February 17, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Legislation
(Source: Television station KING5, February 16, 2022) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state senators took a step toward establishing a high-speed train system linking Oregon to Canada. A proposal to put $150 million toward creating a system passed off the Senate floor...
February 11, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, February 9, 2022) NEW YORK — The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) on Feb. 8 issued a Draft 2022 Business Plan covering project progress plus areas of opportunity; the 500-mile Phase 1 system from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim...
February 9, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail, Technology
(Source: Opinion column by U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, published in The News Tribune, February 8, 2022) TACOMA, Wash. — The South Sound is a dynamic part of our globally connected region that deserves a fast connection to other major jobs centers up and down the...
February 8, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, February 7, 2022) NEW YORK — The record in this case is voluminous, and reviewing it was an arduous task. Boiled down to its most basic expression, the issue is whether or not an entity claiming to be a “railroad company” has the authority to...
February 4, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, January 31, 2022) NEW YORK — For a short time, it looked like the end of the line for James Frederick Miles and his supporters. Miles is the landowner from a rural county between Dallas and Houston who had fought fiercely against the proposed...
February 2, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, January 24, 2022) NEW YORK — A landowner in rural Texas is locked in a legal battle with the companies that are planning to build the Texas Central high-speed rail (HSR) project, which would establish a line between downtown Dallas and the...
January 31, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Historic/Steam
(Source: www.gvwire.com, January 30, 2022) FRESNO, Calif. — More than 80 years ago, California got a glimpse of high-speed rail with Santa Fe steam engine No. 3751. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the...
January 27, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, January 26, 2022) NEW YORK — Brightline West, the planned private-sector high-performance passenger railroad, is moving toward its goals of bringing passengers to Las Vegas and giving them a way to get there from Los Angeles. The railroad...
January 24, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 21, 2022) The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (CHSRA) board yesterday approved the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the 14-mile Burbank-to-Los Angeles project section. Full...
January 13, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Age, January 11, 2022) NEW YORK — When is a railroad not a railroad? Maybe “when it’s getting started in Texas.” The official answer to that question will come from the state’s Supreme Court within a few months. In a case with more twists and turns...
