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Derailed BNSF fuel train fire in Texas nearly extinguished
(Reuters) - A BNSF Railway Company train carrying products including coal and gasoline to Houston in Texas was still burning on...
Feb 25, 2021


Amtrak official: Gulf Coast service starting in 2022
Amtrak passenger service along the Gulf Coast is on target to return in 2022 and could come in the early part of next year, an official...
Feb 24, 2021


House Covid bill includes $100 million for controversial Silicon Valley underground rail project
The House version of the coronavirus stimulus bill contains more than $100 million for an underground rail project in Silicon Valley for...
Feb 22, 2021


Amtrak cancels more trains in advance of next winter storm
WASHINGTON — Although the New York-Florida Silver Meteor and Silver Star are set to operate through the end of this week, Amtrak has...
Feb 18, 2021


Winter storms batter Amtrak from coast to coast
CHICAGO — The Union Pacific stack train derailment just south of the Normal, Ill., Transportation Center early Saturday kicked off a...
Feb 16, 2021


Passenger trains are part of America's soul
As the Coast Starlight leaves San Jose, I hum “Soul Train.” Like Amtrak, the song hails from the early 1970s, the era when President...
Feb 15, 2021


Amtrak Launches BOGO Valentine’s Day Sale
Amtrak is offering customers a special “Buy One Get One Free Sale” for Valentine’s Day. Starting today through February 16, travelers can...
Feb 13, 2021


Biden meets with bipartisan senators to discuss potential infrastructure bill
President Biden met with bipartisan senators on Thursday to discuss the contours of a potential infrastructure package, warning that if...
Feb 13, 2021


U.S. House panel approves $42.5 billion for transportation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to approve a plan to provide $42 billion in assistance to transportation...
Feb 11, 2021


Congressional Democrats set to back more than $50 billion for transportation sector
Democrats in the U.S. Congress are to release a sweeping plan on Monday to provide more than $50 billion in additional assistance to U.S....
Feb 9, 2021


Intermodal, chemicals and grain boost US rail traffic in January
Record intermodal and chemicals volumes as well as higher grain volumes boosted overall U.S. rail traffic in January, according to data...
Feb 7, 2021


Could “Amtrak Joe” Revolutionize Public Transport?
“Amtrak Joe” loves trains. He has taken Amtrak round trips between Delaware and Washington, D.C., some 8,200 times. He almost took one to...
Feb 5, 2021


Buttigieg: Talks ongoing on additional U.S. transportation sector assistance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Reuters on Thursday there are “very active” conversations...
Feb 5, 2021


Buttigieg says Transportation Dept will push 'bold' thinking
WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg, sworn in Wednesday as transportation secretary, urged his 55,000 employees to embrace "imaginative, bold,...
Feb 4, 2021


Biden administration pipeline restrictions may benefit crude by rail
The Biden administration’s efforts to kill key oil pipeline projects may boost crude by rail volumes, railroad officials say. President...
Feb 3, 2021


Pete Buttigieg Is Confirmed as Biden’s Transportation Secretary
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a 2020 Democratic presidential...
Feb 3, 2021


Unions, groups seek $112.8 billion in U.S. transportation assistance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unions and trade groups are seeking at least $112.8 billion in additional government assistance to rescue the...
Feb 2, 2021


Amtrak offers pay, benefits to vaccinated workers as national railroad aims for 100% vaccination
Amtrak is aiming to get 100% of its workforce vaccinated for the novel coronavirus and it is willing to extend pay and benefits to make...
Feb 2, 2021


Amtrak CEO Flynn sets company priorities for legislation
WASHINGTON —Amtrak CEO William Flynn has outlined his company’s “top five priorities that we ask Congress to address” in a letter sent to...
Jan 28, 2021


Joe Biden could revitalise America’s crumbling railway network
US President Biden has the opportunity to reverse the fortunes of the country’s ailing rail network and spark the second great railway...
Jan 26, 2021
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