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Phoenix Teamsters extend unfair labor practice strike to Southern California
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 5, 2016) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Last week, Teamsters Local 104 extended unfair labor practice picket lines from Phoenix to US Foods facilities across southern California, affecting the nation’s...
Connecticut town balks at possible new Amtrak line
(Source: Hartford Courant, February 8, 2016) HARTFORD, Conn. — A proposal that might reroute the Amtrak line in southeastern Connecticut has drawn so much opposition that much of the state's Congressional delegation is asking federal regulators to take a closer look...
Bombardier aims to produce 80 high-speed trains for Turkey
(Source: Reuters, February 9, 2016) ANKARA, Turkey — Bombardier aims to produce 80 high-speed trains for Turkey's state railway TCDD in a tender together with local partner Bozankaya, an executive for the Canadian transport equipment maker said on Tuesday. Full story:...
Train crew transport company cutting jobs in New York
(Source: Albany Business Review, February 9, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — Professional Transportation Inc. is closing its facility outside of Albany, New York, and cutting 54 jobs. The Indiana-based company, which provides crew transportation for railroads, filed a notice...
Ridership on Metro-North breaks record in 2015
(Source: Daily Voice, February 7, 2016) NEW YORK — New York transit officials say ridership increased on the nation’s two largest commuter railroad systems last year, according to a story on lohud.com. There were a record number of riders on the Metro-North Rail Road...
Teamsters: Flint crisis shows need to invest in water infrastructure
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 8, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Concerns about Flint, Mich.’s water crisis are growing, and rightfully so. The state government’s inaction to find real solutions to the problem has been outrageous....
Shifting energy markets end crude by rail’s reign
(Source: Energywire, February 8, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Crude by rail is no longer king in the Bakken Shale play. For nearly four years, oil shippers favored train tracks over pipelines when shipping light, sweet Bakken Shale crude from North Dakota to coastal...
Opinion: Is Canadian Pacific Railway devolving into a giant shell game?
(Source: Seeking Alpha opinion column by Cameron Conway, February 9, 2016) NEW YORK — I wrote previously about how eventually CP Rail would run out of internal cuts to fuel its rising net income and would have to rely on gimmicks and PR misdirection to keep itself in...
Lawyers question NTSB interview process with Amtrak 188 engineer
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Call it a clash of cultures. The investigation into the horrific crash of Amtrak Train 188 on May 12, 2015, is proceeding along two paths, and the two couldn't be more different. Full story: Philadelphia...
Nine dead, 150 injured after trains collide head-on in Germany
(Source: CNN, February 9, 2016) MUNICH, Germany — Nine people are dead, two are assumed missing and 50 seriously injured after a head-on collision between two trains in Germany's southern state of Bavaria, police said Tuesday. Altogether, 100 to 150 people suffered...
