of a casino, buyout billionaire Wes Edens has come to Las Vegas, one of the cities least friendly to mass transit, to talk about passenger rail. “It’s not...
