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Hoffa: Reject Senate health care bill
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 27, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter sent to Capitol Hill today, Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa called on the Senate to oppose the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” if brought...
Regulators helped oil by rail company avoid environmental review, California court rules
(Source: DeSmog Blog, June 27, 2017) NEW YORK — This week, a court in California overturned a permit allowing the expansion of an oil-by-rail terminal near Bakersfield, California. The opinion from that court ruling reads like a case study for corporations looking to...
Report: Alabama mine worker’s death caused by out of control locomotive
(Source: Associated Press, June 26, 2017) HUEYTOWN, Ala. — An out of control locomotive was responsible for the death of a miner at a west Jefferson County coal mine earlier this month, according to a preliminary report filed by (MSHA) Mine Safety and Health...
CSX dispatchers to soon return to Jacksonville
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 26, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is in the early planning stages of re-centralizing all of its train dispatchers to Jacksonville. The decision would relocate approximately 355 train dispatchers from nine offices to one...
Hall named FRA Deputy Director
(Source: Railway Age, June 27, 2017) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration has named public relations practitioner Heath Hall as Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator, a post that does not require Senate confirmation. Hall is known to USDOT Secretary Elaine...
Two CSX workers killed by Amtrak train near Union Station in D.C.
(Source: NBC Washington, June 28, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two CSX employees were killed when they were struck by an Amtrak train outside Union Station in Northeast Washington Tuesday night. No one on the train was injured. An Amtrak spokesperson previously said the...
Virginia high-speed rail meetings continue
(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 29, 2017) RICHMOND, Va. — The second meeting of a community advisory council for a federal high-speed rail project provided insights into what has been guiding the thinking of state transportation officials. Full story:...
Great Lakes Basin clarifies location of proposed freight rail line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 23, 2017) Great Lakes Basin Transportation Inc. (GLBT) yesterday filed a response to the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) request for additional information on the company's proposed new freight railroad that would operate...
UP derailment spills whipped cream into Texas creek, resulting in fish kill
(Source: KTXS, June 26, 2017) COLORADO CITY, Texas — A refrigerated car involved in Friday’s train derailment near Colorado City contained whipped cream that has melted into Champion Creek and resulted in a fish kill. A Union Pacific Railroad spokesman says strong...
MBTA officials set to offer new proposal to change retirement system
(Source: Boston Herald, June 26, 2017) BOSTON — The MBTA is taking aim at its troubled retirement system with a new proposal that would slice into the transit agency's retirees' benefits and require employees to work longer to max out their pensions. Under the...
