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High-speed rail could connect Springfield to Boston
(Source: WWLP, July 5, 2016) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Massachusetts lawmakers voted to conduct a feasibility study on high-speed passenger rail service to connect Springfield and Boston. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be looking to see what the costs...
NS to pay nearly $500,000 to settle allegations of race discrimination
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, July 5, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. will pay nearly $500,000 in back pay and interest to more than 2,000 African Americans to settle allegations of race-based hiring discrimination, the U.S. Department of Labor announced...
CP track maintenance layoffs pose danger: Transport Canada must assume its responsibilities
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, July 5, 2016) LAVAL, QC — The massive layoff of maintenance of way crews by Canadian Pacific (CP) does not bode well for the Canadian railway system in the event of a major disaster. In light of this fact, Transport Canada must...
SEPTA may borrow trains from NJ Transit, Amtrak
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, July 5, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — All options are on the table as SEPTA tries to cope with one-third of its train car fleet taken out of Regional Rail service Tuesday, officials said. Full story and video: NBC Philadelphia
SEPTA Silverliner: How the cracks may have started
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA's Silverliner V cars were sidelined by a problem that has dogged mechanical engineers for as long as they have worked with metal: fatigue. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
On a somber anniversary, Lac-Megantic residents have renewed their demand for a rail bypass
(Source: Montreal Gazette, July 6, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC — Three years after the train derailment that killed 47 and destroyed much of the community’s downtown, a coalition of Lac-Mégantic residents have renewed their call for rail lines to be rebuilt around, not...
July 6 marks 3rd anniversary of Lac-Megantic disaster that killed 47
(Source: Canadian Press, July 6, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Today marks the third anniversary of the train disaster that killed 47 people in the Quebec community of Lac-Megantic. Tragedy struck in the wee hours of July 6, 2013, when a train transporting crude oil...
Moving CSX’s Radnor Yard could be game-changer for Nashville transit
(Source: The Tennessean, July 4, 2016) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In South Nashville off Interstate 65, freight trains and trucks enter around the clock at the second-largest CSX rail yard and transfer facility in the Southeast. Full story: The Tennessean
Coal faces shipping cost challenge amid price decline
(Source: Casper Star Tribune, July 3, 2016) CASPER, Wyo. — Coal faces myriad challenges these days. Competition from natural gas, reduced demand and government regulation are the most popular reasons cited for the industry’s decline. But there’s one challenge that...
US crude by rail movements continue to drop
(Source: Market Realist, July 4, 2016) NEW YORK — According to a monthly report published by the EIA (Energy Information Administration) on June 30, movement of crude oil by rail in the United States, including imports from Canada, fell 25.1% month-over-month to 12.8...
