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Amtrak L-D Fleet: Five Possible Contingencies

Editor‘s note: Jim Tilley recently wrote to Amtrak Board Chair Anthony Coscia regarding procurement of a new long-distance fleet. We reproduce this letter in its entirety and will likewise publish a response

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100 Years and Counting, Topeka Santa Fe Band Plays on

At least weekly if not more, Dave Anderson makes the 130-mile drive from Newton, Kans., to Topeka, Kans., and back—all for the love of music and tradition. As director of the Topeka Santa Fe Band, he’s dedicated to making sure the band plays on, especially because 2024 marks its 100th anniversary.

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The NS Showdown: An Old Economist’s Thinking

I am a market economist and I’d sooner eat a bucket of ballast than have it said that I prefer any other market structure over competition or that government intervention is a

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Bose Writes Shaw, Making the Obvious Less Obscure

On Feb. 21, three days after Ancora Holdings announced its intention to replace a majority of the Norfolk Southern Board of Directors and the railroad’s chief executive and chief operating officers, Federal

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SacRT Has Dramatically Increased Safety and Security on Its System

Here is an inside look at how we achieved it.

Norfolk Southern Marketing leaders participate in panel discussion during the Atlanta Chapter of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals’ February meeting.
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Norfolk Southern Leaders Provide ‘Rail Answers to Supply Chain Issues’ During Industry Panel

Norfolk Southern Marketing leaders recently updated industry professionals on how rail is providing answers to supply chain issues during a local meeting of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

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FRA L-D Study Suggests Restored Routes

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), which is looking toward adding more routes to the nation’s skeletal long-distance passenger train network, revealed the proposed new routes, many of which either ran before Amtrak

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Volume Catch-Up from Arctic Blast Complete

I’ll start with the good news, which concerns volume trends in the three reported weeks following the Arctic Blast, which struck the railroads in the third week of January. The quick operational

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Gulf Coast Grill on STB Barbecue (Updated with Full Transcript)

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) held another hearing Feb. 14 about the slow pace of getting two Amtrak Gulf Coast Service passenger trains in each direction running between New Orleans and Mobile.

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Brightline: Will Ridership Meet Expectations?

Railway Age recently reported on the proposed Sunshine Corridor in Central Florida, which is slated to connect Brightline’s newly opened northern terminal at Orlando Airport with points west and southwest in the

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