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3 Feb 2016, 8:09 pm
However, even with this new extension, some of the largest train companies, including Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern will not have the technology installed on time. [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]
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]
5 May 2016, 6:00 am
Amtrak, a large private train company, has recorded six fatalities in Amtrak incidents so far in 2016. [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]
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]
29 Jun 2011, 10:12 am
Last Monday (June 20) morning a 1994 pickup truck was struck by an Amtrak passenger train in Cheraw, South Carolina. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 10:11 pm
” • 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]
5 Jun 2018, 7:26 am
National Railroad Passenger Corp., Civil Action No. 99-2927 (D.D.C., Apr. 26, 2018). [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]
19 May 2015, 8:00 am
Like a careless driver, rail companies that fail to take reasonable measures to keep their travelers safe must be held accountable. [read post]
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]
16 Oct 2015, 8:00 am
It is critical that, where appropriate, we hold transit companies and others responsible for these incidents. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 9:21 pm
\x3Cbr /\x3E\x3Cbr /\x3EThe federal law limiting liability for railroad operators is called the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997. [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]
26 Jul 2011, 5:48 am
When Congress passed the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act in 1997, the railroad industry had successfully lobbied to include in "accountability" legislation a statutory-mandated limitation on damage awards in major railway negligence cases. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 6:19 am
It was the last time train companies in America ever used wooden passenger cars. [read post]
24 Aug 2006, 9:41 am
American Airlines, Inc.; AmericanBeacon Advisors, Inc.; FedEx Corporation; Federal Express Corporation; FedExCorporate Services, Inc.; FedEx Customer Information Services, Inc.; HiltonHotels Corporation; Hilton Reservations Worldwide, LLC; Hilton Honors WorldwideLLC; Marriott International, Inc.; Marriott Worldwide Reservation Services, LLC;and National Railroad Passenger Corporation d/b/a Amtrak andRonald A. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 8:03 pm
Both companies are hovering near insolvency. [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]
