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AAR: Rail traffic up 4.4 percent from 2016 for week ending March 11
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 15, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 11, 2017. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 510,638...
Amtrak’s Gateway project imperiled by Trump proposal to slash funding
(Source: Bloomberg, March 16, 2017) NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget outline calls for the elimination of billions of dollars that Amtrak is counting on for Gateway, the proposed rail tunnel project under the Hudson River designed to ease New...
Trump budget would end funding of Amtrak long-distance trains
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 16, 2017) President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget blueprint would cut the U.S. Department of Transportation's budget by $2.4 billion, or 13 percent, to $16.2 billion, according to the document. Regarding rail, the...
CSX to build 18 miles of new track between Ravena and Catskill, N.Y.
(Source: Columbia-Greene Media, March 16, 2017) CATSKILL, N.Y. — Work has begun on a project by the railroad corporation CSX Transportation to build 18 miles of track down near the Hudson River that will run through Albany to northern New Jersey. These lines will also...
UP gives update on its PTC progress
(Source: Union Pacific press release, March 15, 2017) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific continues to implement positive train control (PTC), closing 2016 with milestones in track segments that are PTC ready and employee training. Full story: Union Pacific
BNSF agrees to contamination cleanup plan in Spokane
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 15, 2017) BNSF Railway Co., Husky Energy, the Washington State Department of Ecology and Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) have agreed on a framework for the environmental cleanup of an underground oil...
Mudslide derails 5 cars of UP grain train in Idaho
(Source: Bonner County Daily Bee, March 16, 2017) MOYIE SPRINGS, Idaho — Emergency responders struggled to access a derailed southbound Union Pacific grain train early Wednesday morning, after an estimated five cars derailed near a 100-foot embankment just above the...
11 UP cars derail in Lake Forest
(Source: Daily North Shore, March 15, 2017) LAKE FOREST, Ill. — No injuries were reported, no local property was damaged and no material was discharged when 11 cars of a 96-car Union Pacific freight train derailed on tracks immediately east of Highway 41 just south of...
Amtrak to resume most regular NEC service after snowstorm
(Source: www.syracuse.com, March 16, 2017) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Amtrak will resume most of its regular operations in the Northeast on Thursday following service disruptions from the major snowstorm that hit the region. Full story: www.syracuse.com
Mexican regulators say KCS part of rail duopoly that hurts competition
(Source: Associated Press, March 15, 2017) MEXICO CITY — Mexican regulatory authorities say an investigation has found that an effective rail duopoly between Kansas City Southern and Grupo Mexico has increased transport costs and created a lack of competition in rail...
