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Lawmakers call for STB appointments in light of CSX service disruptions
(Source: Transportation Today, January 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing ongoing CSX Transportation service disruptions, Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called on Wednesday for Surface Transportation Board (STB) vacancies...
NJ Transit executive director stepping down after rocky period for agency
(Source: Bergen Record, January 4, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Steven Santoro will step down as executive director of NJ Transit in April, according to a statement released Thursday by the agency. Full story: www.northjersey.com
Albany-area CSX employees protest possible job loss after using sick leave
(Source: Albany television station WNYT, January 4, 2018) ALBANY, N.Y. — Happy New Year. You're fired. That's how several dozen CSX employees started 2018 after they called out sick over the Christmas holiday. Calling out on Christmas may look suspect, but some of the...
Crown witness lied, defense lawyer tells jury in Lac-Megantic trial
(Source: CBC News, January 4, 2018) MONTREAL — Gaétan Bourassa, the lawyer for Jean Demaître, the former railway operations manager indicted for his role in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train disaster, told jurors Thursday one of the Crown witnesses who testified against his...
Lawyers urge Lac-Megantic jury to ‘use common sense’ in deliberations in case against locomotive engineer
(Source: CBC News, January 3, 2018) MONTREAL — After a three-month-long trial, the Crown took just two and a half hours to present its closing arguments in the case against the three men charged in connection with the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. Full story:...
FBI accuses white supremacist of terror attack on Amtrak train in rural Nebraska
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, January 4, 2018) LINCOLN, Neb. — The FBI says an armed 26-year-old Missouri man who breached a secured area to stop an Amtrak train in southwest Nebraska in October has links to a white supremacist group and expressed an interest in...
NTSB preliminary report says PTC likely would have prevented Washington state Amtrak derailment; Damage estimate tops $40 million
(Source: Reuters, January 4, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The damage from a deadly Amtrak train crash in Washington state in December topped $40.4 million, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on Thursday. The safety board also said...
AAR reports freight rail traffic for 2017, December, and week ending December 30, 2017
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 3, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 30, 2017, as well as volumes for December 2017 and all of 2017. U.S....
UP: A look inside the spine of the Big Boy
(Source: Union Pacific press release, January 3, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific's steam team finally is getting down to the bones of UP No. 4014, the “Big Boy.” The locomotive's big steel front engine bed has been exposed and has a glossy new coat of black paint....
Florida’s Brightline to launch initial passenger rail service next week
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2018) Brightline next week will launch introductory passenger-rail service between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Full story: Progressive Railroading
