March 18, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Center Square, March 17, 2022) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A bill calling for a study on train transportation across Tennessee passed unanimously Thursday in the state Senate. The study, to be completed by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental...
March 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 15, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has directed Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and related parties to be prepared to address several issues at the April 4 evidentiary hearing on Amtrak’s proposal to...
March 14, 2022 | Amtrak, CP, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 11, 2022) Amtrak yesterday recognized Canadian Pacific for earning an industry-leading “A” grade for the sixth-consecutive year on Amtrak’s annual Host Railroad Report Card, which ranks freight railroads for...
March 10, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 8, 2022) NEW YORK — A Norfolk Southern train derailment over the weekend had Amtrak cancelling trips. The accident happened in Perryman, Md., on the Northeast Corridor around 2 a.m. on March 5. The Northeast Corridor is...
March 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has rescheduled the evidentiary hearing for the Amtrak Gulf Coast case to April 4-5. Full story: Progressive Railroading
February 25, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 23, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX Transportation, with Amtrak concurring, has asked the Surface Transportation Board for a continuance (postponement) of the evidentiary hearing on Gulf Coast service originally scheduled to begin March 9, 2022, to...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Because Amtrak must use the freight rail network, any expansion of passenger rail service could affect not only freight rail operations but also the shippers and ports that depend on the freight rail...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: First Coast News, February 21, 2022) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The family of an elderly Glynn County couple killed in a train crash last year during their 50th wedding anniversary filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against both Amtrak and BNSF for wrongful death and...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 18, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pennsylvania and Norfolk Southern Railway are finalizing an agreement for several hundred millions of dollars in rail and station improvements over the next five years that will clear the way for a...
February 18, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 17, 2022) NEW YORK — This latest skirmish was fought hard on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 15 and 16. Holding their grounds through it all were Amtrak, joined by elected and other officials from Mississippi and advocates for passenger...
