By Elise Young, Bloomberg; September 20, 2018 New Jersey Transit will cancel dozens of trains, including several along its most-used…
By Thomas C. Zambito, Rockland/Westchester Journal News; September 19, 2018 Wondering why you can’t get a seat on Metro-North even…
By Meg Garner, Reporter, Nashville Business Journal; September 17, 2018 Nashville’s lone commuter rail is slated to face a series…
By Alan Levin, Bloomberg; September 13, 2018 As railroads across the nation race to complete a congressional deadline for installing…
By Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post; September 11, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Tom…
By Art Leahy, The Orange County Register; September 8, 2018 Sometimes tragedy can be a vehicle for change. Ten years…
By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; September 6, 2018 I don’t need to write much about how the…
By Chip Kraft, Railway Age Magazine; September 5, 2018 To the degree that the new Amtrak management team is sincerely…
By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, The Dallas Morning News; August 31, 2018 The Trinity Railway Express will miss a federal deadline…
A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; August 29, 2018: Omaha, Neb., August 29, 2018 Union Pacific continues to make…
By GORDON DRITSCHILO, Staff Writer, Rutland Herald; August 28, 2018 Despite a dire-sounding story in a national rail publication, local…
By Lauren Abbate, Staff, Bangor Daily News; August 28, 2018 Amtrak will continue to service the Downeaster route from Massachusetts…
By BRIANNA GURCIULLO, With help from Tanya Snyder, Politico Morning Transportation; August 24, 2018 PTC = PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION: Three…
By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; August 22, 2018 News began to trickle out from congressional offices regarding which properties…
By Dan McKay, Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal; August 21, 2018 SANTA FE – New Mexico’s commuter rail system has pieced…
Note: Russ Jackson is the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review, and a huge fan of BLT…
Amtrak Cascades Engineer for Train Number 501 just before fatal crash: “A moment later, he saw the 30-mph speed restriction…
An Opinion By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; July 9, 2018 Watching Washington, July 2018:…
From Tacoma Weekly; June 28, 2018 Following the derailment on an Amtrak train in DuPont on Dec. 18, 2017, Washington…
By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Anthony Adragna, Brianna Gurciullo and Tanya Snyder, Politico Morning Transportation; June 29, 2018 AMTRAK…
By Curtis Tate, NorthJersey.com; June 27, 2018 NJ Transit received approval from federal regulators Tuesday for a plan that could…
By STEPHANIE BEASLEY and TANYA SNYDER, With help from Lauren Gardner and Brianna Gurciullo, Politico Morning Transportation; June 21, 2018…
By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Tanya Snyder, Lauren Gardner and Brianna Gurciullo, Politico Morning Transportation; June 15, 2018 A…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; June 14, 2018 BNSF Railway Co. has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation for a two-year…
May 15, 2018FRA Public [email protected] 2018 PTC Q1 data released shows railroads continue to make progress implementing PTC systems WASHINGTON—The…