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Man arrested in assault on Amtrak workers
(Source: The Daily Progress, February 22, 2016) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A man suspected of assaulting two Amtrak employees at the Charlottesville station over the weekend surrendered to police Monday after authorities publicized security images from the Sunday morning...
BNSF announces 2015 economic development results
(Source: BNSF press release, February 22, 2016) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announces customers served by the freight rail provider invested $1.2 billion in new or expanded facilities in 103 communities across the BNSF rail network in 2015....
AAR steps up Freight Rail Works campaign
(Source: Railway Age, February 22, 2016) NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on Feb. 22, 2016 debuted the newest version of its Freight Rail Works campaign, “which explores how freight rail’s ongoing private investments in building, growing and...
1 killed, several injured when train collides with crane in the Netherlands
(Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution, February 23, 2016) DALFSEN, Netherlands — Several people suffered injuries and one person died Tuesday morning when a passenger train collided with a hydraulic crane in the Netherlands. The crash happened at about 9 a.m. in the...
Teamster mechanics picket United Airlines
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 19, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 19, hundreds of United Airlines mechanics protested the airline’s contract offer by picketing outside key maintenance bases at the San Francisco, Houston...
CSX gets boost as oil rebounds
(Source: Jacksonville Business Journal, February 23, 2016) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX is getting a lift from an industry-wide rebound in crude oil prices, which has jumped about 7 percent to over $30 a barrel. Full story: Jacksonville Business Journal
U.S. railroads gaining steam, rebound in sight, Merrill Lynch says
(Source: Bidness Etc., February 23, 2016) NEW YORK — According to Merrill Lynch analysts, railroads are fashionable again with the investment firm raising its ratings for CSX Corporation, Kansas City Southern, Canadian National and Union Pacific, as well as Genesee &...
Woman arrested for trying to steal BNSF train in Victorville
(Source: ABC 7, February 22, 2016) VICTORVILLE, Calif. — A woman in Victorville is accused of trying to take a train locomotive for a joy ride in the middle of the night. Full story: www.abc7.com
Commuters may turn to charter buses if strike or lockout occurs at NJ Transit
(Source: Bloomberg, February 23, 2016) NEW YORK — The last time New Jersey railroad employees walked off the job, displaced Manhattan commuters turned to fill-in charter buses for more than a month. Thirty-three years later, as members of Congress try to head off a...
Florida Supreme Court takes case on death of CSX worker
(Source: Television station News 4 Jax, February 20, 2016) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nearly a decade after a railroad conductor died in a remote area, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a lawsuit about CSX Transportation's duty to provide medical...
