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The Dec.18, 2017 derailment of Amtrak train #501 killed three people and injured 62.
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Connects to a number of other rail services, including Metro-North, Shoreline East, and Amtrak including Amtrak’s Acela
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Subdivisions that serve the Amtrak Southwest Chief and California Zephyr are first to roll out, with full activation on BNSF routes expected by the end of August.
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Additionally, nursing mothers can breastfeed and express breast milk while visiting Amtrak stations or on-board trains.
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The Acela Express refresh is a 14-month program for all of its 20 trainsets, which includes 100 Amtrak cars and 6,080 total seats.
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The most recent expansion of services has been more nuanced, generally spurred by a desire to fill gaps in the system, improve connectivity with Amtrak, and strengthen existing routes with new intermediate stops.
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The program provides major benefits towards meeting the state’s climate and air quality goals, with a total reduction of more than 32 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
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The total cost of the projects is estimated between $45 and $50 million, which will keep this important infrastructure in a state of good repair for Amtrak and benefit New York State with an upgraded, state-of-the art railroad.
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The passive system triggers an alarm if an individual carrying/wearing a person-borne improvised explosive device passes by the mechanism.
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The F59PHIs, which were built by the Electro-Motive Division of GM in 1998 and have been rehabbed within the last five years, have similar parts and operating characteristics to Metra’s existing fleet of EMD F40s, some of which are 35 years old and are in need of overhaul.
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