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Security News This Week: TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers
AS RUSSIA'S WAR continues in Ukraine, the Biden White House has been scrambling to use every tool at its disposal in countering, or...
Apr 11, 2022


Class I railroads donate over $2 million for Ukraine relief
Four Class I railroads have donated nearly $2.3 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and the surrounding region. These...
Mar 28, 2022


‘Completely demoralized’: US railroad workers pushed to the brink.
American railroad workers are criticizing a new restrictive attendance policy at one of the largest railroad freight networks in the US,...
Mar 14, 2022


Railroad Unions Keep Fighting BNSF's New Attendance Rules
By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF's workers continue to fight against...
Mar 9, 2022


North American rail equipment makers keep close watch on Ukraine-Russia
The North American railcar and rail equipment manufacturing industry is keeping its eye on what’s happening in Ukraine and Russia since...
Mar 3, 2022


High-Speed Las Vegas Train Back On Track As U.S. Reviews L.A. Extension
Brightline, the only private passenger rail company in the U.S., could begin construction of its high-speed train from Las Vegas by early...
Jan 25, 2022


The Great Train Robbery: What’s Behind The Rise In LA Train Theft?
It’s ugly out there,’ concluded the Los Angeles Times as it reported on the dramatic increase in train theft around LA County. Last...
Jan 19, 2022


Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect
An assailant in the fatal shooting of a passenger on an Amtrak train in Missouri remained on the run Sunday as investigators worked to...
Jan 17, 2022


Rail industry wants to keep infrastructure, capacity projects on track
The issues that are before the Surface Transportation Board — reciprocal switching and proposed acquisitions — are important to rail...
Jan 7, 2022


Overflowing toilets, not enough food: Amtrak passengers recount experience on stranded Crescent
Some passengers were enduring one of the worst trips ever Tuesday as winter weather continued to wreak havoc not only with road travel...
Jan 6, 2022


Amtrak temporarily drops its vaccine mandate, avoiding cuts to service.
By Madeleine Ngo Amtrak has temporarily dropped its mandate for all employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a requirement that the...
Dec 15, 2021


Reform Amtrak to get the biggest value
No corporation will benefit more from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress in November than...
Dec 3, 2021


Amtrak Kicks Off Annual Track Friday Sale With Buy One Get One Free Offer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak has launched its sixth annual Track Friday Sale, offering customers the opportunity to...
Nov 26, 2021


Amtrak CEO outlines plans for spending $66 billion from infrastructure funding
By Deon J. Hampton Amtrak plans to use the $66 billion in funding it receives from the newly passed federal infrastructure bill to...
Nov 9, 2021


Legislation introduced to allow lawsuits against Amtrak
HELENA, Mont. — Two Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation Wednesday to end an arbitration clause that Amtrak implemented...
Oct 29, 2021


Cause of Montana Amtrak Derailment Still Under Investigation
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A preliminary report on the derailment of an Amtrak train in north-central Montana last month that killed three...
Oct 27, 2021


Union Pacific, unions spar over vaccine mandate rollout
Union Pacific and rail union members are sparring in federal court over how UP should implement a federal mandaterequiring certain...
Oct 19, 2021


Amtrak Hopes Infrastructure Bill Will Help Fund a Tunnel to Ease Delays on Northeast Corridor
BALTIMORE—When the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad completed its 1.4-mile tunnel in 1873, a local newspaper hailed it as “one of the...
Oct 18, 2021


CN Railroad Faces Investor Pressure After Losing Rail Deal
By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After walking away from its effort to buy Kansas City Southern railroad earlier this...
Sep 30, 2021


NTSB reviewing Amtrak train's black box and video to determine cause of derailment in Montana
(CNN)The National Transportation Safety Board says it is reviewing on-board video as well as data from the "black box" of the Amtrak...
Sep 28, 2021
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