After getting billions in federal funding, Amtrak is ‘trying to claw 19th century and 20th century assets and pull them ...
Every day, several speeding Amtrak trains slow down from a rip-roaring 110 miles per hour to a 30-mile-per-hour crawl as they navigate a tight turn through a 151-year-old tunnel. Built in 1873, the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel was hailed at the time as an …