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Hyndman residents learn a hard lesson after derailment: “Expect the worst”
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 5, 2017) HYNDMAN, Pa. —CSX railroad tracks cut straight through Hyndman, a borough in Bedford County with a population of about 900. Full story: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Most Hyndman residents allowed home after CSX derailment
(Source: Associated Press, August 5, 2017) HYNDMAN, Pa. — Most residents were being allowed to return to the homes they were forced to leave after a train derailment and resulting fires in their small Bedford County town, authorities said. Full story: Pittsburgh...
Gateway chess game stalls Batory FRA confirmation
(Source: Railway Age, August 5, 2017) NEW YORK — Confirmation of career-railroader Ronald L. Batory as Federal Railroad Administrator has been delayed by New Jersey and New York’s Senate delegation—Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kirsten Gillibrand...
Trump halts U.S. effort to combat trucker, rail worker sleep disorders
(Source: Bloomberg, August 5, 2017) NEW YORK — The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have sleep apnea, a health condition linked to deadly accidents. Full story: www.msn.com
Berkshire Hathaway profit falls as underwriting loss offsets BNSF gains in 2Q 2017
(Source: Reuters, August 4, 2017) NEW YORK — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday reported a 15 percent drop in second-quarter profit, as lower investment gains and a loss from insurance underwriting offset improvement in its BNSF railroad business. BNSF...
UP urges safety for August 21 solar eclipse viewers near railroad tracks
(Source: Union Pacific press release, August 3, 2017) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific counts many miles of freight rail lines within the eclipse’s viewing path. Hauling the freight American families and businesses use daily is a 24/7 job, so Union Pacific does not plan to...
Union Pacific tops Soy Transportation Coalition’s railroad report card
(Source: Brownfield Ad News, August 3, 2017) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Union Pacific is the top performing railroad in the seventh annual Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) Railroad Report Card, a survey of agricultural shippers across the U.S. Full story: Brownfield Ag...
BMW, Norfolk Southern take the inland road to efficiency
(Source: Logistics Management, August 3, 2017) FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — BMW’s collaboration with South Carolina Ports and Norfolk Southern creates a unique intermodal solution that eliminates truck moves, improves its sustainability efforts and subsequently spurs...
What’s delaying Quad Cities-Chicago passenger rail?
(Source: Television station WQAD, August 3, 2017) MOLINE, Ill. — Work is winding down on a new multi-modal station and hotel in downtown Moline which is supposed to coincide with the long-awaited return of passenger rail service between the Quad Cities and Chicago via...
Displaced Hyndman residents flock to hotels
(Source: Cumberland Times-News, August 3, 2017) LAVALE, Md. — Donna Jenkins has lived in Hyndman, Pennsylvania, for 47 years. "Never a derailment in all those years until now,” Jenkins, one of dozens of evacuees staying at LaVale’s Holiday Inn Express, said Thursday,...
