Train Carrying Hazardous Materials Derails Outside of Philadelphia, Homes Evacuated
Homes outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have been evacuated after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed early Monday morning.
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California Sues Trump to Keep $1 Billion for Ghost Train to Nowhere
The State of California sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the Federal Railroad Administration’s decision to cancel a nearly $1 billion grant for a high-speed railway that the state admits it no longer intends to build as planned.
Trump to Use ‘Nuclear Option’ to Recover $2.5 Bn More from California’s Failed High-Speed Rail Project
Trump is bringing the rules of the private sector to California’s high-speed rail failure, and the state’s Democratic government may have no option but to pay up.
CA High-Speed Rail Contractor Gets 18% Raise After Missing Completion Date
California High-Speed Rail agreed to increase payments to its construction manager by 18 percent after failing to complete its first 32-mile section within the seven-year deadline.
L.A. Metro Officials Still Hope President Trump Will Deliver Funds
California’s local and state-wide transportation agencies are still relying on President Donald Trump to provide federal funding to run and build their transit operations, despite Republicans’ resistance to funding high-speed rail.
CA High-Speed Rail: Over Budget, Behind Schedule
A new, confidential federal report shows that the initial segment of California’s partially federally-funded high speed rail (HSR) project will come in massively over budget and far behind schedule, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Officials: Oil Train Not Speeding Before Montana Derailment
A train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northeastern Montana was traveling within authorized speed limits, federal officials said Monday as they continued to probe the accident’s cause.
Four Reasons More Taxpayer Cash Won’t Solve Amtrak’s Problem
After Tuesday night’s catastrophic Amtrak derailment, resulting in the deaths of at least six people and injuries to more than 140 others, the political class has weighed in: we must spend more money on infrastructure.
