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New Amtrak commuter train servicing Ventura, Santa Barbara areas ready to roll in April
(Source: Television station KEYT, February 22, 2018) SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A long-awaited commuter service involving a precisely timed Amtrak Pacific Surfliner will begin April 2 between Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. Full story: www.keyt.com
Day of Action set to bring workers together
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 22, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Workers all across the country will come together in cities from coast-to-coast Saturday to urge lawmakers to stand up to big business bullies dumping dollars into an...
Opinion: Ignore the circus. Here’s what’s really going on with PTC
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by William C. Vantuono, February 16, 2018) NEW YORK — The railroad industry is making steady progress implementing Positive Train Control. You wouldn’t know it though, if you believed some of the choreographed histrionics the House...
TSB: Canadian railway accidents increase
(Source: Railway Age, February 21, 2018) NEW YORK — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its preliminary transportation occurrence statistics for 2017. Total railway incidents were up, but still in line with five-year averages. Full story: Railway...
BNSF sent crews into a treacherous Stampede Pass blizzard, union tells WA lawmakers
(Source: Seattle Times, February 22, 2018) OLYMPIA, Wash. — A train workers’ union told a harrowing tale Thursday about ascending Stampede Pass in a blizzard, where a train broke apart, and a locomotive engineer spent 10 hours stranded inside the tunnel. The conductor...
AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending February 17, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 21, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 17, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
Baltimore bill would ban construction of oil terminals
(Source: Baltimore Sun, February 21, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — Environmental groups plan to rally in front of Baltimore City Hall on Wednesday as the City Council takes up a bill that would ban the construction of crude oil terminals as part of an ongoing effort to limit...
Metra looking to buy used locomotives to help reduce delays
(Source: Daily Herald, February 21, 2018) CHICAGO — Metra riders could get a push from a fleet of previously used locomotives the agency is eying to purchase this year. Full story: Daily Herald
Norfolk Southern COO sells $244,010 in company stock
(Source: Stock News Times, February 21, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. COO Michael Joseph Wheeler sold 1,699 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 16. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.62, for a total value of...
Teamsters Local 653 members ratify strong agreements
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 21, 2018) SOUTH EASTON, Mass. — Teamsters Local 653 members in Massachusetts who work at West Bridgewater Public Library, Raynham Center Water District and Liberty Bakery Kitchen have ratified...
