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Hotline #1,415
October 24, 2025
This #HotlineFriday we are celebrating cooler weather, clean trains, and Airo testing - but feeling the shutdown's effects on transportation. Plus news of note from around the country. See you onboard. Highball!
Hotline #1,415–October 24th, 2025
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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