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A political battle over California’s bullet train has ended with the release of money
(Source: Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2017) LOS ANGELES — The state finance department has cleared the way for a $713-million state grant to electrify a commuter rail system in the Bay Area, ending a political battle started earlier this year by California Republicans...
Supreme Court tightens rules on where companies can be sued
(Source: Reuters, May 30, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations by undercutting the ability of plaintiffs to bring claims in friendly courts in a case...
Amtrak details summer service cutbacks
(Source: Associated Press, May 30, 2017) NEW YORK — On May 30, Amtrak detailed summertime service changes and cutbacks to allow it to perform extensive repairs at Penn Station. The summer repairs are expected to close three of the station's 21 tracks at a time for...
Trespasser arrested for locking himself inside cab of BNSF locomotive
(Source: KXLY, May 27, 2017) SPOKANE, Wash. — Shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Spokane Police responded to a report of a man locked inside a BNSF train car near N. Helena and E. Front. The man had started the engine and was blowing the whistles. Full story:...
NS, UPS on different sides of Great Lakes Basin debate
(Source: Post-Tribune, May 29, 2017) CHICAGO — Reiterating a point they made a year ago, representatives from Norfolk Southern Railway Company said in a recent letter to the federal board that will determine the fate of a proposed freight train line that they would...
GE opens ‘mission control for trains’ in Fort Worth
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 25, 2017) FORT WORTH — General Electric, which builds railroad locomotives west of the Texas Motor Speedway, has opened a “mission control” center in far north Fort Worth to digitally track the performance of 17,000 vehicles...
Coal trains may be fewer, but railroads keep rolling through Appalachia
(Source: Associated Press, May 28, 2017) MATOAKA, W.Va. — The red caboose parked at the edge of a rundown commercial block is the only rail car some people have seen in Matoaka in more than a year. Full story: The Detroit News
Amtrak: 3 tracks to be closed at Penn Station during repairs
(Source: Associated Press, May 25, 2017) NEW YORK — Three tracks at a time will be closed at Penn Station as part of extensive repair work there that is expected to inconvenience thousands of rail commuters this summer, an Amtrak official said Thursday. Full story:...
Naperville Amtrak shooting suspect to have mental evaluation
(Source: Daily Herald, May 25, 2017) CHICAGO — A DuPage County judge has ordered a mental fitness evaluation for the 79-year-old Wisconsin man charged with the May 16 shooting of an Amtrak conductor in Naperville. Full story: Daily Herald
Proposed federal budget would cut passenger rail security funding program by 50%
(Source: Dow Jones Newswires, May 25, 2017) NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's 2018 budget would cut transportation security grants that support patrols of so-called soft targets like New York City's Penn Station and Washington, D.C.'s Union Station. The Trump...
