Amtrak Gulf Coast Service: Analyzing the Blame Game
June 01, 2021
Amtrak Gulf Coast Service: Analyzing the Blame Game Written by David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor
Amtrak is attempting to start service between Mobile and New Orleans, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) oppose Amtrak’s plan, and the issue is now before the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The issues are purportedly operational, having to do with rail capacity at the Port of Mobile, although there are also procedural issues to the controversy. There is a political dimension, too, with essentially the entire political establishment in Mississippi supporting Amtrak’s position and all of Alabama’s opposing it.
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47-year-old Lynn woman dies when train strikes car in Greens Fork
GREENS FORK, Ind. A 47-year-old Lynn woman was killed Monday morning when a train struck her car.
Tonya Rader died at the Water Street scene, according to Wayne County Sheriff Randy Retter in a news release. She was traveling to a family member s residence in Greens Fork.
About 5:50 a.m. as Rader was southbound on South Water Street in a gold 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, a westbound train struck the vehicle on its driver s side. Rader was the only occupant in the vehicle.
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