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Some members of Congress defend NS in merger fight
(Source: Argus Media, January 29, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern's (NS) defense against a takeover bid by Canadian Pacific (CP) is benefiting from the eastern US railroad's closer ties to members of Congress. Lawmakers from at least seven states have...
Teamster pilots at Horizon Air ratify agreement
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 29, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster pilots with Horizon Air who are members of Teamsters Local 1224 in Wilmington, Ohio, have voted by a 2-1 margin to ratify a collective bargaining agreement...
11 years after Glendale Metrolink crash, new train safety measures in place but not on all lines
(Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune, January 31, 2016) LOS ANGELES — While insisting their trains are safer after disastrous accidents in Glendale in 2005 and Chatsworth in 2008, Metrolink has learned two things: Change can be slow and safety comes with trade-offs....
Defects plague new MBTA locomotives
(Source: Boston Globe, February 1, 2016) BOSTON — A mix of mechanical failures, operator errors, and other problems has led to multiple delays with nearly every new commuter rail locomotive recently put into service by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,...
Acela windshield shattered by object in NE Philly
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — A New York-bound Amtrak high-speed Acela train traveling through Bridesburg just before 7 p.m. Sunday was hit by something that smashed a coach window. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
STB releases customer letters backing CP’s takeover of NS
(Source: Reuters, January 29, 2016) CHICAGO — The Surface Transportation Board (STB), the U.S. federal rail regulator that would have to review any merger of Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern Corp., made public a number of letters on Friday from railroad customers...
Transcript of interview with Amtrak 188 engineer expected to be released by NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, January 31, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators will open a new window into the deadly Amtrak Train 188 derailment in Philadelphia when they release a trove of documents Monday, including interview transcripts with the...
NTSB to release documents in Amtrak 188 crash investigation
(Source: Associated Press, February 1, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal accident investigations board is set to release documents that could shed light on the cause of a fatal Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia last year. The National Transportation Safety...
New York officials unveil request for proposals for $3 billion Penn Station renovation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 28, 2016) The Empire State Development Corp., the organization that will oversee the $3 billion redevelopment of Penn Station and the Farley Post Office Building in Midtown Manhattan, has released a request for proposals (RFP)...
CP: 850 gallons of soybean oil leaked from derailed tanker
(Source: Television station WKBT, January 28, 2016) BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — Crews have replaced and reopened the track where a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed earlier this week. Fifteen cars in total fell off the tracks, six of them carrying vegetable oil ended...
