December 16, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railfan and Railroad Magazine, December 15, 2022) Amtrak has released renderings of the new “Airo” trains that will eventually replace Amfleet cars and older diesel locomotives on state-supported routes from coast to coast. The new trains will be built by...
December 15, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 14, 2022) In 2021, Amtrak executives spent most of the railroad’s 50th anniversary year promoting a 15-year strategy for expansion that would connect dozens of cities — up to 160 communities — to new Amtrak service....
December 15, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Roll Call, December 14, 2022) Amtrak employees have tried to sell “high-security keys” used to operate rail switches and other “critical sensitive infrastructure,” posing security risks to passengers and crews, according to the government-owned passenger rail...
December 14, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 12, 2022) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board to investigate why host railroad practices — primarily at Union Pacific Railroad — are contributing to substandard on-time performance (OTP) of its Sunset Limited...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, December 9, 2022) Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast will come in 2023, but few details are being disclosed about last month’s settlement in a case before a federal agency that could have national implications over how passenger rail is conducted...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, December 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of almost $2.3 billion in funding to expand and...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 8, 2022) Five Presidential nominees to the Amtrak Board of Directors—one a renomination—and one re-nominee to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) were recommended for Senate confirmation Dec. 7 by the Senate Commerce Committee meeting...
November 28, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 23, 2022) Slightly more than one week before the final hearing scheduled before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) concerning proposed Amtrak service between New Orleans and Mobile, the parties apparently have settled their...
November 16, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release (PDF), November 16, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a list of priority projects in the Northeast Corridor, a railroad line that spans from Boston to Washington, D.C. This...
November 15, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 14, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board last week granted a request to extend mediation talks between Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and other parties over Amtrak’s proposal to restore Gulf Coast passenger...
