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Hotline #1,437
April 17, 2026
It's "Advocacy Week" eve and, while staff is ready to welcome advocates from around the country to DC, we have some Amtrak news (new IG report and long distance fleet RFP) and all the links you have come to love. See you onboard! Highball!
Hotline #1,437–April 17th, 2026
Get on track with this week's rail passengers news
"The Rail Passenger Association's recognition of the essential work done by SMART-TD members aboard Amtrak during this difficult period is appreciated. The Golden Spike Award serves as a testament to the compassion and dedication our conductors, assistant conductors and other workers exhibit constantly through times both ordinary and extraordinary."
Jeremy Ferguson, SMART-TD President
December 21, 2021, on the Association awarding its 2021 Golden Spike Award to the Frontline Amtrak Employees.
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