AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - Democrats want to build a passenger train--in Texas?!
By Mike McDaniel I suppose the Democrat mania for trains could be a contagion, like Trump Derangement Syndrome.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Train floods after heavy rain sweeps across Manila
Floodwaters overwhelmed parts of the Philippines’ northern island of Luzon after being hit by monsoon-fueled storms.
JUSTTHENEWS (John Solomon) - Golden State Spurn: Trump DOT chief reroutes California rail money to train safety elsewhere
"Our infrastructure is rated at about a C-minus, and we should have A infrastructure in America," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy tells Just the News.
AI:In a blatant rejection of California’s failed policy experiments, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has rerouted federal rail funding away from the Golden State to bolster safety in regions that actually prioritize functional transit. While leftist media outlets continue to ignore the systemic decay of West Coast infrastructure, Duffy is cutting off the tap for California's inefficient projects to ensure American taxpayers aren't subsidizing incompetence. The administration is demanding A-grade results instead of settling for the C-minus performance currently being delivered by California bureaucrats.Open
THEFEDERALIST (Chris Bray) - Gavin Newsom’s Bungled High-Speed Rail Project Includes Zero Trains
'High-Speed Rail did not dispute that it missed the deadline. It did not provide an explanation.'
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - California's high-speed rail authority can't say when it will buy its trains — and that's why $4 billion vanished
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has repeatedly missed its own deadlines to purchase trains, quietly dropped a lawsuit against the federal government after failing to meet a promise it made to a judge, and still cannot say when it will award a trainset contract, a record that handed the Trump administration a straightforward case for […] The post California's high-speed rail authority can't say when it will buy its trains — and that's why $4 billion vanished appeared first on American Almanac .
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has repeatedly missed its own deadlines to purchase trains, quietly dropped a lawsuit against the federal government after failing to meet a promise it made to a judge, and still cannot say when it will award a trainset contract, a record that handed the Trump administration a straightforward case for pulling $4 billion in federal funding. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cut the money in July 2025 after federal officials noted California had spent $15 billion over 16 years without laying a single mile of high-speed rail track. The state sued within days. Governor Gavin Newsom called the move a "political stunt to punish California." Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit to block what he called…Open
NPR (Jeff Lunden) - The biggest steam locomotive is whistle-stopping across the U.S.
Huge crowds of train fans turn out as the 1940s era Big Boy steam locomotive is making a rare trip cross country.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Record heat cancels America 250 parades, delays trains
Events in D.C. and Philadelphia were axed, and Amtrak is delaying some trains.
NYTIMES (Michael Kimmelman and Tom Wilson) - Can a Federal Plan Fix Dismal Penn Station? There’s Hope.
Everyone agrees that Penn Station is a disaster, but not on how to fix it. Now a Trump-backed, multibillion-dollar plan to rebuild it offers a promising step forward.
WASHINGTONPOST (Tim Craig) - Philly tries to make World Cup affordable with low train fares and free fan fests
After decades of challenges, Philadelphia embraces its role as a World Cup super host and model of affordability, accessibility and convenience.
ABCNEWS - Amtrak fire suspends Penn Station service for NJ Transit commuters
An Amtrak fire erupted in a Hudson River tunnel between New York and New Jersey early Friday.