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Hotline #1,434
March 27, 2026
Once more around the track. Loaded #HotlineFriday this week. Jim takes a more cautious approach to an Amtrak Reorg, Joe gives thoughts on news out of Chicago, we issue a FY27 funding request, and thoughts on the STB's new environmental review plans. See you onboard! Highball!
Hotline #1,434–March 27th, 2026
Get on track with this week's rail passengers news
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.
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