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Schumer pushes for train safety grant
(Source: Albany Times Union, October 19, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who was accompanied by Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg, came to Schenectady’s aging Amtrak station Wednesday to make his case for a $33 million grant that would help...
Man accused of living as a stowaway on Amtrak trains
(Source: Television station WPXI, October 19, 2016) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A man accused of essentially living as a stowaway on trains was arrested in Pittsburgh, police said. Full story: www.wpxi.com
CSX Chairman Michael Ward sells $9 million in company stock
(Source: Daily Quint, October 20, 2016) NEW YORK — CSX Corp. Chairman Michael J. Ward sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 17. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.97, for a total value of $9,291,000.00. Following the sale,...
Editorial: NJ Transit, it’s time to testify
(Source: Editorial in the Star-Ledger, October 20, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit has finally earned Trenton's attention, and starting Friday, it will have to account for its troubling lack of transparency, its grim safety record, and how it manages to keep...
NTSB issues early findings in chlorine gas tank-car incident
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 19, 2016) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday released its preliminary report on a tank-car leak that spilled liquified compressed chlorine at the Axiall Corp. rail-car loading facility in West Virginia...
UP reports net income of $1.1 billion in 3Q 2016
(Source: Union Pacific press release, October 20, 2016) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation today reported 2016 third quarter net income of $1.1 billion, or $1.36 per diluted share compared to $1.3 billion, or $1.50 per diluted share, in the third quarter 2015....
BNSF train helps Haiti relief supplies on their journey
(Source: Kansas City Star, October 17, 2016) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Donated food, hygiene supplies and tarps bound for storm-ravaged Haiti came together near Kansas City over the weekend for their journey south. Full story: Kansas City Star
Only ones snubbed on election day are disadvantaged voters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 18, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump keeps asserting that the U.S. is going to experience a rigged election this fall. And in a way, he might be right – but it...
STB requires CSX to give more reports on problems
(Source: Beverly Review, October 18, 2016) CHICAGO — CSX Transportation, Inc., which was already under new regulations after complaints from local residents and officials about violating its operating agreement on a line that runs through the 19th Ward, will now have...
Lawsuit filed against UP over 1995 chemical spill in Oklahoma
(Source: Associated Press, October 18, 2016) OKLAHOMA CITY — Landowners in Kingfisher County have filed a lawsuit against a railroad company over a chemical spill caused by a train derailment two decades ago. Full story: San Francisco Chronicle
