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Crown won’t appeal acquittals in Lac-Megantic case
(Source: CBC News, February 16, 2018) MONTREAL — Quebec's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) will not appeal the not-guilty verdicts reached by the jury in the trial of three former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic rail workers for their role in the 2013...
46 former workers file wrongful termination lawsuit against CSX
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, February 18, 2018) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Forty-six former railroad workers are suing CSX for alleged wrongful termination, according to court documents filed Friday at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia...
NJ Transit has worst monthly performance since Penn Station work
(Source: Bloomberg, February 15, 2018) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit in January had its worst monthly on-time rail performance since it was forced to cut service last summer to deal with Amtrak’s emergency track repairs at New York Pennsylvania Station. Full story:...
FRA announces $73 million available for rail capital projects and operating assistance
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, February 15, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it is accepting applications for $73 million in grant funding for...
NTSB cites human error as likely cause of Amtrak-CSX collision in Cayce, S.C.
(Source: Associated Press, February 15, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Human error is likely the cause of a collision between an Amtrak train and a freight train in South Carolina that killed two people and injured dozens of others earlier this month, according to a...
Lawmakers scold railroads over delay in safety upgrades
(Source: The Hill, February 15, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel of lawmakers on Thursday admonished the nation’s railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to meet a fast-approaching deadline to enact a key train safety feature that could have prevented...
Riders may not be able to take NJ Transit to Penn Station if PTC not installed by deadline
(Source: Bergen Record, February 15, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak's CEO said Thursday that it would not allow railroads such as NJ Transit to operate over its tracks after Dec. 31 if they did not have a required safety system in place by then. Tens of thousands of...
Congress urges railroads to meet looming safety deadline
(Source: Reuters, February 15, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to install an anti-crash technology called positive train control after a series of recent...
NTSB issues 3 urgent safety recommendations regarding railroad safety
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 15, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued three urgent safety recommendations Thursday, acting upon the agency’s findings in two ongoing railroad accident...
Two crew members injured as NS train derails, catches fire near Attica, N.Y.
(Source: Buffalo News, February 15, 2018) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two crew members were injured when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying automobiles derailed and caught fire Thursday in a rural area in the Town of Attica not far from Attica Central High School,...
