July 21, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Topeka Capital-Journal, July 18, 2022) TOPEKA, Kan. — Crossing railway tracks is a daily fact of life in most Kansas communities. The industry is a key part of the state’s history and lore, from its status as the terminus of the Chisholm Trail and a...
July 20, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 18, 2022) OAKLAND, Calif. — Three people were injured after an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train hit on-track maintenance equipment late Friday morning, disrupting rail service for several hours. Full story: Trains...
July 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 14, 2022) NEW YORK — Amtrak is calling on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to deny CN’s conditions to the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger because they do “not satisfy the Board’s ‘operationally feasible’ requirement” and...
July 12, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Seattle Times, July 10, 2022) SEATTLE, Wash. — As President Biden’s ambitious passenger rail expansion plan faces an early test on the Gulf Coast, Washington train advocates have expressed concern about how it could affect the Pacific Northwest. Full story:...
July 1, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 1, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed suit the company that owns the dump truck involved in Monday’s fatal collision and derailment of the Southwest Chief — and the widow of the truck driver has sued a BNSF...
July 1, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, July 1, 2022) The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Norfolk Southern (NS) on June 30 announced the financial closing of a deal that will expand commonwealth-supported Amtrak service from Washington, D.C., to Roanoke and to the New...
June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Railway Age, June 28, 2022) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train 4 traveling eastbound from Los Angeles to Chicago on June 27 derailed after striking a dump truck that was obstructing a public grade crossing in Missouri. Four people died as a result of...
June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSHB, June 29, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For more than two-and-a-half years, the Chariton County Commission has tried to get concerns about the safety of the Porche Prairie Avenue railroad crossing addressed, but BNSF and the Missouri...
June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Main Public Radio, June 29, 2022) So far this month, Downeaster passenger trains are carrying 94% as many riders as in June 2019, before the pandemic. Full story: Main Public Radio
June 29, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, June 28, 2022) MENDON, Mo. — A day after the deadly crash on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said people were taken to 10 hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious. By Tuesday afternoon, at least 15 people remained...
