Amtrak seeks solutions for midwest rail gridlock
In an effort to reduce major delays on many of its train routes, Amtrak is asking a panel of transportation experts to help solve the midwestern bottleneck caused by burgeoning shipments of crude oil and other freight.
In an effort to reduce major delays on many of its train routes, Amtrak is asking a panel of transportation experts to help solve the midwestern bottleneck caused by burgeoning shipments of crude oil and other freight.
The panel will be asked "to identify infrastructure and operational improvements to address the rail traffic gridlock in Chicago," Amtrak said.
The members of the panel are Jack Quinn, former U.S. Congressman and past chairman of the U.S. House Railroads Subcommittee; Linda Morgan, former chair of the Surface Transportation Board, and Amtrak board member Tom Carper.
Paul Nussbaum