Penn Station headlines: an NJ/Amtrak/LIRR train yard fire snarls service; overhaul plan moves forward with Amtrak funding. Brief bio: major NYC transit hub.
The State Department is finalising a limited run of commemorative U.S. passports featuring Donald Trump’s portrait to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The designs will be issued this summer at the Washington Passport Agency, with no extra cost and no nationwide mail rollout.
A two-alarm fire on a Amtrak work car in a Hudson River tunnel has injured five rail workers and disrupted Amtrak, NJ Transit and LIRR service into and out of Penn Station. Officials say overhead wires were damaged and service is expected to be heavily delayed through the morning rush.