July 2, 2024 | Amtrak, FRA, News, Technology
The BLET opposes the installation of shunt enhancer antennas on Amtrak’s fleet of Siemens Charger locomotives. Photo by David Estes ____________________ The BLET has filed written comments with the Federal Railroad Administration to oppose Amtrak’s request for a...
May 31, 2024 | Amtrak, News
From left: Joel Mueller, BLET Minnesota SLB Chairman, Riley Richmond, BLET Division 27, and Chad Roehrich, BLET Midwest Regional Chairman-Amtrak GCA. _____________________ BLET member Riley Richmond worked as the locomotive engineer on the inaugural run of Amtrak’s...
May 15, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 14, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that makes available over $2 billion in Federal-State Partnership...
May 3, 2024 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: White House press release, May 2, 2024) Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: Elaine Marie Clegg, Nominee to be a Member of the AMTRAK Board of Directors Ronald L....
March 27, 2024 | Amtrak, GCA Elections, News
Division 11 Member Mark B. Kenny retired on December 31, 2023, bringing an end to more than a quarter century as Chairman of the Amtrak/KCS/VRE/Caltrain General Committee of Adjustment. Brother Kenny was elected to seven consecutive terms as General Chairman (1998,...
March 14, 2024 | Amtrak, News
In a report published by Reuters on March 4, Amtrak said it will boost passenger services on the East Coast as it aims to double ridership nationwide by 2040. BLET General Chairman Patrick W. Darcy Jr. welcomed the news but said improvements to the rest of Amtrak’s...
February 22, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 19, 2024) Fifteen new or revived long-distance routes are presented in a new Federal Railroad Administration presentation to accompany the next round of meetings for its ongoing Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. Full story:...
February 15, 2024 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, February 13, 2024) In the latest step in its ongoing investigation into on-time performance for Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, the Surface Transportation Board has asked the passenger operator and the train’s host railroads to answer a series of...
January 26, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 25, 2024) The U.S. Senate has confirmed attorney Anthony Coscia, Aviation Strategies President Joel Szabat, and Normal, Illinois, Mayor Christopher Koos as members of Amtrak’s board. Coscia has been Amtrak’s chairman...
January 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, High Speed Rail, News
Amtrak is one step closer to bringing its new Avelia Liberty trains to the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak said on January 12 that the new trains had passed an extended series of computer modeling tests and have now been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to...
