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Texas drivers, pedestrians are warned about the dangers of railroad crossings
(Source: Houston Public Media, September 30, 2016) HOUSTON — We’re getting a safety briefing as we pull out of downtown Houston’s Amtrak Station in one of Union Pacific vintage rail cars. We’re up top in the observation car, enjoying comfy seats and lots of legroom....
Ohio school bus caught on camera going through railroad gates
(Source: Television station WDTN, September 26, 2016) MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A 2 NEWS viewer caught this school bus on camera Monday going over a railroad crossing with the gates down. Full story: www.wdtn.com
Feds latest to expand paid sick leave
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 30, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Labor Department fulfilled the wishes of President Obama this week when it instituted an executive order mandating paid sick leave for more than a million...
FRA issues directive for flawed DOT-111 tank cars
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 3, 2016) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) late last week issued a new directive to owners of certain DOT-111 tank cars built between 2009 and 2015 that they may have "substantial weld defects" that could result in the...
Hoboken crash renews focus on NJ Transit’s issues
(Source: The Record of North Jersey, October 4, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — As workers continued round-the-clock efforts to remove debris from the site of last week’s fatal NJ Transit train accident in Hoboken, attention moved Monday to NJ Transit itself, an agency seeing a...
NTSB: Recovering second NJ Transit black box could take days
(Source: Associated Press, October 3, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — It could be days before federal investigators working in 12-hour shifts clear enough debris to recover the data recorder from a train that crashed into a station, killing a woman and injuring more than 100...
Black box glitch in NJ Transit crash puzzles experts
(Source: Market Watch, October 4, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Transportation experts are rattled by the revelation that a black box-like device engineered to survive high-impact crashes and fires wasn’t functioning in the NJ Transit train that crashed last week in Hoboken....
Ethiopia has a lot riding on its new, Chinese-built railroad to the sea
(Source: Washington Post, October 3, 2016) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The sleek, white train glides through the hilly Ethiopian countryside, the first to travel this route in nearly a decade. Full story: Washington Post
Amtrak closes historic Rhode Island station building
(Source: Associated Press, October 1, 2016) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak has closed a century-old station building in southern Rhode Island but says trains will continue to pick up and drop off passengers at an outdoor platform. Full story: Washington Times
MARC timetable to implement PTC undetermined
(Source: Television station WBAL, September 30, 2016) BALTIMORE — Installing Positive Train Control technology on Maryland's MARC system is hitting a snag. Although state money is in place, not everyone is on board with the time table. Full story and video:...
