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FRA issues proposed rules on bidding out long-distance Amtrak routes
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 22, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s 45-year near monopoly on overnight passenger trains could end based on a proposal announced today by the Federal Railroad Administration to introduce a pilot program allowing independent entities to...
Editorial: Japan, France, China eye Texas high-speed rail
(Source: Editorial in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 21, 2016) FORT WORTH, Texas — Nobody should have thought high-speed passenger rail service in Texas would be easy, even if a private company and its investors want to pick up the $10 billion tab for the initial...
Illinois commits to help Quad Cities Amtrak service
(Source: WHBF, June 21, 2016) MOLINE, Ill. — The state of Illinois has been battling budget issues for a while now. But on Tuesday, the Quad Cities got some good news about the direct passenger rail service from the Quad Cities to Chicago. Illinois Governor Bruce...
US Foods’ attack on workers is an attack on veterans
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 21, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For more than 25 years, Abel has worked in the warehouse at US Foods’ facility in Phoenix. In recent months he and his coworkers have walked picket lines for their own...
CSX Huntington office likely to stay open through July
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, June 21, 2016) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The CSX administrative office in Huntington, expected to close sometime this summer, will likely stay open until the end of July, a company official said Tuesday. Full story: Herald-Dispatch
UP locomotive leaking diesel fuel stops in Columbia River Gorge
(Source: The Oregonian, June 21, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel have likely leaked from a train that was traveling in the Columbia River Gorge, a Union Pacific spokesman said late Tuesday. Full story: The Oregonian
Lac-Megantic drops lawsuit against Canadian Pacific
(Source: Canadian Press, June 22, 2016) MONTREAL — Lac-Mégantic city council has dropped its lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway, which sought damages for the 2013 rail disaster. Forty-seven people died when a runaway train derailed on July 6, 2013. Full story:...
Heroic BNSF railroaders save woman from burning car
(Source: Fremont Tribune, June 21, 2016) FREMONT, Neb. — Even before they reached the accident scene, Mike Hubbell and his co-workers knew what they would do. The employees of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway were eastbound on Nebraska Highway 64 headed toward...
Time for our government to put to rest one-person freight train crews
(Source: Opinion column by Ed Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, June 21, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Other than the lobby for the behemoth, multi-billion dollar railroad companies, almost no one believes we should permit up to...
UP plans Minnesota infrastructure improvements
(Source: Union Pacific press release, June 20, 2016) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific plans to invest $9.9 million in 2016 to improve Minnesota's transportation infrastructure. The company's multi-million dollar private investment will enhance employee, community and...
