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Senate confirms three to NMB
(Source: Washington Examiner, November 2, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans cleared 27 Trump appointees on Thursday as part of a confirmation blitz that is expected to last for weeks. Confirmed nominees included three appointees to the National Mediation...
BNSF homicide: State expert rules out mental disease in shooter
(Source: Herald and News, November 2, 2017) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Forensic Psychologist Dr. Alexander Duncan testified Thursday he found no case for abnormal psychosis in James Forshee when Forshee shot and killed Emery Connor in 2014. Full story: Herald and News
Plans to expand Southwest Chief are proceeding
(Source: Pueblo West View, November 2, 2017) PUEBLO, Colo. — The Front Range Rail Commission — a group working to preserve Amtrak’s Southwest Chief — gave the state Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee an update on the next steps for bringing passenger rail...
Editorial: Passenger rail expands once again
(Source: Editorial in the Lynchburg News & Advance, November 3, 2017) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Twenty years ago, who would have thought we would be celebrating the success of passenger rail in Central Virginia, much less marking its expansion into the Roanoke and Southwest...
Amtrak names Zacariassen CIO
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 2, 2017) Amtrak has appointed Christian Zacariassen chief information officer, the railroad announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Man gets 11 years for role in gun heist from Chicago rail yard
(Source: NBC Chicago, November 2, 2017) CHICAGO — A man convicted of helping steal more than 100 guns in a 2015 freight train burglary has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Full story: NBC Chicago
NJ Transit is missing $2.4 million in uncollected fares due to manpower shortage
(Source: Bloomberg, November 2, 2017) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit failed to collect $2.4 million in commuter-rail revenue over nine months because of short-staffing and passenger crowding, according to a union representing train conductors. United Transportation...
Editorial: Double-stack, not double-talk, on the Howard Street Tunnel
(Source: Editorial in the Baltimore Sun, November 2, 2017) BALTIMORE, Md. — For many living in the Baltimore area (at least those far removed from Locust Point or Dundalk), the business of shipping goods over water and rail is a world away. Most folks are not employed...
Canadian oil company Cenovus ready to ship more crude by rail as pipeline squeeze looms
(Source: JWN energy, November 2, 2017) EDMONTON, Alberta — Thermal oilsands heavyweight Cenovus Energy is prepared to increase the amount of oil it ships by rail in expectation of a coming widening of the price spread between Canadian heavy oil and US light benchmark...
Wheel bearing failure contributed to CSX’s 2015 Maryville derailment and fire, FRA says
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, November 2, 2017) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The sudden failure of a wheel bearing appears to have triggered the disastrous July 2015 freight train derailment that forced the evacuation of 5,000 Blount County residents, according to federal...
