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Shell pulls plug on 60,000-barrel-a-day oil train facility in Pacific Northwest
(Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 9, 2016) SEATTLE — The oil giant Shell has withdrawn its controversial proposed oil train unloading facility and rail spur at its March Point refinery near Anacortes, Wash., a project designed to accept 60,000 barrels a day...
NY transit worker knocked into coma after she tripped, hit third rail
(Source: New York Daily News, October 9, 2016) NEW YORK — A transit worker was in a medically induced coma Friday after falling onto the electrified third rail of a Harlem subway, union officials said. Full story: New York Daily News
NJ transit faces prospect of legislative inquiry
(Source: Bloomberg, October 10, 2016) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit, under review by federal safety investigators in the wake of a deadly train crash, faces the prospect of a legislative inquiry into finances and operations as its board has stopped meeting in public...
NJ Transit passengers return to Hoboken train station as 8 tracks reopen
(Source: www.nj.com, October 10, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Neon yellow New Jersey Transit vests dotted the Hoboken Terminal Monday morning as passengers streamed onto the platforms for the first time since a fatal crash last month killed one person and injured more than...
Colorado’s famed ski train is back for winter
(Source: Forbes, October 8, 2016) NEW YORK — In Europe, known for its efficient high speed rail system, it has long been normal for skiers to head to the slopes by train. But that option has been sorely lacking in the United States, especially since Colorado’s famed...
Inside New York City’s Moynihan train hall: The future of Penn Station
(Source: Forbes, October 7, 2016) NEW YORK — The dark, dank, decrepit, dehumanizing, cramped, confusing, stinky (yes, stinky) and generally misery-inducing hellhole that is New York City’s Pennsylvania Station is finally destined for an overhaul. And by the look of...
Amtrak Hiawatha project environmental study released
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 5, 2016) Amtrak's proposal for service improvements on the Hiawatha line between Chicago and Milwaukee would result in no significant environmental impacts, according to a draft environmental impact statement released...
Decision on high-speed rail for upstate New York still stalled
(Source: Albany Times Union, October 8, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — More than six years after the Federal Railroad Administration agreed to provide $4 million to study options for speed passenger trains across upstate New York, the project remains a work in progress....
KCS opens transload terminal in Dallas with Watco
(Source: Railway Age, October 7, 2016) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern announced Oct. 6 that its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), has opened a new, multi-commodity transload terminal at its former Zacha intermodal terminal in Dallas,...
Amtrak’s Hoosier State line needs more trains, better track
(Source: WBAA.org, October 7, 2016) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A clearer picture of the progress and the challenges for the Hoosier State passenger rail service is emerging as the books close on Amtrak’s first fiscal year of operating the route in conjunction with the...
