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CSX statement on the hiring of Hunter Harrison as CEO
(Source: CSX press release, March 6, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation today announced the Company has named E. Hunter Harrison, a proven railroad executive with a well-regarded track record of producing market-leading operating results, as chief executive...
CSX reaches deal with hedge fund, hires Hunter Harrison as new CEO
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville-based CSX has a new CEO and a deal with the hedge fund pushing for changes at the railroad. Full story: Florida Times Union
Retiring CSX chief Michael Ward to stay in Jacksonville, continue philanthropy
(Source: Florida Times Union, March 3, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When Michael J. Ward was growing up in Baltimore, the oldest of a pool hall owner’s eight children, he rarely had change to spare. Full story: Florida Times Union
Amtrak Hoosier State announces amenities
(Source: Journal Review, March 3, 2017) CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Transportation, community partners and Amtrak announced passenger amenities on board the Hoosier State service when it transitioned to modern Amtrak railcars and locomotives on...
NS yard expansion in Chicago raises questions about scope of eminent domain
(Source: Chicago Reporter, March 5, 2017) CHICAGO — Joyce Edwards’ family was forced to move from their Wells Street home to make way for the construction of the Dan Ryan Expressway in the late 1950s. Edwards now will have to leave her home in Chicago’s Englewood...
Amtrak’s Adirondack on track to benefit from customs legislation
(Source: Albany Times Union, March 5, 2017) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Each day Amtrak's Adirondack services face uncertainty at the Canadian border. Will customs and immigration clearances take 30 minutes? An hour? Two hours? Full story: Albany Times Union
High-speed rail could one day run through upstate S.C.
(Source: Spartanburg Herald Journal, March 5, 2017) SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Imagine being able to hop on a train in Spartanburg, travel at up to 200 mph and reach Atlanta or Charlotte in half the time it takes to drive. Full story: www.goupstate.com
Supreme Court to hear rail case on jurisdiction for suits
(Source: Reuters, March 4, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in BNSF Railway v. Tyrrell, the latest in a recent string of cases to consider general jurisdiction for suits against multistate and multinational...
BNSF agrees to clean up coal spilled from open-top freight cars
(Source: Seattle Times, March 4, 2017) SEATTLE, Wash. — BNSF Railway will clean up coal and petroleum coke spilled from open-top freight cars, and study the feasibility of covering these loads under a consent decree filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle with...
Why is PTC taking so long to arrive?
(Source: Sacramento Bee, March 6, 2017) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nine years ago, Union Pacific Railroad supervisor Ricky Durrant was called to a ghastly scene in Southern California. A Metrolink commuter train had run head-on into a freight train, killing 25 people. The...
