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Operation Lifesaver President Bonnie Murphy tapped for position with Dallas Area Rapid Transit
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, October 27, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Operation Lifesaver, Inc., (OLI) President Bonnie Murphy announced that she will complete her term with the nonprofit on November 1 to join Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) as Vice...
Opinion: Amtrak’s return to Roanoke part of new Virginia economy
(Source: Opinion column by Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, October 30, 2017) ROANOKE, Va. — When Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 176 blows its horn and departs from downtown Roanoke at 6:19 a.m. Halloween morning, it will signal more than the return...
Opinion: Amtrak delays for East River Tunnel repairs make no sense
(Source: Opinion column by Larry Penner at www.metro.us, October 30, 2017) NEW YORK — Proposals by Amtrak to delay the decades-overdue major repairs to the four East River tunnels until after the LIRR begins service into Grand Central Terminal in December 2023 is bad...
Norfolk Southern sues over millions of rail ties it calls defective
(Source: Associated Press, October 30, 2017) ATLANTA — One of the nation's largest railroads says it must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties under its tracks because they're degrading faster than expected. In a federal lawsuit, Norfolk Southern Railway...
The Lac-Megantic rail disaster: Accountability foreclosed, justice denied
(Source: Opinion column by Bruce Campbell at www.rabble.ca, October 30, 2017) TORONTO — The trial of the three frontline workers charged with criminal negligence causing death in the Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster has now begun in a Sherbrooke, Québec, courtroom. If...
American Petroleum Institute failed to respond to concerns of oil train safety
(Source: DeSmog Blog, October 28, 2017) NEW YORK — On July 29, 2013 Thomas J. Herrmann of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) wrote a letter to Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute (API). The letter was in response to the oil train...
Amtrak thinning non-agreement ranks
(Source: Railway Age, October 27, 2017) NEW YORK — Amtrak has instituted a Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP) to reduce the number of non-agreement (non-union) employees. The railroad is offering what it’s calling a “generous incentive program” to those who...
Schumer: MTA must work to meet deadline for PTC
(Source: CBS New York, October 29, 2017) NEW YORK — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer called on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to “move heaven and earth” to install Positive Train Control on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Railroad, with...
Boston’s Amtrak service suspended after storm
(Source: Mass Live, October 30, 2017) BOSTON — Amtrak service between Boston and New Haven, Connecticut is suspended Monday morning after a storm with hurricane-force winds swept through the region. Full story: www.masslive.com
NJ Transit posts lowest annual ridership since Superstorm Sandy
(Source: Bergen Record, October 27, 2017) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — NJ Transit's ridership declined 3 percent last year, reflecting the impact of a major crash, a string of derailments and an agency struggling to maintain a consistently functional level of service. Full...
