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12 Jun 2015, 9:17 am
The FRA’s recommendations highlight the importance of passenger safety on our nation’s railways. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 6:31 am
Amtrak, America’s national passenger railroad, has struggled to shake off a dubious safety record in recent years following a series of derailments resulting in deaths and injuries. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 10:08 am
A supervisory special agent working within the inspector general’s office of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, referred to colloquially as Amtrak, has been reinstated and awarded a hefty sum of over $892,000 by the railroad company after he was terminated for raising safety concerns about a contractor hired by Amtrak. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 8:22 am
But concerns over recent – and tragic – accidents involving Amtrak have authorities questioning the railroad company’s safety culture. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 11:37 am
Amtrak has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts company that owned the truck hit by the Downeaster passenger train last month in North Berwick, Maine. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 1:12 pm
By Aitken Aitken Cohn A team from the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a devastating derailment that involved an Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 12:00 pm
Circuit, in 2013, ruled that Amtrak was a private entity and, as such, could not be given a role in setting standards for the use of railroad tracks, which are owned by the freight companies but which have been designated by Congress for priority use by passenger trains run by Amtrak. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 10:42 am
The lawsuits, filed by the children of the Amtrak conductor tragically killed in the crash and three injured passengers, allege the railroad company used a defective rail crossing sign and that the Nevada Department of Transportation failed to post effective warning signs for approaching motorists. [read post]
21 Feb 2022, 1:45 pm
Many argue that Amtrak’s current forced arbitration policy is unjust as the company receives billions of dollars in taxpayer money as a federally owned agency known as The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, yet those same individuals cannot take action against the service when accidents occur. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 12:51 pm
Now the company wants to completely pull the “legal rug” out from under every single passenger. [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 11:13 am
In November 2021, two rail worker unions filed separate suits against National Railroad Passenger Corp., which runs Amtrak, challenging the vaccine mandate. [read post]
11 Sep 2011, 6:04 am
We filed suit for the officer against his former employer, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) seeking recompense for the work-related injury. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 4:06 am
Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, NS and other rail companies claim installing PTC would be too expensive. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 6:55 am
The post Court Upholds Verdict Against Trucking Company in Fatal Amtrak Accident appeared first on Maryland Trucking Accident Lawyer Blog. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 9:00 pm
The safety features that will e looked into is the signs, the site distance, has this road met all the national standards for railroad crossings. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 6:00 am
Two Amtrak passenger trains also collided with idle vehicles on the tracks in Florida and Michigan. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 9:48 am
” Since Congress already decided that passenger rail transportation is a vital interest, the chances of them saying no to Amtrak are essentially zero. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 9:48 am
” Since Congress already decided that passenger rail transportation is a vital interest, the chances of them saying no to Amtrak are essentially zero. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 1:31 pm
In the federal suit filed by the railroad company, Amtrak alleges that the trucking company was negligent in training and hiring its drivers, as well as, maintaining the safety of their vehicles. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 10:18 am
Railroad companies are now pushing hard to relax the law's main provision. [read post]
