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Veterans’ families take Midland train crash case to Texas Supreme Court
(Source: Midland Reporter-Telegram, November 15, 2017) MIDLAND, Texas — Attorneys representing family members of three of the four military veterans killed in a crash between a Union Pacific train and a parade float in Midland in 2012 said Wednesday they are asking...
German rail giant tapped to operate California’s bullet train
(Source: Courthouse News Service, November 15, 2017) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a delay, the California High-Speed Rail Authority on Wednesday awarded a hotly contested contract to a German engineering firm to help with the preoperative and early-operation phase of...
It’s official: GE booting its Transportation division
(Source: Railway Age, November 13, 2017) NEW YORK — Monday the 13th at General Electric: The 125-year-old corporation, among the world’s oldest, announced a massive, aggressive downsizing and restructuring, a reduced dividend, and an in-the-works divestiture of its...
NTSB: Ignored safety procedures, fractured safety program led to fatal Amtrak derailment
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 14, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday the April 3, 2016, derailment of Amtrak train 89 near Chester, Pennsylvania was caused by deficient safety...
“It looks like the apocalypse:” MMA workers didn’t fathom it was their train burning, Lac-Megantic trial hears
(Source: CBC News, November 15, 2017) MONTREAL — As towering flames lit the night sky in the early morning of July 6, 2013, employees of the now-defunct Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) railway spoke to each other with growing apprehension, trying to figure out the...
New train cars to increase capacity on Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins and Pacific Surfliner routes
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, November 14, 2017) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Commuters heading into the Bay Area on the San Joaquins or Capitol Corridor routes can look forward to a little more breathing room: Caltrans announced last week a $371 million contract for new...
Editorial: If Trump blows up NAFTA, Kansas and Missouri workers would feel the pain
(Source: Editorial in the Kansas City Star, November 13, 2017) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A NAFTA country is your state’s top export market. Period. And it does not matter on which side of the state line you live. Full story: Kansas City Star
Residents object to judge’s order allowing ethanol transfer station in Macon
(Source: The Telegraph, November 14, 2017) MACON, Ga. — A group of nearly 20 residents gathered on the courthouse steps Tuesday to express their feelings about a Bibb County judge’s order that would allow a rail terminal and ethanol fuel transfer station to be built...
Illinois rail car plant loses $352 million Amtrak contract to California
(Source: Chicago Tribune, November 14, 2017) CHICAGO — A Japanese rail-car maker with a manufacturing plant in Rochelle has lost a lucrative contract to build high-speed Amtrak passenger trains after years of safety problems, technical failures and layoffs. Full...
Officials approve plans to ease Savannah port congestion
(Source: Associated Press, November 13, 2017) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia port officials will spend $42 million to untie road and rail congestion around Savannah's docks. Ultimately, the $128 million project will combine rail yards operated by CSX Corp. and Norfolk...
