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I see Amtrak is installing welded rail on the center track between Thorn and Glen Interlocking. I wonder if Amtrak is going to use the track and install it back to Paoli. Within this document, from the NEC Commission's website, you see that details of every planned project for the NEC segment betwe...

A length article from the NY Times website "House Passes Bill to Avert a Rail Strike, Moving to Impose a Labor Agreement" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/us/politics/rail-workers-strike-house.html?unlocked_article_code=UjmxsPZBKS2uBLXKJLNY5BT3Pg9DJk8K373YFSh9UBgAl83Ja6sK9g6SuMyZuW25kz4O...

Lots of inside info in this Politico story. Link: Inside Biden’s decision to halt a rail strike Fair use quotes So Biden is pinning his hopes on the Democratic-led Congress resolving the impasse, something that appears likely to happen in the coming week despite grumbling by some lawmakers in both p...

This article from Politico this morning provides a nice chart that shows were the vote stands, union by union.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/2 ... e-00069488

Here's a copy of the current Amtrak Service Standards Manual for Trains Service and Onboard Employees
https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/proj ... dacted.pdf

Drone video on this link. Looks like quite the mess.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article ... db7e6dffb9

Here you go —

Amtrak/CSX Host Railroad Agreement
June 1, 1999
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/d ... Master.PDF


Source
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=96974

Totally agree, but its the design work, permitting, environmental review, etc. that take most of the time and a lot of the money in this country. Once the contractor has they Notice to Proceed they move along with some speed from my experience.

950 days lmao!! Keep in mind that this includes an significant amount of road&bridge work and a new maintenance of way facility on the site of the current station. With some luck the new passenger station will open in the summer of 2024, which is not that far away considering how long this stat...

A report of a deal, as reported by the Washington Post, only moments ago... "Biden says ‘tentative’ deal reached to avert rail strike" https://wapo.st/3qDptCf And here's the statement from the White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/15/statement-by-...

Another gifted link, from today's Washington Post —

"Amtrak cancellations, passenger frustrations grow amid strike threat"
https://wapo.st/3BhjPdF

(should be viewable by anyone for 14 days)

USA TODAY was saying it's going to affect everything (can't link, it's paywalled). Other news sources (CNN, Washington Post, Fox News Business, etc) confirm. Here's a gifted linked to yesterday's Washington Post article about the situation, "As U.S. rail strike looms, White House aides scrambl...

I received this from CTDOT via email today. https://i.imgur.com/G9eLK8G.png Apparently there is a full rail shut down this weekend of the corridor from New Haven to Springfield and on to St. Albans, with all Vermonter, Valley Flyer and the Hartford Line service replaced with buses for the duration. ...

All of the FTA directives, and the 90-page Final Report, can be found on this U.S. DOT page,

https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/news/ ... al-special

Multiple copies of this book are available on the AbeBooks:
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Search ... =100121503