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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...
CSX to re-open rail traffic into storm-hit Jacksonville
(Source: Reuters, September 12, 2017) SEATTLE — CSX Corp said on Tuesday it expects to re-open rail traffic into Jacksonville, Florida, later this evening, although customers should expect delays as crews work despite power outages and fallen trees in the region. Full...
Judge: Deadly Amtrak train 188 crash was an accident, not a crime
(Source: Associated Press, September 12, 2017) PHILADELPHIA — An unusual, 11th-hour attempt to put an Amtrak engineer behind bars for a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia unraveled Tuesday as a judge dismissed the case without trial because he found the evidence...
Luring riders, grappling with fares are priorities for new Metra chief
(Source: Chicago Daily Herald, September 11, 2017) CHICAGO — Metra's incoming chief starts with a daunting challenge -- a 2 percent cut in state funding for transit. Full story: Chicago Daily Herald
More high-speed rail closures, detours coming to Fresno
(Source: Fresno Bee, September 11, 2017) FRESNO, Calif. — Drivers on Tulare Street in downtown Fresno will have to deal with closures and detours for high-speed rail construction starting later this month near Chinatown. And nearby merchants are already fearful about...
Seventh Circuit widens scope of EEOC’s right to investigate
(Source: Baker Donelson, September 12, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this month, in EEOC v. Union Pacific Railroad, No. 15-3452, F.3d (7th Cir. Aug. 15, 2017), the Seventh Circuit issued a decision regarding the scope of the EEOC's right to investigate. It...
