President Joe Biden came to Baltimore to visit an aging rail tunnel that's slated to be replaced with help from bipartisan infrastructure legislation that he signed in 2021.
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Read More »January 30, 2023 Comments Off on For ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden, Baltimore rail tunnel visit is personal
President Joe Biden came to Baltimore to visit an aging rail tunnel that's slated to be replaced with help from bipartisan infrastructure legislation that he signed in 2021.
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Read More »September 15, 2022 Comments Off on Tentative labor deal averts threat of nationwide rail strike
Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation's freight trains.
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Read More »September 14, 2022 Comments Off on Rail union rejects deal days ahead of strike deadline, risking Amtrak shutdown
One union rejected a tentative deal with the largest U.S. freight railroads while three other unions remained at the bargaining table just days ahead of a strike deadline.
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Read More »June 21, 2021 Comments Off on $4B Amtrak tunnel replacement project in Baltimore has begun
Replacing Amtrak’s Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel will take a least a decade to complete. But the $4 billion rail project has officially begun.
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Read More »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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Read More »March 3, 2020 Comments Off on Amtrak names former air cargo executive as new CEO
Amtrak named a former air cargo executive as its new president and chief operating officer Monday.
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Read More »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.
Read More »June 4, 2018 Comments Off on Amtrak installs lactation suite at Baltimore’s Penn Station
Amtrak has installed a pod at Penn Station in Baltimore to provide a private space for breastfeeding mothers.
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Read More »February 12, 2018 Comments Off on Amtrak bears the cost of accidents even if not at fault
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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Read More »September 13, 2017 Comments Off on Judge: Amtrak engineer’s deadly crash an accident, not crime
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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