January 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 6, 2022) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A proposed $31 billion acquisition involving two freight rail giants won’t imperil plans to add a second daily passenger train trip between St. Paul and Chicago — and could mean that...
January 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Television station WXYZ, January 6, 2022) DETROIT — Amtrak has announced support for the Canadian Pacific railway’s combination with the Kansas City Southern railway, which adds a route from Detroit to Toronto. Full story:...
January 5, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Hill, January 4, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Amtrak train en route to New York from New Orleans was stuck on the track in Virginia for more than 30 hours because of a winter storm. Full story: The Hill
January 4, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board should not be swayed by the political winds that appear to support Amtrak’s ambitions when it comes to restoring passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama, and New...
December 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 28, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In filings that maintain if not elevate the level of acrimony between the two sides, CSX and Norfolk Southern have attacked almost every aspect of Amtrak’s response to their initial argument in the...
December 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Winston-Salem Journal, December 27, 2021) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem leaders plan to start pushing hard in the coming year to bring back passenger rail service to the city, but say it will be neither a quick nor easy journey. Full story:...
December 20, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 20, 2021) Amtrak’s human resources department does not have sufficient leadership or staff to effectively recruit, screen, hire and onboard new employees, which will likely hinder the railroad’s plans to add 2,500 to...
December 16, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 15, 2021) NEW YORK — Stephen J. Gardner is taking over Amtrak leadership on Jan. 17, 2022, succeeding William J. Flynn, the railroad reported on Dec. 15. Flynn, who is retiring, will remain as a senior advisor through the end of the...
December 16, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s light at the end of the tunnel for passenger rail expansion projects thanks to the $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill enacted last month, nearly 20 years after Amtrak’s first Downeaster set...
December 15, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 14, 2021) NEW YORK — In a Dec. 14 memo to employees, Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn reported that the railroad will “revert to our original vaccine mandate policy announced on Aug. 11, which will allow, on an interim basis, for testing as an...
