Amtrak tunnel project causing more than headaches, neighbors say

State Roundup: A neighborhood is shaken as Amtrak replaces 150-year-old tunnel; Ferguson says state has yet to feel impact of federal budget actions

REPLACING OLD AMTRAK TUNNEL UPENDS A BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD: Baltimore’s Midtown-Edmondson neighborhood has turned into a big construction site as Amtrak prepares to build the western entrance to the future Frederick Douglass Tunnel next door, replacing the decrepit, Civil War-era tunnel that caused bottlenecks. But the construction will upend daily life for years there as residents fear the daily burden will push them out before they see the pr…

Amtrak tunnel project causing more than headaches, neighbors say

Tahera Arrington worked nights at a Curtis Bay chemical plant and slept days in her West Baltimore rowhome, at least until Amtrak started work in her neighborhood on a big new tunnel under the city.