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Amtrak, freight railroads continue service suspensions due to flooding

June 4th, 2019
June 3, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Severe weather, heavy rain and historic flooding conditions continue to affect freight and passenger railroads' operations in parts of the U.S. South, Central Plains and Midwest regions. Amtrak announced late last week that it has cancelled its...

Rebuttal to WaPo editorial: focusing on profits misses the point of Amtrak

May 18th, 2019
May 17, 2019 - Opinion - Jim Mathews, Rail Passengers Association - The May 4 Washington Post editorial “A road to salvation?,” attacking America’s long-distance train service, trotted out the same tired talking points about profits and losses that anti-rail interests...

Federal support for Texas high-speed rail from 10 Congressional districts

April 26th, 2019
April 26, 2019 - RailPassengers.org - On the heels of yet another dozen or so anti-high-speed-rail bills heard in the Texas state legislature comes a voice of support at the Federal level. Representative Johnson (D-TX) sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board this...

Bexar’s Eye: Amtrak’s San Antonio station – Where Chicago Meets LA

April 19th, 2019
April 14, 2019 - RivardReport.com - By Valerie Eiseler - When Amtrak’s Texas Eagle leaves its station in historic St. Paul’s Square, it does so in reverse. Slow and steady, until you can see the Lone Star neighborhood through the windows....

Amtrak's 2020 grant request shows path for Heartland Flyer expansion

March 23rd, 2019
March 23, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak has released it's 2020 General and Legislative Annual Report which includes its fiscal year Grant Request to Congress and it finally includes some positive news for the Heartland Flyer. The one daily round-trip from...

Amtrak says yes to Southwest Chief TIGER grant: indirectly good for Heartland Flyer

March 4th, 2019
February 27, 2019 - thekansan.com - Another round of the fight to preserve the Southwest Chief came to a close Feb. 27, as Amtrak notified Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan) of the organization’s intent to release $3 million to participate in a...

3 TX U.S. Reps among 91 concerned about Amtrak's Anderson and his national plans

February 28th, 2019
February 28, 2019 - TRA Newswire - 91 members of Congress have sent a letter to Amtrak President/CEO Richard Anderson concerned about his plans that could alter the national passenger rail network by providing more short-haul trains at the expense of...

Kansans optimistic on passenger rail to Oklahoma, Texas

February 6th, 2019
January 28, 2019 - ksn.com - Wichita, Kansas (KSNW) - You can get on a train in Newton and head to Los Angeles or Chicago, but Wichita has not had Amtrak trains stopping in town since the 1970s – but that could soon...

San Antonio joins chorus for daily cross-country Sunset Limited rail service

December 22nd, 2018
December 22, 2018 - TRA Newswire - The San Antonio city council has joined a list of cities across the southern tier states supporting a call for daily service by Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which now only runs tri-weekly through Texas and...

Are US trains really that bad? It's complicated

December 11th, 2018
December 9, 2018 - cnet.com - by Geoffrey Morrison - With limited routes and low-speed diesel locomotives, train travel in the US seems far behind the rest of the world. That's not going to change anytime soon. Compared to other wealthy nations,...

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