By Paul Conley, Editor-in-Chief, RT&S Magazine; April 1, 2019
There’s a lot of work to be done on Amtrak. The railroad said its state of good repair backlog (SOGR) has passed $33.3 billion, with $28.1 billion of that on the Northeast Corridor.
Those billion-dollar figures, included in a five-year infrastructure plan released by the railroad, mark an historic low point for the passenger service. Amtrak describes the state of good repair backlog (SOGR) as “the assets that have been assessed as at or nearing the end of their useful lives.”