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It has just been announced todaybghat an agreement has been reached by all parties that will allow Amtrak to run Gulf Coast passenger trains. Details have not yet been released...

California has just accepted its first trainset from this joint passenger car procurement to be operated in regular service. https://abc30.com/amtrak-san-joaquins-train-new-cars/12279868/

A railfan who was writing and researching the Orient Express for his college PhD Thesis found the lost Orient Express carriages. The mystery a d story are quite interesting. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/orient-express-mystery-solved/index.html

This article includes information about Amtrak's resucrion of services on the Texas Eagle. One advantage of long diatnce train travel is that one can walk around and that you are not "stuck in your seat" like riding in a plane. However apparently Amtrak appears to be forcing the train riding...

Siemens coach #4001 has been parked at the end of Track #1 this week. I assume it is there for employee training, orientation, etc. Here are a few photos.

The EIR/EIS for the section from Bakersfield to Palmdale is now fully APPROVED!! :) This means that work can start on this segment of the railroad as funding is secured. Initially, land acquisition and utility relocations can begin...

Amtrak unveiled its first rehabilitated Superliners at Chicago Union Station on June 15th. https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/2021/6/15/22533534/amtrak-upgrades-long-distance-trains-union-station-dining-cars-sleepers

I am see posts on different websites stating that Amtrak is having winter operating problems with the Chargers. Does anyone have reliable information about this? The Annual AASHTO meeting is this month and there may be information presented at that meeting.

California HSR intends to have all of the land acquisition completed by the end of this year. The attached article has this information and other project updates for 2021. https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/01/21/high-speed-rail-in-california-moves-along-but-slowly/

Metra's Board of Directors approved a new contract to build 200 new cars with option(s) for up to an additional 300 cars. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/01/13/metra-board-chooses-new-modern-passenger-rail-cars-to-replace-1950s-gallery-cars/ Here is a link to a short video with computer...

MBTA just awarded a contract to build the South Coast Phase 1 project that will extend service to Fall River, MA. https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/MBTA-board-approves-South-Coast-Rail-construction-contract--60435 This following Mass Transit article has more...

The struggle of the Missouri RiverRunner continues.... The train has had both ontime performance problems and funding budget problems. The ontime performance problems are mostly due to dispatching priorities and heavy train traffic on a route that has sections of single-track mainline mixed...

It was just announced that NNEPRA will receive $16.8 million for track and station improvements as well as add a sixth roundtrip. The Wells siding will be rehabbed and extended from its current 2 miles to be 8 miles long. The Wells station will receive a new second platform on the sidingbamd a...

Here is a long detailed article about the new Swiss passenger and freight train mountain Ceneri Base Tunnel that will connect to the Gotthard Base Tunnel that opened a few years ago. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/trans-alpine-rail-tunnels/index.html

Amtrak and Metra trains are "Fire Walking" today because the burners are lit to keep snow off of the switches.

The 5:08 pm northbound Hiawatha has seven passenger cars with a Siemens Charger on the lead and GE Dash 8-32BWH on the rear. The consist has one Amfleet business class, 2 Amfleet coaches and 4 Horizon coaches.

Stephen Gardner and Anderson discuss current and near future Amtrak plans and state upcoming 2020 bad changes to long distance trains (for people who ride and support them) in this article...

Chicago Union Station has a large tree amongst its decorations.

The Polar Express train has arrived at Union Station. The assigned coaches are different this year. The six coaches are Budd SPV 2000s with a Viewliner 2 full baggage car coupled in the middle of the six cars. GE locomotive #147 was on the head end of the train. The train's consist is as...

Amtrak is moving forward with development of its property in downtown Chicago. The Amtrak Parking garage closed on September 30th and construction baracades for the demolition of the multi-level parking structure are already set-up on the adjacent streets. A new office building and a smaller...