Will ‘Amtrak Joe’ be good for US rail?
By Keith Fender
THE election victory of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the USA means the country has someone who is ‘on record’ as being pro-rail.
He spent decades from the 1970s commuting by train from Wilmington, Delaware to Washington DC when he was a member of the Senate, making more than 8,000 journeys.
It was this period that led to his nickname of ‘Amtrak Joe’ as he became so well-known to train crews and other rail workers.