News Wire recommended reading: Inside the B&P Tunnel

News Wire recommended reading: Inside the B&P Tunnel

By Trains Staff | February 16, 2025

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Articles also look at infrastructure challenges, MBTA decision on new contract operator

Brickwork inside railroad tunnel
The interior of the B&P tunnel, which dates to 1873. The process of replacing the tunnel has begun. Amtrak

The latest in the occasional series of articles recommended by Trains News Wire opens with a recent story from the Baltimore Banner looking at the B&P Tunnel, Amtrak’s efforts to maintain the 152-year-old bore, the plans to replace it, and the threats to the tunnel project.

Also recommended:

A Governing magazine opinion piece looks at the challenges of building infrastructure in America — citing California high speed rail and New York’s East Side Access as examples of what has gone wrong — and considers a proposal from the conservative Manhattan Institute to streamline the process.

The news site CommonWealth Beacon examines the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s upcoming decision to pick a new contract operator, and whether the contract should go to one company or consortium, or be broken up into separate deals.

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