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CSX VP seeks to assure customers that railroad is back on track
(Source: American Shipper, September 18, 2017) NEW YORK — A CSX vice president this week tried to assure customers that the troubled Class I railroad is now back on track after a series of challenges and setbacks, including ones related to system upgrades, personnel...
NTSB releases preliminary report in SEPTA train crash
(Source: Philly Voice, September 20, 2017) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board is giving some insight into what caused a train crash aboard SEPTA's Norristown High Speed Line last month that left more than 40...
Lawmakers subpoena NJ Transit over slow PTC progress
(Source: Bloomberg, September 19, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — State lawmakers investigating New Jersey’s troubled commuter railroad are focusing on slow progress toward a deadline to install crash-prevention technology. Full story: Bloomberg
Commuters: Proposed Metra fare hike ‘definitely not good’
(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 18, 2017) CHICAGO — Metra is looking to raise fares next year, and rail commuters in Aurora and Naperville are worried about when the rate hikes will stop. Full story: Chicago Tribune
Passenger rail talks continue along Gulf Coast
(Source: Mississippi Business Journal, September 18, 2017) JACKSON, Miss. — Twelve years after Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast has restored all transportations except a passenger rail system. Now, the Mississippi Gulf Coast appears ready to welcome a restored...
California Zephyr is still on the rails, despite close call in Congress
(Source: Aspen Public Radio, September 17, 2017) ASPEN, Colo. — The California Zephyr is Amtrak’s train from Chicago to the Bay Area. It stops in Glenwood Springs, which has the second-busiest station in the state, next to Denver. The train shouldn’t be taken for...
Norfolk Southern on hot seat after house fire
(Source: Commonwealth Journal, September 19, 2017) SOMERSET, Ky. — A home on Cox Lane in Tateville was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. No one was injured in the blaze, but some people connected to the incident say that emergency response was hampered by a...
Teamsters Women’s Conference convenes in San Antonio
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 18, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 2017 Teamster's Women's Conference kicked off Sunday, in San Antonio, Texas where over a thousand Teamster women gathered from all across North America in...
Tacoma Rail, W&LE select Herzog for PTC services
(Source: Railway Age, September 14, 2017) NEW YORK — Tacoma, Wash.-based short line Tacoma Rail and Ohio-based regional Wheeling & Lake Erie have selected Herzog Technologies, Inc. (HTI) to provide Positive Train Control (PTC) Hosting services. Full story: Railway...
Opinion: Unions offer equal opportunity
(Source: Letter to the Editor by retired BLET member Joan Bockholt, published in the Las Vegas Sun on September 18, 2017) LAS VEGAS — My union was the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and it guaranteed that I made the same hourly wage as any male engineer. The job...
