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Provided that the Nippon-Sharyo bi-level contract order does not fall apart, the new bi-level cars should start entry into revenue service sometime in 2018. The bi-level cars will free up Horizons for the Hiawatha service if IL and WI decide to pursue adding additional daily trains on that...

Just for the record, the January 4 Amtrak news release that the Railway Age article expands on: Amtrak Announces Streamlined Corporate Structure. New CEO, another management reorganization reshuffle.

Updates and interesting items from the NGEC January 3, 2017 board meeting draft minutes available on the board webpage. How many years in advance did they have to get all the legal and contractual issues settled prior to the delivery of the first batch of locomotives? Further down in the...

I expect the NERs cafe cars will go cashless as well in a few years. The trend towards to using debit or credit cards to pay for almost everything for almost all retail transactions is going to to continue. I personally use my credit cards a lot more than I used to for almost all food and meal...

How much time was spent by Amtrak redacting the complaints? They did not just black out names and identifying personal info, but presumably had someone or a review committee go through each complaint and decide just what to and how much they could redact and still meet the minimum legal...

You are thinking of the 2010 ARRA grants which were reallocated and shuffled around. The $25 million is from a FY2015 TIGER grant award which is specifically for the Charlotte Gateway station. Whether the $25 million is enough to get NC and the city to stay on course to building the new station...

New York Times article on the opening with photos and comments from first passengers: As Second Avenue Subway Opens, a Train Delay Ends in (Happy) Tears. Short NYT summary of the milestones with photos over the many years to actually building a segment of the line: Milestones in the Building of...

Easy enough to look up the ownership of the station, platforms, and any parking facilities at the Great American Stations website. Page for the IND station shows that the City of Indianapolis owns the station and platforms. The picture on the website for IND of the "station" showing the van and...

NC DOT received a $25 million TIGER grant for the Charlotte Gateway station. So the state has a pot of federal funding to combine with state funds towards building the new station. A quick search turned up a city website for the Gateway station project and a link to a November, 2016 21 page...

The DC Metro Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center is a short trip. The Trump Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue is 2 blocks south and 1 block SE from the 12 St & F St exit at the Metro Center. Or 3 blocks south from the 11 St and G St exit. If you want a shorter walk but take the Metro, the...

After many decades of proposals and halted construction projects, Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway in NYC is slated to start revenue service at noon on January 1, 2017 with 3 new stations. The MTA with considerable pressure applied to the agency by Governor Cuomo says they are going to meet...

Several comments. One, Kasich is term limited and won't be allowed to run for re-election in 2018. So in 2019, Ohio will have a new Governor who may not be as anti-passenger rail as Kasich. However, Ohio has strongly tilted towards conservative and tea party type Republican control and is likely...

Some of the equipment purchase funding for CA is ARRA stimulus money, so the deadline presumably applies to a portion of their Charger deliveries as well. Same goes for the corridor bi-level cars, but how the FRA and states are getting around the deadline for the bi-levels is a different thread...

Besides IDX 4604, haven't some of the Midwest bound Chargers been moved to Chicago after completing their 500 mile testing at the Pueblo facility? The question is when will the first batch of the Midwest Chargers be ready to start revenue service? Have not read any news on that.

The FRA has released the Tier 1 Final EIS for the NEC with a recommended preferred Alternative. A lot of material to digest and discuss. The recommendations include several new route segments of the NEC, most notably the Shore Line Bypass in eastern CT which has already encountered a lot of...

Pulling up a draft of the VT State Rail Plan, the extension from Rutland to Burlington is 67.7 track miles. The tracks are being replaced or restored to 60 mph Class III speeds for passenger trains. With one or two stops between Rutland and Burlington, if the average speed over the extension is...

As just posted, the Senate passed the preclearance bill Saturday morning as part the typical last minute flurry of passing legislation as the Congressional session ends. Press release from Senator Leahy (D-VT): Leahy 'Preclearance' Bill To Ease Vt.-Canada Rail & Air Travel Clears Congress...

Trenton lost out because the Viewliner II diner names were assigned in alphabetical order for state capitals east of the Mississippi. Check the list of assigned and planned names for the Viewliners at On-Track On-Line. The diner names start with Albany and run through Tallahasee. Of course...

Same goes for CT and MA which contribute to the Vermonter operating subsidy. And as others have posted, applies to NY state for the Adirondack. So long as there is only 1 train or even 2 trains over the route, why would any state pay for a train that runs through it in the wee hours of the...

Progressive Railroading article with interview with Coscia and Moorman: What's Next for Wick Moorman and Amtrak? No real new news in the article, but it does provide some background on how the Amtrak Chairman had to persuade Moorman to take the job CEO and what Moorman wants to accomplish...