Elon Musk's tunneling firm, the Boring Company, had recent talks to assess if it could help with an Amtrak project in the Northeastern U.S., the New York Times reports. The project is the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program connecting Baltimore to Washington and Virginia.

The New York Times reports that Musk’s company is helping the government assess “the costs and progress” of the Frederick Douglass Tunnel program, a new underground Amtrak route that has been designed to replace an aging tunnel system that connects Baltimore to Washington and Virginia.

Federal railroad regulators are in talks with Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company (TBC), over a multi-billion Amtrak project, according to The

The Federal Railroad Administration has brought in the tunneling company to see if it could help with a multibillion-dollar rail project.

Amtrak, railroad service company, has announced plans to cut 450 positions as part of a strategy to reduce annual expenses by $100m.

The train company’s watchdog began investigating the jaw-dropping scheme after an agent noticed unusual billing patterns, according to the OIG’s office.

Amtrak released a white paper that same week explicitly pushing back against calls for privatization. Less than two weeks later, CEO Stephen Gardner resigned after more than four years in the role. A Reuters report claimed Gardner was forced out for disagreeing with the incoming administration’s policy priorities.

At least 119 Amtrak employees participated in a scheme with healthcare providers that defrauded the company’s health insurance plan of more than $12 million between 2019 and 2022, according to findings released by the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Amtrak is cutting roughly 20% of its top-level management staff in an effort to reduce costs amid uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s plans to invest in infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Wednesday it is eliminating 450 positions as it aims to cut annual costs by $100 million as future support from Congress remains uncertain.

More than 200 firefighters battled a massive blaze that broke out at a west Baltimore warehouse, disrupting Amtrak service in the area and prompting officials to move dozens of area residents.