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B&P Tunnel Project Begins
Resident Opposition
Damage from Tunneling
Elected Officials
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Bomb Trains
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Other Rail Lines
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B&P Tunnel Project Begins

Billions in Amtrak Funding Could Modernize Aging Rail System
New York Times, Madeleine Ngo, 20 December 2021

*Amtrak Hopes Infrastructure Bill Will Help Fund a Tunnel to Ease Delays on Northeast Corridor
Wall Street Journal, Scott Calvert, 18 October 2021

$4B Amtrak tunnel replacement project in Baltimore has begun
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AP News, 21 June 2021

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Amtrak’s new B&P tunnel to be named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass
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Mass Transit, 21 June 2021

*Amtrak is working on digging a new Baltimore tunnel — named for Frederick Douglass — that officials say will drastically cut back on delays
The Baltimore Sun, Colin Campbell, 18 June 2021

A 148-year-old tunnel is the biggest rail bottleneck between D.C. and New Jersey. Here’s the new plan to replace it.
The Washington Post, Luz Lazo, 18 June 2021
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Elected Officials attend Amtrak's 2021 Juneteenth kickoff of B&P (Frederick Douglass) Tunnel project
 
Resident Opposition to B&P Tunnel Plans

*Here’s what’s stalling one of West Baltimore’s most anticipated development projects
​Baltimore Business Journal, Ethan McLeod, 21 July 2020

Could Maryland finally be ready to replace Baltimore's oldest rail Tunnel
Greater Greater Washington, Alex Holt, 24 June 2020

*Elementary School
The Baltimore Sun, Editorial by Laura Amlie, 22 October 2018

*Baltimore Faces a Huge Question
The Baltimore Sun, Editorial by Laura Amlie, 5 September 2018

*Protesters rally against proposed Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel Project diesel vent outside elementary school
The Baltimore Sun, Hallie Miller, 4 Sept. 2018

*B&P Tunnel Will Harm Neighbors
The Baltimore Sun, Letter from Joyce Scott, 10 April 2017

*Tunnel could bring disaster to Baltimore
Baltimore Sun, Editorial by Laura Amlie, 6 April 2017

FRA Picks Plan to Replace problematic AMTRAK Tunnel beneath Baltimore after years-long review
The Baltimore Sun, Kevin Rector, 31 March 2017

Scope Creep is the New Black
Pedestrian Observations, Alon Levy, 12 December 2016
Includes 47 comments from transportation experts

*Baltimore Amtrak Tunnel Replacement would Cost $4 Billion
The Baltimore Sun, Scott Dance, 1 December 2016

*Residents express concern about proposed train tunnel in West Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun, Jessica Anderson, 6 April 2016

Revised B&P Tunnel replacement plan on table ahead of open house
The Baltimore Sun, Colin Campbell, 6 April 2016

Resident concerns are shaping revisions to the B&P Tunnel Project
Baltimore Heritage, Eli Pousson, 1 April 2016
 
*Plans To Rebuild B&P Tunnel Generating Some Opposition  YouTube video
CBS Baltimore, Gigi Barnett, 7 February 2016

​*B&P tunnel relocation project meets strong opposition from city residents
The Baltimore Sun, Mary Carole McCauley, 8 February 2016

Replace the B&P tunnel
The Baltimore Sun, Greg Primrose, 28 January 2016

New West Baltimore rail tunnel could shake homes, displace people, study says
The Baltimore Sun, Timothy Wheeler, December 18, 2015

From vibrations to mosquitoes, plans to replace B&P tunnel draw concerns
The Baltimore Sun, Kevin Rector, 9 December 2014

B&P Tunnel replacement new focus of Baltimore's push for double-stacked trains, Could the B&P Tunnel be CSX's answer for double stacking?
The Baltimore Sun, Kevin Rector, 22 May 2015

Unbottlenecking Baltimore’s Rails
Greater Greater Washington, September 14, 2009
 
Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs)

Watch documentaries on YouTube to see how TBMs work:
Dirty Great Machines - Tunnel Boring Machines

Reel Truth Science Documentaries, 12 September 2018
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Meet Crossrail's Giant Tunneling Machines

