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Massive fire at Port Coquitlam rail yard after fuel truck, train collide
(Source: CBC News, January 23, 2018) PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — Homes and businesses near a Canadian Pacific Railway yard in Port Coquitlam, B.C., were evacuated after a truck and a train car collided Monday night, sparking a large fire. Full story: www.cbc.ca
Ex-locomotive engineer apologizes for his role in Lac-Megantic tragedy
(Source: Canadian Press, January 22, 2018) MONTREAL — The former train engineer recently acquitted of criminal negligence in the Lac-Megantic railway disaster apologized Monday in a rare public statement since the 2013 tragedy that claimed the lives of dozens in the...
Two more unions ratify agreements with freight railroads
(Source: National Railway Labor Conference press release, January 23, 2018) ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Railway Labor Conference announced today that the members of the Transportation Communications International Union (TCU) and Brotherhood Railway Carmen (BRC) have...
Hartford rail line set to open in May, but fiscal troubles loom
(Source: Hartford Courant, January 22, 2018) HARTFORD, Conn. — The long-awaited $769 million New Haven-Hartford-Springfield commuter rail line remains on track to start up in May, but the huge project still doesn’t have enough funding for completion and is facing new...
Florida Congressman wants Brightline rail line shut down for safety review
(Source: The (Stuart, Fla.) News, January 18, 2018) BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A congressman whose district includes the Brightline passenger rail route called on the private company Thursday to shutter its rail line until flaws in safety are fixed. Full story: USA...
Amtrak’s Cascade rail ridership drops after DuPont derailment
(Source: Portland Tribune, January 19, 2018) PORTLAND, Ore. — Ridership of state-subsidized Amtrak Cascade passenger trains has plummeted in the past month since an Amtrak train derailment just south of Tacoma, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation....
Why Hunter Harrison’s railroad revolution will continue even though he’s gone
(Source: Fortune, January 20, 2018) NEW YORK — Hunter Harrison reigned at CSX for only eight months before he died, in late December. His astounding legacy: Implanting a new paradigm for railroading in a new market, the U.S. And against all odds, his lifelong creation...
Foote says he sees support at CSX despite job cuts
(Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, January 22, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More job cuts are coming at CSX Corp. this year, but new CEO James Foote says employees are supporting management’s efforts to reform the Jacksonville-based railroad. Full story: Jacksonville...
RRB offices remain open during government shutdown
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, January 22, 2018) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced that during the lapse in Federal funding for certain Government operations which began January 20, ongoing benefit payments will...
Former MMA chairman Ed Burkhardt says ‘jury made the right decision’
(Source: CBC News, January 20, 2018) MONTREAL — The former railway executive in charge of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) is speaking out after the acquittal of three of his former employees charged with criminal negligence causing death in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic...
