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Obama signs oil train response bill
(Source: La Crosse Tribune, December 16, 2016) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — President Barack Obama on Friday signed rail safety legislation sponsored by Wisconsin Rep. Ron Kind. The bill, known as the RESPONSE act, establishes a national committee of emergency workers and...
TSA proposes security training for rail, bus workers
(Source: USA Today, December 16, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Security Administration proposed Friday to require security training for railroad and bus workers, to protect against terrorism like the commuter-train bombings in Spain that killed nearly...
Family of murdered CN security guard receives donated Christmas gifts
(Source: ABC Chicago, December 18, 2016) HARVEY, Ill. — The community rallied around a local family dealing with tragedy to share the holiday spirit. Christmas gifts were given to the widow and three children of Tyrone Hardin. He was killed on the job last month while...
Connecticut officials say they’ll do anything they can to stop federal railroad proposal
(Source: New Haven Register, December 16, 2016) HARTFORD, Conn. — Federal railroad officials endorsed a controversial plan to bring high-speed rail through a historic part of Old Lyme as part of the new Old Saybrook-to-Rhode Island bypass for Amtrak’s Northeast...
Feds back ambitious plan to speed up Northeast rail service
(Source: Associated Press, December 17, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Federal railroad regulators endorsed an ambitious and costly plan to rebuild the congested Northeast Corridor over the next 30 years by shoring up crumbling infrastructure, running more trains and building...
Plan would cut Amtrak travel time from Boston to NYC by 35 minutes
(Source: Reuters, December 17, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal agency on Friday endorsed an expensive plan to expand and repair the busy Northeast Corridor rail lines over the next three decades, adding new tracks in most locations and cutting the time to travel...
FRA: Major upgrades recommended along Northeast Corridor
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, December 16, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After four years of working with the Northeast states, federal and state partner agencies and dozens and dozens of public meetings, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)...
With help from Amtrak, Colorado ski train chugs back into service
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2016) DENVER — For decades, a train chugged into the Rocky Mountains west from Denver, snaking through 29 tunnels and crossing the Continental Divide before delivering eager skiers to the base of Winter Park Resort at an...
Texas Central names new CEO as bullet train focus switches
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, December 6, 2016) DALLAS — Texas Central Partners, the company attempting to build the bullet train between Dallas and Houston, has expanded its leadership team, naming veteran design-build executive Carlos Aguilar as CEO. Full story:...
Airlines didn’t gouge passengers after deadly 2015 Amtrak crash in Philly, report finds
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. government investigation found no evidence of airline price-gouging after the deadly May 2015 Amtrak crash in Philadelphia that snarled rail travel for days. "There was no evidence of unfair...