Crossrail Project, 6 December 2012

Damage from Tunneling
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Part of the London Underground was nearly wiped out by a tunnel collapse at Heathrow Airport
West London News, Qasim Peracha, 31 March 2021

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East West Metro: Shifting of tunnel boring machine will not cause further damage, experts tell HC
Business Standard, 15 November 2019
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18 buildings damaged as Kolkata Metro tunnel-borer ‘hits aquifer'
Times of India, Tamaghna Banerjee & Ajanta Chakraborty, 2 September 2019 

Cologne archive collapse: Builders found not guilty of negligent homicide

Deutsche Welle, 10 December 2018

Metro rail tunneling has damaged 300-plus buildings since mid-2012
The Times of India, U Tejonmayam, 2 December 2017

How Was It Built - Metro
Architect of the Capital, Elliott Carter, 16 July 2016

Historic Seattle neighborhood inspected for damage after sinking
Seattle Times, Eric M. Johnson, 9 December 2014


Dissonance Underground; As Tunnel Work Hums, a Recording Studio Closes
New York Times, Vivian S. Toy, 6 July 1999
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Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
 
Elected Officials
 
President Joe Biden scheduled to visit Baltimore about replacing B&P Tunnel
WBAL, 23 January 2023

B&P Tunnel Renamed Frederick Douglass Tunnel
WJZ, 18 June 2021


Congressman Mfume and Rabbi Burg   (YouTube video, start watching at 38:50)
Newly Elected Officials series, 7 December 2020
 
Bill to assess dangers of an oil train derailment languishes in City Council
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Baltimore Brew, Fern Shen and Mark Reutter, 13 June 2016


City Council wants health study of transporting oil by train through Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun, Luke Broadwater, 29 January 2016
 
Alternatives

May editorial: Transpo officials should not be so quick to reject Grand Slam idea
Rails Trails & Structures Magazine, Bill Wilson, 11 May 2022
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Rail Group On Air: Grand Slam tunnel project still taking its swings    Podcast
Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with AmeriStarRail's Scott Spencer about the potential of the Grand Slam rail tunnel project.
21 April 2022

Maryland transportation officials reject startup's long shot plan to reroute Amtrak trains through new tunnel under Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun, Lilly Price, 28 March 2022

Startup pitches 'Baltimore Grand Slam' as alternative to B&P tunnel replacement
Baltimore Business Journal, Holden Wilen, 18 February 2022

Baltimore cites equity, environmental justice in saying no to high-speed maglev train project
​Washington Post, Luz Lazo, 24 June 2021


Baltimore City recommends against building proposed $10 billion high-speed Maglev train to Washington
The Baltimore Sun, Colin Campbell, 23 June 2021


What do you call a 311-mph train serving Baltimore? Transformative
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, 9 February 2021


High Speed MAGLEV Train Plans to Build Baltimore Station in Cherry Hill
SouthBmore.com Newsletter
, Kevin Lynch, 4 August 2020
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AmeriStarRail Proposal
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Northeast Maglev Project
 
Infrastructure Spending

Amtrak and Maryland hope to use funding from infrastructure bill for new B&P tunnel
Baltimore Fishbowl, Laura Stewart, 18 October 2021

The infrastructure package puts $66 billion into rail. It could power the biggest expansion in Amtrak's 50-year history
The Washington Post, Luz Lazo, 8 November 2021

A Look at What the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Would Do
The New York Times, Madeleine Ngo, 28 July 2021

 
Why ‘Amtrak Joe’ Should Pull Back on Train Funding
The New York Times, Steven Rattner, 1 July 2021
 
Bomb Trains

The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal, Justice Denied   Paperback 
Bruce Campbell, February 21, 2019
 
Bomb Trains: How Industry Greed and Regulatory Failure Put the Public at Risk   Paperback ​
Justin Mikulka, July 1, 2019

Trump Officials Just Killed A Safety Rule For Trains Carrying Oil
BuzzFeed, Zahra Hirji, 24 September 2018

