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HQ-2016-1115 (Finalized)

An eastbound Norfolk Southern (NS) freight train derailed 18 railcars on March 1, 2016, at 9:27 p.m., EST. The accident occurred near the State Street crossing in the town of Ripley, New York, at NS Milepost B66.2 on its single main track on the Pittsburgh Subdivision. Train 310C901 consisted of 2...

Amtrak Fiscal Year 1993 Grant Request & Justification

Amtrak requests $631 million of Federal funding in FY93 in order to continue operation of its existing national system, provide funding for both current critical capital needs and to partially fund additional car and locomotive acquisitions required to provide operations. In addition, Amtrak...

An Analysis Of Amtrak's Five Year Plan

Amtrak's 5-year plan requests that the Congress increase the Federal operating grant from the $545 million requested in fiscal year 1978 to $876 million in 1982, an increase of $331 million. This study describes assumptions about inflation and improved efficiency contained in the Amtrak plan. it...

1995 Amtrak Grant Request and Justification

Investment in Amtrak's equipment and facilities over the past two decades has been insufficient to address deferred maintenance and to replace cars and locomotives that should have been retired long ago...