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icarussmith20
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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...
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icarussmith20
Sep 28, 20213 min read
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...
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icarussmith20
Sep 19, 20213 min read
McAuliffe defends maskless Amtrak ride: 'We can always do better'
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is running to win back his seat in November, defended himself for not wearing a face covering...
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icarussmith20
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Kansas City Southern plans to accept Canadian Pacific's $27 bln bid
Sept 12 (Reuters) - Kansas City Southern (KSU.N) said on Sunday it planned to accept Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd's (CP.TO) $27.2 billion...
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icarussmith20
Sep 11, 20212 min read
Airlines and Amtrak Could Require Proof of Vaccine if New Bill From Virginia Dem Passes
Congressman Don Beyer, a Virginia Democrat, introduced a new piece of legislation on Thursday that if passed would require proof of...
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icarussmith20
Sep 9, 20213 min read
What Is Happening With The Kansas City Southern Deal?
The Journey So Far… Kansas City Southern is the smallest of the seven large US and Canadian railroads which runs from Springfield...
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icarussmith20
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Amtrak faces challenges in meeting deadline to make 312 stations ADA-compliant, report says
As Amtrak embarks on a six-year push to ensure more than 300 stations meet requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act, it must...
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icarussmith20
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Amtrak suspends service between Boston and DC over weather
Amtrak announced on Thursday that service between Boston and Washington, D.C. had been suspended. “Due to severe weather with significant...
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icarussmith20
Sep 5, 20214 min read
Railroads Brace as Regulator Signals Willingness to Take On Industry
WASHINGTON—The obscure federal regulator that threw a wrench into a $30 billion railroad merger this week could have more in store for...
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icarussmith20
Sep 2, 20215 min read
Amtrak might add more than 50 new routes. But they still won't be faster than a car
Washington, DC (CNN) The $1 trillion infrastructure bill appears set to give passenger and freight rail $66 billion, an infusion that...
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icarussmith20
Sep 1, 20213 min read
U.S. regulator rejects Canadian National's voting trust to buy Kansas City Southern
Aug 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. rail regulator on Tuesday rejected a voting trust structure that would have allowed Canadian National Railway...
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icarussmith20
Aug 30, 20212 min read
‘Mass confusion’ at $1.6B Moynihan Train Hall after every ride listed for same track
Wait — which track is my train? Rail passengers were left baffled at Moynihan Train Hall earlier this year, when one day every train was...
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icarussmith20
Aug 27, 202110 min read
How Amtrak's CEO Plans to Spend $66 Billion
Congress is nearing passage of the largest investment in public transit ever. About $66 billion of that money is slated to go to Amtrak,...
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icarussmith20
Aug 26, 20211 min read
NY-NJ Rail Tunnel Work Will Ramp Up in 2022, Amtrak CEO Says
Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Bill Flynn said Wednesday that construction on the proposed Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New...
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icarussmith20
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Disrupted by wildfires, Amtrak resumes Coast Starlight service between LA and Seattle
Amtrak will resume its Coast Starlight service, which runs between Los Angeles and Seattle, next week. Service on the popular 35-hour...
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icarussmith20
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Amtrak Becomes Latest Travel Company to Mandate Vaccines for Employees
Amtrak became the latest company to require vaccinations for employees on Thursday, joining several airlines that have mandated the jab....
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icarussmith20
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Kansas City Southern may delay Canadian National deal vote
(Reuters) - Kansas City Southern said on Thursday it has turned down a $27 billion bid from Canadian Pacific Railway and will delay a...
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icarussmith20
Aug 11, 20212 min read
US Travel Industry Cheers Senate Passage of Historic Infrastructure Bill
The U.S. Senate has approved the $1 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with Tuesday's 69-30 vote being met by...
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icarussmith20
Aug 10, 20214 min read
Canadian Pacific Plans New, Higher Bid for Kansas City Southern
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP -1.06% is planning to make a new, increased offer for Kansas City Southern, KSU -0.80% according to...
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icarussmith20
Aug 8, 20215 min read
An Obstacle to Amtrak Expansion That Money Won’t Solve
WASHINGTON — More than a decade ago, Hurricane Katrina washed away many of the railroad tracks that line the Gulf Coast, leaving the...
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