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Remote working sparks ethics concerns for lawyers

January 4, 2021 Comments Off on Remote working sparks ethics concerns for lawyers

Welcome to Monday, the 34th anniversary of an Amtrak train crash with a Conrail freight railroad in Chase, Maryland, that killed 16 passengers. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Working remotely sparks ethics concerns for ...

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Amtrak names former air cargo executive as new CEO

March 3, 2020 Comments Off on Amtrak names former air cargo executive as new CEO

FILE - In this March 17, 2015 file photo, William J. Flynn, President and CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., speaks at the 14th Annual Aviation Summit in Washington. Flynn was named CEO of Amtrak Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Amtrak named a former air cargo executive as its new president and chief operating officer Monday.

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Amtrak modifies Florida service due to Michael

October 10, 2018 Comments Off on Amtrak modifies Florida service due to Michael

Amtrak is adjusting service to Florida for the safety of its passengers and employees because of Hurricane Michael.

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Amtrak installs lactation suite at Baltimore’s Penn Station

June 4, 2018 Comments Off on Amtrak installs lactation suite at Baltimore’s Penn Station

Elected officials and community leaders have long pushed for the redevelopment of the area around Penn Station. (File photo)

Amtrak has installed a pod at Penn Station in Baltimore to provide a private space for breastfeeding mothers.

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Amtrak bears the cost of accidents even if not at fault

February 12, 2018 Comments Off on Amtrak bears the cost of accidents even if not at fault

The wreckage of an Amtrak train, bottom, and a CSX freight train lie next to the tracks in Cayce, SC., on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. But whatever the precise legal language, plaintiffs' lawyers and former Amtrak officials say Amtrak generally bears the full cost of damages to its trains, passengers, employees and other crash victims — even in instances where crashes occurred as the result of a freight rail company's negligence or misconduct. (Jeff Blake/AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, earlier this month. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak ...

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Judge: Amtrak engineer’s deadly crash an accident, not crime

September 13, 2017 Comments Off on Judge: Amtrak engineer’s deadly crash an accident, not crime

In this Aug. 21, 2007, file photo, Amtrak assistant conductor Brandon Bostian stands outside a train at the Amtrak station in St. Louis. Bostian was the engineer during the fatal May 12, 2015, Amtrak passenger train derailment in Philadelphia. Victims of the derailment aren’t buying the findings of federal investigators that the train’s engineer likely lost his bearings because he was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. Through lawyers, they called the National Transportation Safety Board’s cause determination frustrating, disappointing and hard to believe, (Huy Richard Mach/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

PHILADELPHIA — An unusual, 11th-hour attempt to put an Amtrak engineer behind bars for a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia unraveled Tuesday as a judge dismissed the case without trial because he found the evidence pointed to an accident, not ...

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More time offered to comment on Amtrak plans for Northeast

January 23, 2017 Comments Off on More time offered to comment on Amtrak plans for Northeast

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal railroad regulators are giving people more time to comment on major changes proposed for Amtrak’s Boston-to-Washington Northeast Corridor route. A proposal to upgrade the 8-state passenger rail corridor over the coming decades was unveiled last month, ...

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Baltimore Amtrak tunnel replacement would cost $4 billion

December 1, 2016 Comments Off on Baltimore Amtrak tunnel replacement would cost $4 billion

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The Federal Railroad Administration is proposing a $4 billion project to replace a 143-year-old Amtrak tunnel beneath Baltimore that is a major bottleneck in the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington. The agency said Thursday that the project is the ...

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Amtrak to pay $265M for Philadelphia crash that killed 8

October 27, 2016 Comments Off on Amtrak to pay $265M for Philadelphia crash that killed 8

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment May 13, 2015 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve. The settlement allows victims to have ...

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Biden announces new funding for Amtrak Northeast Corridor

August 26, 2016 Comments Off on Biden announces new funding for Amtrak Northeast Corridor

WILMINGTON — Federal officials are announcing new funding for Amtrak’s passenger rail system and stressing the need for continued investment in America’s transportation infrastructure. Vice President Joe Biden scheduled a stop Friday at the train station in Wilmington, Delaware, which ...

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