#House GOP punts vote on transportation  funding amid Amtrak concerns 

#House GOP punts vote on transportation  funding amid Amtrak concerns 

House Republicans are punting plans to vote on a housing and transportation government funding bill this week amid concerns from members over costs and Amtrak.  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said earlier Thursday that the House would bring up the legislation — which lays out full-year funding for the departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies — this…

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#Farmer warned about crossing before Amtrak derailment

#Farmer warned about crossing before Amtrak derailment

“Farmer warned about crossing before Amtrak derailment” A Missouri farmer said he warned the railway that owns the crossing where an Amtrak train derailed Monday that the area was dangerous — and urged others to proceed over it with caution just weeks before the crash that killed three people and injured dozens more. Local farmer…

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#Victim IDed in fatal Amtrak crash in Montana

#Victim IDed in fatal Amtrak crash in Montana

“#Victim IDed in fatal Amtrak crash in Montana” A 28-year-old married man has been identified as one of the three people who died in the fatal Amtrak derailment in Montana on Saturday that also injured over 50 people. Zach Schneider was traveling to Portland, Oregon with his wife Becca for a vacation when eight of…

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#Amtrak CEO calls for Congress to expand TSA’s ‘No Fly List’ to rail passenger service

#Amtrak CEO calls for Congress to expand TSA’s ‘No Fly List’ to rail passenger service

“#Amtrak CEO calls for Congress to expand TSA’s ‘No Fly List’ to rail passenger service” Amtrak is responding to the largest union of rail workers calling for heightened security in Washington DC ahead of Inauguration Day travel. “We join our labor partners in continuing to call upon Congress and the Administration to make assaults against rail workers…

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#Moynihan Train Hall czar killed himself as pressure mounted

#Moynihan Train Hall czar killed himself as pressure mounted

“#Moynihan Train Hall czar killed himself as pressure mounted” In the days before he hanged himself, it was the clock that kept Michael Evans up at night. President of the public-private consortium, Moynihan Station Development Corp., Evans, 40, had already spent the better part of his professional career working on the conversion of the James…

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