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Summer By Rail: Chef Madi Butler Shows How Rail Travel Can Revitalize America
August 4th, 2019
August 1, 2019 - BigEasyMagazine.com -
Improving access to public transit is one of Chef Madi Butler’s passions, and it shows. Having grown up in Kentucky, where public transit access is limited (to say the least), Butler has seen firsthand how...
Mobile council endorses ‘positive’ resolution on Amtrak’s Gulf Coast return
July 12th, 2019
July 9, 2019 - al.com -
A “positive” resolution addressing passenger rail service’s return to the Gulf Coast was approved Tuesday by the Mobile, Alabama City Council.
The vote came four days before representatives with the Southern Rail Commission are scheduled to...
Within 24 months: passenger rail service returning to Gulf Coast
June 8th, 2019
June 7, 2019 - al.com -
By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com
Amtrak is expected to return to the Gulf Coast within 24 months, linking a new passenger rail between New Orleans and Mobile.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced Friday the awarding of a $33...
CSX to sell rail line between Pensacola and Jacksonville - what's it mean for restoring Gulf Coast passenger service?
November 18th, 2018
November 15, 2018 - pnj.com -
Railroad giant CSX plans to sell 373 miles of track between Pensacola and Jacksonville to Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Boca Raton-based Rail USA.
The deal was made public as part of a filing with...
Alabama Gov turns thumbs down on Gulf Coast passenger rail restoration
June 22nd, 2018
June 21, 2018 - al.com -
Governor goes against recommendation of her Southern Rail Commission appointees
Cities more needs for highways and port even though airport authority likes idea
In a setback for supporters hoping to see passenger rail service return...
Catastrophic flooding brings Texas Gulf Coast railroads to standstill
August 28th, 2017
UPDATED August 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Massive flooding caused by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Harvey has wreaked havoc with all modes of transportation, especially railroads, along the Texas Gulf Coast and around Houston. All three Class I railroads that serve...
Report to Congress recommends Gulf Coast Amtrak service
July 21st, 2017
July 19, 2017 - wtxl.com -
A federal panel submitted a report to Congress this week recommending passenger rail service return to the Gulf Coast. The Big Bend has been without it for more than a decade.
The Gulf Coast Working Group...
Republicans embrace Amtrak’s Gulf Coast rebirth: benefit local economies
January 3rd, 2017
January 1, 2017 - Politico -
In the Donald Trump era, even red-state Republicans are cheering Amtrak's efforts to restart the Gulf Coast passenger train line that Hurricane Katrina wiped out.
MOBILE, Ala. — A decade after Hurricane Katrina wiped out a...
Missing Gulf Coast passenger rail link gets FRA $2.5 million grant
December 21st, 2016
December 20, 2016 - NOLA.com -
The Federal Railroad Administration has allocated about $2.5 million for 11 passenger rail stations on potential routes east and west of New Orleans. The move brings New Orleans one step closer to passenger train service...
FRA requests proposals for high speed rail projects - but there's a catch, of course
March 16th, 2016
March 16, 2016 - TRA Newswire
The Federal Railroad Administration is asking for interested parties to submit Requests for Proposals (RFP) for high speed rail projects around the country, including potential for fast trains that would traverse the South Central High Speed Rail...