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Rail industry: Positive Train Control not due till 2020
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end of the year....
NTSB cites undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea in two recent commuter rail crashes
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday determined that two commuter railroad terminal accidents in the New York area were caused by engineer fatigue resulting...
All charges reinstated against engineer in fatal 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — In a decision certain to reignite debate over one of the most consequential events in recent city history, a Philadelphia judge on Tuesday reinstated all criminal charges against the engineer in the...
BNSF joins blockchain alliance
(Source: Railway Age, February 5, 2018) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Company announced it recently became the first Class I railroad to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), comprising more than 200 freight transportation companies working to develop blockchain...
Experts say deadly S.C. Amtrak crash unlikely to deter riders
(Source: Post and Courier, February 6, 2018) CHARLESTON, S.C. — The deadly collision Sunday of an Amtrak passenger train and an unmanned freight train in Cayce is unlikely to shake consumer confidence in American rail service, experts say, as Amtrak's ridership is...
Completion of Penn Station track may aid NJ Transit riders
(Source: www.nj.com, February 2, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit riders could start using Track 15 in Penn Station New York again next month as work on Amtrak's winter track project in Penn Station New York is on-schedule despite some construction problems, officials...
Truck driver in last week’s GOP train crash was going around closed crossing gates, Amtrak president says
(Source: ABC News, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Amtrak copes with having two fatal crashes within five days, its president, Richard Anderson, asserted Monday that the truck driver involved in the first of the pair of accidents hit a train by "trying to...
MMA, six former employees fined in Lac-Megantic case
(Source: Railway Age, February 6, 2018) NEW YORK — Six former employees, including the chief executive of the defunct Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday in connection with the deadly derailment that killed 47 and destroyed the...
Charges dropped against Metro-North conductor accused of assaulting police
(Source: The Journal News, February 5, 2017) NEW YORK — Metro-North conductor Thomas Moran spent the past six months fearing he’d be locked up for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Full story: www.lohud.com
Amtrak crash adds to CSX’s rising accident toll
(Source: Bloomberg, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weekend’s fatal crash of Amtrak and CSX trains raises concerns about whether the freight railroad’s massive operations overhaul might have compromised safety and contributed to a rise in accidents. Full...
