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Amtrak says electric company wants to take it for a ride
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak says PPL Electric Utilities wants to take it for a ride. The National Railroad Passenger Corp., better known as Amtrak, has filed a formal complaint alleging that a 153 percent electric-rate...
Refining company reportedly backs away from California oil train lawsuit
(Source: Sacramento Bee, December 22, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Valero Refining Co. appears to have backed away from its threat to sue Benicia over that city’s refusal to allow the company to bring oil to its bayside refinery via trains. Full story: Sacramento...
CSX talks timeline for Rocky Mount hub
(Source: Triangle Business Journal, December 27, 2016) RALEIGH, N.C. — Five months after announcing a strategy shift, Louis Renjel, vice president of strategic infrastructure at Jacksonville, Florida-based CSX, says the transportation giant’s plans for eastern North...
Proposal for Northeast Corridor upgrade includes major rerouting in Maryland
(Source: Baltimore Sun, December 27, 2016) BALTIMORE — The Federal Railroad Administration is recommending a major rerouting of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Maryland to straighten the rail line, avoid two aging bridges and speed train travel north of Baltimore. Full...
Northeast Corridor proposal still subject to state, federal approval
(Source: Rhode Island Public Radio, December 28, 2016) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Federal Railroad Administration has proposed a major expansion of the Northeast rail corridor from Washington, D.C. through Providence and Boston. The plan would cost an estimated $120...
Amtrak CEO Wick Moorman talks transportation under Trump
(Source: Here & Now, December 27, 2016) BOSTON — Charles "Wick" Moorman took over as president and CEO of Amtrak in September. Moorman tells Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti about his plans to chart a course for Amtrak's future growth, and what Donald Trump's...
SEPTA officers show allegiance to their uniforms and the flag
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 27, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — On the last night of the Democratic National Convention in July, SEPTA Transit Police Officer Minjoon Kim and Sgt. Dave Parke took their places on a security line near Broad Street and Pattison Avenue...
Regulators want truckers, train operators tested for sleep apnea
(Source: National Public Radio, December 27, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fatigue is one of the leading causes of deadly traffic accidents and railroad crashes. It turns out truck drivers and train operators are more likely than other people to suffer from a common sleep...
FRA collected a record $15.75 million in civil penalties in FY2016
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 27, 2016) The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) enforcement of rail safety rules in fiscal-year 2016 led to the highest-ever civil penalty collection rate in its 50-year history, administration officials announced last...
On this day in 1917, Woodrow Wilson seized the nation’s railroads
(Source: Constitution Daily, December 26, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the broadest acts of presidential power happened on this day in 1917, when President Woodrow Wilson issued an order for the federal government to nationalize the entire railroad system during...
