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BG1547ES: Amtrak's Impending Collapse Offers One-Time Opportunityfor Reform

It seems that everyone agrees on at least one thingrthe federal government should sell Conrail. The problem is that Congress cannot make up its mind who should be allowed to buy it. In 1981, Congress. ordered the railroad sold. Last year, after evaluating several bids, the Administration presented a plan to sell Conrail to the Norfolk Southern Corporation. This was approved by the Senate by a vote of 54 to 39 on February 4. Yet the House still has not taken action, despite strong assurances from the leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that it supports the sale. Time is now ru...

Brasher Falls- Daniel “Jerry” Bissonette passed away peacefully Saturday, November 19, 2022 at home surrounded by his family and under the care of Hospice.

Despite 27 years of federal subsidies amounting to more than $30billion (in 1998 dollars), Amtrak's financial condition today is asbad as it ever has been.

Graffiti Park, the unofficial street art gallery in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, will be transform into a public space. The project recently received $2 million in funding from the federal omnibus spending bill passed in December.