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Amtrak to continue Saturday late night trains from Milwaukee to Chicago
(Source: Television station WDJT, September 6, 2016) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Amtrak Hiawatha Service passengers can continue to make evening plans on Saturday nights because late night trips between Chicago and Milwaukee will continue. Full story: www.cbs58.com
UP starts express food trains in Northwest, California
(Source: Capital Press, September 6, 2016) POCATELLO, Idaho — Union Pacific Railroad officials have launched a new express refrigerated rail service, called the Food Train, which they say has already improved reliability and expedited food freight from the Pacific...
BNSF completes second track at Pecos River
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, September 6, 2016) NEW YORK — BNSF has completed double tracking a three-mile segment that crosses the Pecos River near Fort Sumner, N.M. Full story: Railway Track & Structures
Passenger surge leads to SEPTA rail delays
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — On Tuesday morning, the day after Labor Day, SEPTA advised regional rail riders that they could face delays of up to 30 minutes due to "heavy passenger load." By early afternoon, the agency said service...
Japan pledges $2 million for Maryland bullet train feasibility studies
(Source: Baltimore Sun, August 24, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — The government of Japan has pledged $2 million to help fund studies on the feasibility of a magnetic levitation train that could shuttle passengers from Baltimore to Washington within 15 minutes, state...
Teamsters call on FedEx shareholders to reject outdated executive pay structure
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 6, 2016) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters mailed a letter to FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) shareholders urging a vote against the board’s “Say on Pay” proposal at the...
Working group studies restoring Amtrak’s Gulf Coast service
(Source: The Hill, September 6, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A working group that was established to study the return of Gulf Coast passenger rail service told lawmakers it is making significant progress in its efforts, but still has to identify cost estimates and...
Bill Ackman, the activist who sparked CP Rail’s overhaul, resigns from CP Board
(Source: Reuters, September 6, 2016) TORONTO — Activist investor William Ackman left the board of Canadian Pacific on Tuesday, marking the end of a four-year tenure that helped overhaul the ailing railroad company and earn his hedge fund roughly $2.6-billion. Full...
Fences come down around Lac-Megantic disaster area
(Source: CBC News, September 6, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — It's a moment people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., have been waiting for since 2013: the fences have been removed around the downtown area where 47 people were killed in a train accident. The structures were taken...
Residents debate railroad proposal in Swanton, Ohio
(Source: Toledo Blade, August 30, 2016) TOLEDO, Ohio — About 90 trains roll through Swanton on a typical day, but it’s the ones that might stop just east of the village in the future that brought scores of people out to protest during a public meeting Monday evening....
