March 20, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2025) Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner abruptly resigned from his top post at the U.S. passenger railroad this week.Gardner’s departure also arrives just weeks after billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of privatizing Amtrak, as well...
March 13, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star, March 11, 2025) Rob Gleason, who was the chair of Pennsylvania’s Republican Party from 2006-2017, was named to the Amtrak Board of Directors. He would serve a five-year term. Gleason, a longtime resident of western Pennsylvania, has...
March 10, 2025 | Amtrak, News, Top News
Elon Musk hinted that bankrupting Amtrak could be a good thing even though bankruptcies have been detrimental to rail workers. ____________________ Last week, speaking to a Morgan Stanley investor conference, billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk said privatizing Amtrak...
February 7, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: The Urbanist, February 6, 2025) New intercity passenger rail legislation filed in the Washington State Legislature would set ambitious targets for enhanced Amtrak Cascades service and accountability. Full story: The Urbanist
February 6, 2025 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 4, 2025) If you thought Federal Railroad Administration grant programs for things like passenger service, shortline track maintenance, and grade crossing elimination projects would be the least likely place to become a front in the...
December 17, 2024 | Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 17, 2024) Railroads appear to have the manpower resources they need to handle volume growth as we head into the New Year. Three of the country’s six Class I railroads have more train and engine (T&E) employees than they did a year...
December 4, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CNN, December 3, 2024) Amtrak has reached a historic milestone, carrying 32.8 million passengers on the passenger rail system in fiscal year 2024. That’s a 15% increase from the previous fiscal year when it carried nearly 28.6 million riders, according to a...
November 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 25, 2024) The increases weren’t large compared to pre-pandemic 2019, but more Northeast Regional frequencies enabled Amtrak to capture enough travel demand to beat the company’s previous overall record ridership in fiscal 2024. Also, a...
November 15, 2024 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, November 15, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today continued its historic investment in passenger rail with nearly $1.5 billion for 19 projects along the...
November 8, 2024 | Amtrak, News, Top News
At the inaugural run of Amtrak’s Borealis service on May 21, from left: Joel Mueller, BLET Minnesota SLB Chairman, Riley Richmond, BLET Division 27, and Chad Roehrich, BLET Midwest Regional Chairman-Amtrak GCA. _____________________ Strong public interest in...
