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20 Dec 2017, 8:02 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
The paper quotes a rail safety expert asking rhetorically whether the engineer driving Monday’s train was sufficiently familiar with the new portions of the route. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 5:00 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Trucker Lawyers and comes from www.truckinginfo.comA jury decided a civil case on Friday that pitted the nation’s passenger rail service against one trucking company, with the fleet having to pay more than $4.5 million in damages, according to Courthouse News Service.Nevada-based John Davis Trucking was found to be at fault for the June 2011 crash about 70 miles east of Reno when one of its drivers slammed into an Amtrak train along… [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 1:57 pm
All of those accidents involved Tri-Rail trains but one involved an Amtrak train. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 12:52 pm by Lyle Denniston
Dupree, Jr., who had made sure to add the due process question to his brief in the case, opened by arguing that Amtrak had been handed “regulatory authority over other companies in the [rail] industry. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 8:41 am
Fast forward a few decades, to when Congress passed the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. [read post]
Amtrak, known more formally as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, is a railroad service, which is publicly funded but is operated and managed as a for-profit corporation; in other words, its structure is complex, but it is essentially a blend of government and private industry. [read post]
12 May 2012, 1:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
If you've been reading the Secretary's blog, then you also know how hard Amtrak has worked to upgrade its tracks and equipment to improve its service. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 10:50 am
Fast forward a few decades, to when Congress passed the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. [read post]
3 Jul 2015, 6:53 am by Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Glassman
However, passenger rail service only accounts for a very small portion of the total rail traffic in the United States. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 7:45 am by Neal S. Gainsberg
For example, if this collision had involved an Amtrak train, you would file your claim against Amtrak. [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 11:07 am by Brad Schnure
Diegnan, Kean laud NJ-NY-Amtrak partnership as critical to build new tunnels, expand rail capacity and spur economic growth Legislation sponsored by Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Patrick J. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 10:45 am by Adam Levitin
  Pawlenty: "If you can find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn't need to be doing it...The post office, the government printing office, Amtrak, Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac], were all built in a time in our country when the private sector did not adequately provide those products. [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 10:22 am by Emily Dai
” The new funding will help Amtrak rebuild the aging infrastructure of the Northeast Corridor, including bridges and tunnels that are more than 100 years old, replace its oldest cars and improve rail safety. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:07 pm by Lyle Denniston
Congress came to passengers’ rescue in 1970, passing the Rail Passenger Service Act, which created the National Rail Passenger Corp. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 8:15 am by Kim Zetter
Amtrak and the freight rails needed to have context regarding their information technical centers,” the memo stated. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 4:10 am by Jon Gelman
Alex Remnick/The Star-Ledger  Twenty-three people have been killed on tracks shared by NJ Transit and Amtrak this year, setting a pace that could make 2013 New Jersey’s deadliest year on the rails in decades. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 10:13 am
Fast forward a few decades, to when Congress passed the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 10:11 pm by Jon Gelman
” • Amtrak: The stability and growth of Amtrak is critical not just to interstate passenger rail, but to New Jersey Transit, which relies on Amtrak’s infrastructure on the Northeast Corridor and the tunnels into Manhattan to bring New Jersey commuters to work. [read post]