Tragedie de Lac-Megantic 6 July 2013   YouTube video
Adrien Aubert and others, 5 July 2018
 
Can oil trains ever be made safe enough?
The DOT 111 Reader, from The Bellingham Herald, Mosier, OR, 2 August 2016

The Crude Gamble of Oil by Rail: Bomb Trains   YouTube video
28 July 2014

​Environmental Justice What Do the Ferguson Movement, the Charleston Killings and Oil Trains Have in Common?
Huff Post, Todd Paglia, July 3, 2015

2 railroads sue Md. to prevent disclosure of crude oil shipments
The Baltimore Sun, Kevin Rector, 28 July 2014
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Bomb Train explosion Lac Mégantic, Canada
 
Safety Record

Howard Street Tunnel Fire

Wikipedia

Opinion: Over 1000 Trains Derail Every Year In America. Let’s Bring That Number Down.
The New York Times, David Sirota, Rebecca Burns, Julia Rock, Matthew Cunningham-Cook (journalists at The Lever), 23 February 2023


Hydrochloric acid leak, train derailment prompt evacuation in St. James Parish
WABF, Fox News, 2 November 2022

Amtrak service modified between DC, New York due to freight train derailment near Aberdeen
WBAL, 5 March 2022

CSX Explosion in Curtis Bay Should Alarm Baltimore City and Accelerate Real Change
The Real News Network, Nicole Fabricant, 6 January 2022


Explosion in Curtis Bay CSX coal silo shakes Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun, Anderson, Price, Opilo, Costello, 30 December 2021

No injuries reported after 21 Philadelphia-bound freight cars derail in Baltimore City
The Baltimore Sun, Christine Condon, 24 November 2020

*Back on track in North Baltimore after CSX train derailment
WBFF Fox 45, Jeff Abell, 16 March 2019

Thousands of defects found on oil train routes
Associated Press, Matthew Brown,  5 April 2017
 
Work begins to clear derailed Howard Tunnel train
The Baltimore Sun, Colin Campbell and Michael Dresser, 13 June 2016

​CSX train derails in Northeast D.C., causing hazardous leak
​WTOP News, Dennis Foley, 1 May 2016
 
Train car derails in South Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun, Sean Welch and Frederick N. Rassmussen, 4 February 2016
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2001 Howard Street Tunnel fire, Baltimore
 
Other Rail Lines
Maryland, CSX find $103M in extra funding to let ‘double-stacked’ freight move through Howard Street Tunnel
The Baltimore Sun, Colin Campbell and Jeff Barker, 5 December 2019

Howard Street Tunnel expansion back on as CSX returns to table with $91 million commitment
The Baltimore Sun, Christina Tkacik, 13 December 2018


Senators want to know if CSX plans to revive Howard Street Tunnel project
The Baltimore Sun, Jeff Barker, 6 September 2018

The Toll of the Hudson Tunnel
Hudson Reporter, Al Sullivan, 23 August 2017
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Proposal for Northeast Corridor upgrades includes major rerouting in MD
The Baltimore Sun,  Colin Campbell, 27 December 2016

[The B&P Tunnel project is part of the larger Northeast Corridor (NEC) project]

Hogan pledges to revamp 'infamous' Howard Street Tunnel
The Baltimore Sun, Eric Cox, 24 October 2016

 
Dangerous Cargo: Hazardous Materials that Travel through D.C.
NBC News
 
Intermodal Facility

A victory for Morrell Park as state drops plan for CSX intermodal facility
Baltimore Brew, 29 August 2014

Murky in Morrell Park: CSX plan and mayoral stance on rail facility
Baltimore Brew, 17 December 2013

Mayor hints that CSX railyard in Morrell Park could be moved elsewhere
Baltimore Brew, 27 November 2013

CSX railyard opponents invite Biden and mayor to Morrell Park
The Baltimore Brew, 20 November 2013
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Intermodal Facility for double-stacking containers onto trains
 
Historical Articles

Rail Plan is latest in a long line
Baltimore Sun, Frederick N. Rasmussen, 3 December 2005
​This article references the Great Circle Passenger Tunnel
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    • North East Corridor (NEC) Project
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