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Opinion: Amtrak should upgrade cars, trackside poles
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer opinion column by Paul H. Reistrup and Scott R. Spencer, November 5, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — While the official accident investigation and findings by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) could take a year or more to complete,...
Take a sneak peak at the new LIRR tunnels to Grand Central
(Source: New York Post, November 5, 2015) NEW YORK — These massive new train tunnels deep beneath Manhattan will one day make the lives of more than 150,000 Long Island commuters a whole lot easier. The MTA gave reporters a peek at the progress in the long-delayed,...
AAR: Carload traffic down 4.6 percent from 2014 for first 10 months of 2015; 3Q 2015 crude oil shipments down 23.5 percent from 3Q 2014
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported weekly U.S. rail traffic, as well as volumes for October 2015 and the first ten months of 2015. Carload traffic in...
Voters elect six Teamsters in NY, NJ
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was a good night to be a Teamster running for office yesterday, as six who have served their communities in New Jersey and New York were returned to office by local...
Vote shows how Congress delayed PTC safety plan
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — How do you get a controversial plan through Congress with little fuss and few fingerprints? Lawmakers showed one way last week as they raced to give railroads a reprieve, allowing them three to five more...
Dysfunction junction: India’s railways has country on a slow track to the future
(Source: Bloomberg, November 1, 2015) NEW YORK — Dysfunction in Indian Railways is not a surprise. The 162-year-old system is Asia's oldest. It is the nation's economic artery, employer of more than 1.3 million people, and the government's most intractable problem....
Opinion: On E.M. Frimbo and riding the Western rails
(Source: High Country News opinion column by Forrest Whitman, November 4, 2015) PAONIA, Colo. — People in the Western United States like their trains, or so E.M. Frimbo, The New Yorker magazine's great rail writer with the unusual name, liked to say. But Frimbo...
Heat caused Montana oil train derailments, BNSF says
(Source: The Dickinson Press, November 3, 2015) CULBERTSON, Mont. — Two July train derailments in eastern Montana, including one that spilled 35,000 gallons of Bakken crude, were caused by tracks that buckled in the heat, according to BNSF Railway Full story: The...
High-speed rail not the right solution for Canada, VIA Rail CEO says
(Source: Financial Post, November 3, 2015) OTTAWA — That the push for new high-speed train systems in Ontario and Alberta is gaining momentum just as the federal Liberals prepare to take office with plans to double infrastructure spending is surely more than a...
Attorneys take aim at confidential memo in California high-speed rail lawsuit
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 3, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — A consultant’s internal memo to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, cited last week in a Los Angeles Times analysis on the likelihood of cost overruns for the state’s high-speed train project, is at the...
