America’s long-beleaguered and only interstate passenger rail service appears to have the wind at its back.
Congress allocated $66 billion to rail — much of it to Amtrak — in last year’s five-year bipartisan infrastructure law. The leader of the free world is nicknamed “Amtrak Joe.” And the 50-year-old railroad has big plans to add dozens of new routes to its existing system by 2035.
But that wind comes with some turbulence.
