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Amtrak completes Penn Station repairs
(Source: www.nj.com, April 7, 2017) NEWARK, N.J. — Amtrak had vowed to have all repairs done by 4 a.m., but the agency released a statement just after 6:30 a.m. saying repairs were complete but that it is "testing and adjusting the installed components to ensure safe...
AAR: Rail freight traffic up 3.5 percent over 2016 for first 13 weeks of 2017
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, April 5, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 1, 2017, as well as volumes for March 2017. U.S. railroads originated...
Alaska Railroad reports $4.4 million loss in 2016
(Source: Alaska Public Radio, April 4, 2017) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Railroad Corporation had a rough year in 2016, where it saw a dramatic drop in revenue. The company finished 2016 $4.4 million in the red. Full story: Alaska Public Radio
Deadline approaches for comments on Susquehanna rail bridge replacement
(Source: The Aegis, April 6, 2017) BALTIMORE, Md. — Thursday is the final day the public can give comments on the recently-completed environmental assessment for the proposed replacement of Amtrak's Susquehanna River Rail Bridge between Havre de Grace and Perryville...
GE Transportation pours technology into locomotive factory
(Source: www.goerie.com, April 5, 2017) GROVE CITY, Pa. — How exactly to tighten bolts on a 4,400-hp GE locomotive engine is not a matter of personal choice for a worker at this GE Transportation factory, where old engines are restored to like-new condition. Full...
Bills stalling or stopping bullet train pass Texas Senate committee
(Source: Austin American-Statesman, April 5, 2017) AUSTIN, Texas — Five bills looking to constrain the Houston-to-Dallas high-speed train’s impact on taxpayers and landowners — and potentially kill the venture — flew Wednesday through the Senate Transportation...
California’s high-speed rail system could be operated first by a foreign firm
(Source: Fresno Bee, April 5, 2017) FRESNO, Calif. —Five international teams of companies – all from nations with well-established passenger rail systems – have submitted their qualifications to handle the early ramp-up operation of California’s future high-speed rail...
Bakken oil now flowing in Dakota Access pipeline, but oil trains to remain on track
(Source: DeSmog Blog, April 3, 2017) NEW YORK — One of the arguments often made for building more oil pipelines is that they will lead to fewer trains hauling oil, with proponents further positing that pipelines are safer than oil trains. Full story: DeSmog Blog
Union Pacific receives more than 800 violations for defects
(Source: Associated Press, April 5, 2017) BILLINGS, Mont. — When a freight train derailed in the Montana town of Culbertson, spilling 27,000 gallons of crude oil, investigators blamed the 2015 accident on defective or missing fasteners used to hold the tracks in...
Track flaws are focus of Penn Station derailment inquiry, official says
(Source: New York Times, April 5, 2017) NEW YORK — It is the question on the minds of many in the New York City area: Why is a relatively minor train derailment still wreaking havoc on my commute? Two days after a New Jersey Transit train derailed at Pennsylvania...
