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Trespassers make up largest portion of Pa. rail fatalities
(Source: Lancaster Online, April 10, 2016) LANCASTER, Pa. — An average of 28 people die in train-related incidents in Pennsylvania each year, but very few of them are rail workers or passengers. Most victims are pedestrian “trespassers” on the tracks, or motorists at...
BNSF may scrap plans for LA-area yard after judge’s ruling
(Source: Long Beach Press Telegram, April 8, 2016) LONG BEACH, Calif. — BNSF Railway said Friday it may scrap plans altogether to build a new rail yard near the Port of Los Angeles following a recent court ruling in which a judge found serious flaws in the project’s...
Officials to consider latest California high-speed rail proposal
(Source: My News LA, April 10, 2016) LOS ANGELES — Some of the longest rail tunnels in North America would be used to bring California’s High-Speed Rail tracks from Northern California into the San Fernando Valley, under the latest plan to go before officials on...
Railroad layoffs mean long trains, long waits
(Source: Toledo Blade, April 10, 2016) TOLEDO, Ohio — To many in northwest Ohio, the trains just seem to keep getting longer and longer. And it’s a direct result of a near standstill with business for some rail companies. Rail traffic has tailed off in recent months,...
Railroads hope to get earnings back on track
(Source: MarketWatch, April 10, 2016) NEW YORK — There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for railroads. Maybe. After months of sagging stock prices, some analysts are predicting a bit of relief for the group as certain cargo groups hit bottom and the economic...
Amtrak, BNSF sue Kansas feed yard over Cimarron derailment
(Source: CBS News, April 10, 2016) WICHITA, Kan. — Amtrak has filed a federal lawsuit against a southwest Kansas feed yard, accusing it of gross negligence in relation to a train derailment that injured 28 passengers last month. In the suit filed Friday by Amtrak and...
Justice Department urges rejection of CP, NS voting trust
(Source: Reuters, April 8, 2016) NEW YORK — The Department of Justice on Friday urged a regulator to reject a voting trust that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has proposed as part of its takeover bid for Norfolk Southern Corp, saying it could hurt competition and would...
Canadian Pacific pulls the plug on efforts to merge with Norfolk Southern
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, April 11, 2016) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. today announced that it has terminated efforts to merge with Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS), including the withdrawal of a resolution asking NS shareholders...
Africa’s $30 billion rail renaissance holds ticket for trade
(Source: Bloomberg, April 7, 2016) NEW YORK — On a sweltering Kenyan morning on the outskirts of a national wildlife park, Chinese and local workers maneuver a massive concrete rail-bridge structure onto towering support piers. In the distance, trucks loaded with...
China developing railroad to span the continent to Europe
(Source: Reuters, April 7, 2016) LONDON — China is pioneering a trans-continental rail service carrying cargo between the Far East and Western Europe with the aim of capturing some of the freight that currently moves by sea and air. Full story: Reuters
