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17 Nov 2023, 7:45 am
Because Amtrak is a “quasi-public corporation,” which means it’s a private company whose shares are owned by the U.S. government, you can actually sue the company for damages. [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]
17 Jan 2023, 8:53 am
With these plans in place, Amtrak and the FRA will begin the task of leveraging their statutory and regulatory power to negotiate the final routes and schedules with the railroad companies on whose tracks the corridors will run. [read post]
20 Oct 2022, 6:21 am
Since the completion of the nationwide installation of PTC on over 57,000 route miles at the end of 2020, 41 railroads now use the communications and signaling system, including the seven biggest freight railroads, Amtrak, and many smaller passenger railroads. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 6:19 am
It was the last time train companies in America ever used wooden passenger cars. [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]
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]
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]
9 Nov 2021, 6:36 am
” Rail funding of $66 Billion will be used in the “… largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak,” ending the Amtrak maintenance backlog, modernizing the Northeast Corridor, and bring world-class rail service to Indiana, Illinois, and the remainder of the country that is “outside the northeast and mid-Atlantic,” in order to “…create safe, efficient, and climate-friendly alternatives for moving people… [read post]
26 Oct 2021, 3:21 pm
When passengers take trains, they entrust their safety to train operators and railroad companies with the reasonable assumption that they will reach their destination without incident. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 5:52 am
Privately owned railroads are responsible for roughly 140,000 miles of track—including the vast majority of portions used by Amtrak for passenger traffic. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 6:28 am
National Railroad Passenger Corp., a summary order issued on December 2. [read post]
12 Apr 2020, 8:10 am
Add to this the four other train systems that operate within New York City’s limits – including the Long Island Railroad (operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority), the MetroNorth Commuter Railroad (also operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority), Amtrak (the name under which the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a quasi-public company subsidized by the United States Federal Government… [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 5:00 pm
Add to this the four other train systems that operate within New York City’s limits – including the Long Island Railroad (operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority), the MetroNorth Commuter Railroad (also operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority), Amtrak (the name under which the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a quasi-public company subsidized by the United States Federal Government… [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]
13 Oct 2019, 7:57 am
Like all Burisma directors, Hunter was compensated for his board service.Hunter focused his work on the principles of corporate transparency, governance and responsibility, which was based on his prior experience as a lawyer and director on other boards, including the Chair of World Food Program USA, which supports the largest humanitarian organization in the world, Vice-Chair of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), to which he was appointed by… [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 4:19 pm
On September 22, 1993, at 0245 hours, this passenger train was attempting to transit a railroad bridge over Big Bayou Canot, near Mobile, Alabama. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 7:26 am
National Railroad Passenger Corp., Civil Action No. 99-2927 (D.D.C., Apr. 26, 2018). [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]
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]
