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Thankfully this crisis has been averted and you can start hitting the rails once again soon

Economists predict that it could cost the American economy $2 billion a day if workers go on strike.

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Amtrak says service on the Texas Eagle which goes through Dallas would be suspended as it prepares for a railroad strike that could impact its trains.

Omaha, September 14, 2022 — Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at

A possible railway worker strike could devastate economy, leave train passengers stranded.

Amtrak began to cancel trains scheduled to stop in Bloomington-Normal on Thursday as the country prepared for a freight rail strike that’s already spilling over into passenger service even before it begins.

Amtrak made initial service adjustments on Wednesday in response to a possible freight railroad service interruption that could occur later this week because of a rail strike. It uses the same lines as freight trains.

Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute, but the railroad operates almost all of its 21,000 route miles outside the U.S. Northeast Corridor on track owned, maintained and dispatched by freight railroads.

Early Thursday morning, President Joe Biden said a tentative agreement had been reached to avoid a strike.