June 10, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, June 9, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — After hovering around the 400,000-unit mark all year, railcars in storage spiked 25% in May to 520,729. This was the one of many takeaways from the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) June report. Full...
June 9, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 5, 2020) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to settle an ongoing dispute with Metra over the commuter railroad’s use of Chicago Union Station, which Amtrak owns. Full story: Progressive...
June 9, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Streetsblog San Francisco, June 8, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO — An alliance of pro-oil, anti-rail Republicans and parochial, Southern California Democrats are ratcheting up efforts to divert some $4.8 billion slated for the electrification of California’s High-Speed...
June 9, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Kansan, June 8, 2020) NEWTON, Kan. — As COVID-19 led to stay-at-home orders in multiple states, including Kansas, federally supported Amtrak passenger train routes like the Southwest Chief kept rolling. Day after day, night after night, the trains kept...
