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Category: Amtrak/Commuter News

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Senate approves amendment to maintain Southwest Chief

August 2, 2018 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran’s (R – Kan.) and Tom Udall’s (D – N.M.) amendment to maintain Amtrak train services along the established, long-distance passenger rail route of the Southwest Chief, #3665, was included in the 2018 Transportation, Housing and [...]
  • Tags Amtrak Southwest Chief, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen. Tom Udall, Southwest Chief
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Public, politicians concerned over Amtrak’s planned cuts to service

July 31, 2018 The public and members of Congress have been vocal in their displeasure with Amtrak’s announcements of cuts and planned cuts to service, including replacement of dining car service with boxed lunches on some routes, de-staffing 15 train stations around the country that [...]
  • Tags Amtrak, Amtrak cuts, Amtrak service cuts, Congress, public outcry, Southwest Chief

FTA certifies state safety oversight programs of N.C., Wash. & Puerto Rico

July 11, 2018 States must receive FTA certification by April 15, 2019, or new federal transit funds cannot be awarded WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Washington have obtained federal ce [...]
  • Tags CATS, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, SSO, State Safety Oversight Program

White Pass & Yukon Railroad sold

June 20, 2018 In a joint venture, Alaska’s White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (WP&Y) is being sold to Survey Point Holdings (majority owners) and Carnival/Holland America (minority owners). The deal is set to be final Aug. 1. “Both companies have experience operating in Southeast Alas [...]
  • Tags Alaska, Local 1626, White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, WP&Y

RRB issues Statements of Service

May 29, 2018 Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a “Certificate of Service Months and Compensation” (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee with creditable railroad compensation in the previous calendar year. The RRB will mail the forms to employees during the fir [...]
  • Tags BA-6, Railroad Retirement Board, RRB, Statements of Service

Senators introduce bill making it a federal crime to assault passenger rail personnel

May 23, 2018 On the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Amtrak conductor Michael Case in Naperville, Ill., U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D – Ill.) introduced S. 2861 — The Passenger Rail Crew Protection Parity Act — a bill that would make it a felony to assault or intimidate [...]
  • Tags Amtrak, Michael Case, Passenger Rail Crew Protection Parity Act, S. 2861, Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. Tammy Duckworth

FRA takes proactive approach to help railroads meet Congressional PTC requirement

March 20, 2018 Railroads’ progress on Positive Train Control remains uneven WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT’s) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a status update on its efforts to assist railroads in implementing positive train control syst [...]
  • Tags FRA, positive train control, PTC

NTSB releases report on Amtrak/CSX collision

March 1, 2018 On February 4, 2018, southbound Amtrak train 91, operating on a track warrant, diverted from the main track through a hand-thrown switch into a siding and collided head-on with stationary CSX Transportation local freight train F777 03 on the CSX Columbia Subdivision in Cayce, [...]
  • Tags Amtrak, Amtrak Crash, Amtrak Train 91, Amtrak Train 91 collision, Amtrak/CSX collision, CSX, NTSB, PTC

NTSB issues urgent safety recommendations

February 15, 2018 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued three urgent safety recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), acting upon the agency’s findings in two ongoing railroad accident investigations. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) received one u [...]
  • Tags Amtrak, CSX, FRA, LIRR, MTA, NTSB, NTSB recommendations, safety, safety recommendations

Funeral services announced for Michael Cella

February 8, 2018 Services have been announced for Brother Michael Cella, the SMART Transportation Division conductor, who was killed in the Amtrak Train 91 collision Feb. 4 in Cayce, S.C. A gathering of Cella’s friends and family will be 10 a.m. to noon immediately followed by a celebra [...]
  • Tags Amtrak 91, Michael Cella, worker killed

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