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Another thief sentenced in heist of guns from NS train in Chicago
(Source: Associated Press, December 7, 2017) CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago-area man to 12½ years in prison for helping to steal around 100 new guns from a freight train stopped in the city. Full story: www.usnews.com
NJ Transit train gets stuck in tunnel outside Penn Station
(Source: New York Post, December 6, 2017) NEW YORK — A New Jersey Transit train packed with passengers got stuck in a tunnel outside Penn Station for about an hour on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Full story: New York Post
NY officials pick CSX’s DeWitt rail yard for inland port
(Source: Syracuse.com, December 6, 2017) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — State transportation officials today said they are working to expand the DeWitt rail yard controlled by CSX into an "inland port,'' a decision that appears to put an end to more ambitious plans put forth in...
RJ Corman establishes electrician apprenticeship program
(Source: Kentucky Today, December 6, 2017) NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — A central Kentucky railroad company is partnering with the Kentucky Labor Cabinet to begin an apprenticeship program. Full story: Kentucky Today
LIRR seeks M9A EMUs
(Source: Railway Age, December 6, 2017) NEW YORK — MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has issued an RFP (Request For Proposals) to prequalify firms for a minimum of 60 and up to 160 M9A married-pair (A Car – B Car) EMU (electric multiple-unit) railcars, structured as a...
CN-NS interline service is seeing solid early returns
(Source: Logistics Management, December 6, 2017) FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The joint interline service formally rolled out in October by Class I railroad carriers CN and Norfolk Southern appears to be off to a good start so far. Full story: Logistics Management
‘Arrangement’ between CSX, Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit lawyers on blocked crossings
(Source: FloridaPolitics.com, December 7, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Since railroad company CSX embraced a “precision railroading” model that led to staff cuts and an seeming uptick in trains lingering on tracks blocking roadways, citizens in the Jacksonville/Baldwin...
Via KCS, Exxon sends first U.S. fuel shipment to Mexico’s newly free market
(Source: San Antonio Express News, December 6, 2017) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Exxon Mobil Corp. is joining Chevron Corp. and other U.S. refiners to supply the newly free Mexico fuel market. Exxon sent two cargoes totaling 120,000 barrel of diesel and gasoline Wednesday...
Oregon Senator Merkley criticizes rollback of ECP brake regulation
(Source: Puget Sound Public Radio (KUOW), December 6, 2017) SEATTLE, Wash. — Obama-era regulations required railroad companies to install electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes by 2021. Those new systems were supposed to help prevent fiery crashes, like last...
NARP rebrands itself as RPA
(Source: Rail Passengers Association press release, November 27, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement by Jim Matthews, President and CEO of the Rail Passengers Association: Today, I am pleased to announce the formal introduction of our new brand....
