April 11, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 8, 2022) NEW YORK — The battle between Amtrak and potential host railroads CSX and NS, joined by the Port of Mobile, entered a new stage April 4, as the first witnesses began their appearances before the Surface Transportation Board (STB)...
April 11, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Jalopnik, April 10, 2022) Amtrak is hoping to restore passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana. The federally-owned company operated on the route until it discontinued operations after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Though, Amtrak...
April 8, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age column by Jim Blaze, April 7, 2022) NEW YORK — As the evidentiary hearing regarding the reintroduction and expansion of Amtrak passenger train service between New Orleans and Mobile continues before the Surface Transportation Board, interesting...
April 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern’s view of the impact of potential Amtrak service was a focal point of Wednesday’s third day of hearings on the passenger carrier’s effort to launch two daily round trips between New Orleans...
April 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 5, 2022) NEW YORK — At this writing, the first witness in the slugfest between Amtrak on one side and CSX, NS and the Port of Mobile on the other, is focusing on confidential matters. That creates an opportunity to think further about the...
April 5, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 4, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monday’s first day of a Surface Transportation Board hearing on Amtrak’s request to initiate service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., moved so slowly that some attorneys speculated that the four days...
March 31, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 29, 2022) The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would receive $142 billion under President Joe Biden’s fiscal-year 2023 budget proposal, the department announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive...
March 30, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2022) NEW YORK — Surface Transportation Board-sponsored mediation is the best means “to facilitate a prompt and orderly commencement of Gulf Coast passenger service while protecting the customers and shipping partners that rely on...
March 23, 2022 | Amtrak, COVID, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Railway Age, March 23, 2022) NEW YORK — Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada took major hits in the two years since COVID-19 pushed much of the world into lockdown mode. Today, Amtrak’s service recovery has stalled, while VIA Rail is looking forward to something of a...
March 18, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP, War on Workers
(Source: Courthouse News Service, March 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Ninth Circuit panel heard arguments Thursday in an appeal with major implications for labor law in the United States and the sick pay of railroad workers in California. A consortium of railroad...
