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UP, Watco to expand Cold Connect service
(Source: Railway Age, September 12, 2017) NEW YORK — Union Pacific and its rail partners plan to up the frequency of its Cold Connect refrigerated produce service with an eye on expanded market opportunities for Idaho potatoes in New York state. Full story: Railway...
CN, fire department run rail disaster drill in Montreal
(Source: CTV News, September 12, 2017) MONTREAL — The fire department and CN ran a drill Tuesday to practice how they would handle a train crash involving dangerous material. This kind of training has ramped up since the deadly train accident in Lac-Megantic four...
Opinion: A Lac-Megantic trial, but where’s the inquiry?
(Source: Globe and Mail opinion column by Kevin Quigley, September 11, 2017) TORONTO — In popular culture, different types of crises and disasters generate different types of narratives about accountability. Natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and the B.C....
Construction on Hudson River rail tunnel planned to start in spring
(Source: Crain’s New York Business, September 12, 2017) NEW YORK — The head of Amtrak defended the $30 billion price tag of a plan to build a rail tunnel under the Hudson River, expand Penn Station and add a bridge in New Jersey. He said he expected construction to...
Gateway Program meeting with Trump productive, Amtrak chairman says
(Source: AM New York, September 12, 2017) NEW YORK — Amtrak chairman Tony Coscia on Tuesday described last week’s joint meeting with the Trump administration on the Gateway Program as “very productive,” but warned that costs to build new rail tunnels under the Hudson...
Koch Brothers will have to produce records in lawsuit against BNSF, UP
(Source: Courthouse News Service, September 13, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a win for two railroad giants accused of collusion by billionaire William Koch’s coal company, a federal judge ordered Koch to produce records, rejecting the argument that doing so would be...
Shuster shuffles T&I Committee staff
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 12, 2017) U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) announced last week that Denny Wirtz has been appointed staff director of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and...
Chatsworth Metrolink crash was 9 years ago Tuesday
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News, September 12, 2017) LOS ANGELES — September 12, 2017, marked the ninth anniversary of the 2008 Chatsworth train crash, considered the largest commuter rail disaster in state history. The crash occurred when a Metrolink train collided...
Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities
(Source: Associated Press, September 12, 2017) WICHITA, Kan. — Hard red winter wheat exports are flowing again from the Plains states to the battered Gulf Coast for shipment overseas. Full story: www.wtop.com
NS lifts embargoes after Hurricane Irma
(Source: Norfolk Southern service alert, September 12, 2017) NORFOLK, Va. — Effective immediately the ingate is open for shipments originating at the Jacksonville Intermodal facility. To enhance velocity through the facility, drivers ingating shipments will be...
