By David Shepardson, Reuters; January 4, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The damage from a deadly Amtrak train crash in Washington…
By The Editorial Board, New York Daily News; January 3, 2018 Albeit on wrong-headed political grounds, the Trump administration has…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 3, 2018 U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is urging Class Is, intercity passenger railroads and…
By Cristina Marcos, The Hill; January 2, 2018 Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) will not seek reelection this year, becoming the fourth…
By Will Bredderman, Crain’s New York Business; December 31, 2017 Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office Sunday sought to rescue the federal…
By Russell G. Quimby, Opinion Contributor, The Hill; December 31, 2017 As a retired National Transportation Safety Board railroad and…
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; December 30, 2017 “Non-existent”: This is the exact term the United…
By Will Bredderman, Crain’s New York Business; December 29, 2017 President Donald Trump dropped his own New Year’s ball—in the…
By Matthew Umstead, Herald-Mail; December 27, 2017 MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Construction of a 440-foot boarding platform at the Caperton Train…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 27, 2017 Sound Transit‘s board late last week approved its application for a $1.17 billion…
By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; December 26, 2017 Could last Monday’s Amtrak train crash in Washington happen here? It…
By Noah Haglund, HeraldNet.com; December 24, 2017 LYNNWOOD — The timeline for getting light rail to Snohomish County slipped…
By Jerzy Shedlock, Staff Writer, The Columbian; December 22, 2017 When Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn started his workday…
From The Columbian Editorial Page; December 24, 2017 The impact of the tragedy and the examination of its causes will…
By Rolf Boone, The Olympian, The Spokesman-Review; December 23, 2017 Christopher Barnard Sr., assistant chief of operations for Joint Base…
By Amy Clancy, KIRO 7; December 23, 2017 Since Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 careened off the tracks south of…
Written by Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; December 20, 2017 Watching Washington, December 2017: Ignore Professor Plum…
By Conrad Wilson and Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Oregon Public Broadcasting; December 22, 2017 The engineer of the Amtrak train that…
By Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News; December 22, 2017 The original plans for the Point Defiance railroad bypass called…
By Griffin Connolly, Roll Call; December 22, 2017 Sen. Maria Cantwell has sent a letter requesting a congressional inquiry into…
By Conrad Wilson, Molly Solomon, and Lauren Dake, Oregon Public Broadcasting; December 21, 2017 Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson said this…
A press release from Amtrak; December 21, 2017: To our customers, On behalf of everyone at Amtrak, I want to…
By David Shepardson, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report; December 21, 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As investigators sift through the…
A press release from the Discovery Institute; December 21, 2017: SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The State of Washington should…
By Mike Baker, Staff Reporter, Seattle Times; December 21, 2017 Washington state transportation officials won’t restart passenger service along the…