May 10, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Grist, May 5, 2022) Ever since Hurricane Katrina swept across the Deep South in 2005, shredding the region’s railways, it’s been impossible to take a train heading east from New Orleans to the rest of the Gulf Coast. For years, Amtrak has been trying to...
May 2, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: White House press release, April 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as members of the Amtrak Board of Directors: David Capozzi, Nominee for Member of the Amtrak...
April 21, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: CNN, April 20, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is embroiled in a fight that may have vast implications for the future of US rail service, including the billions of dollars devoted to it from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Amtrak, which typically speaks...
April 21, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 20, 2022) NEW YORK — At this writing, Amtrak is preparing to present its case to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) disputing the amount of new infrastructure that potential host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern claim must be built...
April 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 20, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Switching details and conflicting traffic modeling assumptions dominated discussions at the Surface Transportation Board’s hearing into Amtrak plans to launch passenger service between New Orleans and...
April 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 19, 2022) NEW YORK — The “Second Battle of Mobile” is in full swing. Prospective host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, along with the Port of Mobile, are in a heated dispute with Amtrak at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about how...
April 19, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bob Johnston, April 18, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two days of testimony that made up the second week of the Surface Transportation Board’s hearing on Amtrak Gulf Coast service delved into the intricacies of traffic modeling and its...
April 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 12, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board’s evidentiary hearing in the Amtrak Gulf Coast case that began last week will continue this and next week, the board announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive...
April 12, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 11, 2022) Amtrak is seeking $3.3 billion in total grant funding for fiscal-year 2023, as part of the national intercity passenger railroad’s annual appropriation request from Congress. Full story: Progressive...
April 11, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by David Peter Alan, April 8, 2022) NEW YORK — I’m sure that many people my age (I’m in my 70s) remember the “can do” attitude of the railroads from our youth, so many decades ago. Today, two of the nation’s seven Class I railroads...
