Trainriders Northeast News

July 2026 History and future of Amtrak video

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:05:57 GMT

A great YouTube video covering the history and future of Amtrak, put together by Amtrak. https://youtu.be/47j3dEonYlQ?si=dS9XgpvkIt4PGv_1

July 2026 – From Amtrak and partners

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:04:29 GMT

An announcement is out of a Providence to New Haven rail capacity study. Details, and information are available at: https://newhavenprovidencestudy.com/?sm_guid=MTAxNTkwNnw3ODc5MTE1NnwtMXxwY29sZTQ3M0BnbWFpbC5jb218ODg1ODI1M3x8MHwwfDMyMjcyNzE5MnwxMTQ5fDB8MHx8MTg0NTAzMXww0

From: Streetbeat by John Surico (streetbeat@substack.com)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:22:18 GMT

Surico reported that in Buttes, Switzerland,a startup called Sun-Way, has outfitted a train track with over 100 meters of easily mendable solar track installed between the rails, generating enough energy, to fuel three to four homes for a year.

Seems like a great way to help finance the infrastructure and make rail even more environmentally friendly.

Congress’s Transportation Reauthorization Bill Would Drastically Underfund Transit and Rail Projects

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:40:15 GMT

Congress is currently considering legislation called the BUILD America 250 Act. Yet if passed, BUILD America 250 would dramatically reduce federal support for new transit and intercity rail lines compared with the previous five-year federal transportation law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Read the full report at: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/congresss-transportation-reauthorization-bill-would-drastically-underfund-transit-and