The $ 551 million Request for Proposals (RFP) to manufacture approximately 130 new bi-level passenger rail cars in America comes from a groundbreaking multi-state effort to jointly purchase
standardized rail equipment to be used on Amtrak's intercity routes in California, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, and potentially Iowa.
The effort to purchase
standardized equipment is led by the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act Section 305 Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee, comprised of representatives of interested states, the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, host freight railroad companies, passenger railroad equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad o
equipment is led by the Passenger
Rail Investment and Improvement Act Section 305 Next Generation Corridor
Equipment Pool Committee, comprised of representatives of interested states, the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, host freight railroad companies, passenger railroad equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad o
Equipment Pool Committee, comprised of representatives of interested states, the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, host freight railroad companies, passenger railroad
equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad o
equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad operators.