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Canada proposing fatigue regulation for rail workers
(Source: Occupational Health & Safety, November 8, 2017) NEW YORK — Saying Canadians deserve the safest transportation system possible and should be confident that railroad workers are ready for duty and well rested, Marc Garneau, the government's minister of...
Smoking MMA locomotive left idling on tracks, Lac-Megantic trial hears
(Source: CBC News, November 7, 2017) MONTREAL — Taxi driver André Turcotte testified clouds of black smoke were billowing from the stack of the locomotive left running on the tracks at Nantes, Que., when he arrived to pick up engineer Tom Harding on the eve of the...
KCS announces results of 2017 Holiday Express fundraising campaign
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, November 6, 2017) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today that its 17th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $172,500 in gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the route. The gift...
Fort Madison moves ahead with Amtrak depot project
(Source: The Hawk Eye, November 6, 2017) FORT MADISON, Iowa — The Fort Madison City Council on Monday approved Mayor Brad Randolph’s signature on three agreements regarding a $1.2 million project 10 years in the making to move the Amtrak passenger pick-up and drop-off...
BNSF shooter claims killing was defense of self, others
(Source: Herald and News, November 6, 2017) KLAMATH FALLS, Iowa — A former BNSF rail yard employee who killed his supervisor in 2014 said he was defending himself and others from a boss who treated them unfairly and “had to be stopped.” Full story: Herald and...
Opinion: Another tunnel, another time
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Bruce E. Kelly, November 6, 2017) NEW YORK — As I stated in my blog about Hunter Harrison earlier this year, the numerical “success” he was credited with during his time at Canadian Pacific would not have been possible without...
Deadline passes for Great Lakes Basin to appeal STB decision
(Source: www.nwitimes.com, November 6, 2017) MUNSTER, Ind. — A 60-day deadline has passed for Great Lakes Basin Transportation to appeal in federal court the rejection of its application to build a 261-mile freight railroad from LaPorte County to southeast Wisconsin....
Teamsters Canada: Shameful this company was allowed to buy property from CN
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, November 7, 2017) OTTAWA — The following is a statement from Roland Hackl, Vice-President of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), regarding the unprecedented challenges with rail operations on the Hudson Bay Railway...
Oil money pours into Washington state port election ahead of major decision on crude by rail terminal
(Source: DeSmog Blog, November 6, 2017) NEW YORK — An election in southern Washington could decide the fate of the country's largest proposed crude-by-rail terminal, and has recently come under heavy scrutiny as a rush of oil money has flowed into the campaign...
Maglev developers ink deal to use union workers for DC-NY project construction
(Source: Baltimore Business Journal, November 1, 2017) BALTIMORE, Md. — Contractors seeking to work on a planned 300-mile-per-hour train from Washington, D.C., to New York will have to use union workers under a new agreement. Full story: Baltimore Business Journal
