Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/13/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Trump's FY2019 budget would slash Amtrak funding President Donald Trump yesterday proposed a fiscal-year 2019 budget that would cut in half the subsidy for Amtrak passenger-rail service.The proposal is similar to one that the Trump administration called for last year, but…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/13/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Schumer calls on USDOT to reconsider sleep apnea rule The senator said a proposal for sleep apnea testing was a "common-sense approach to combating fatigue on our roads and rails." Photo – Schumer's office U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday called…
Hybrid OLE maintenance machine completes endurance testing 13 Feb 2018 AUSTRIA: The HTW 100 E³ hybrid motor tower vehicle developed by Plasser & Theurer for overhead line inspection and maintenance has been successfully tested in the Climate Wind Chamber at Rail Tec Arsenal in Wien. Launched at the IAF track technology fair in Münster last…