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California high-speed rail agency reveals report on growing costs
(Source: Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2015) LOS ANGELES — The California high-speed rail authority bowed to pressure from California legislators and members of Congress late Tuesday and released a copy of a 2013 report showing a large estimated increase in the cost...
New York MTA board approves five-year capital plan
(Source: Railway Age, November 1, 2015) NEW YORK — The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved its 2015-19 Capital Program, the MTA reported on Oct. 30, 2015. Full story: Railway Age
Teamsters: Congress needs to solve stagnant wages
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. economic recovery is not what it seems. Yes, it is clear that the unemployment rate has fallen dramatically since the Great Recession ended. But the benefits...
Survey: U.S. shippers shifting more freight from truck to rail
(Source: Journal of Commerce, November 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in nearly a year, more U.S. shippers say they are shifting freight from truck to rail than the other way around on improved intermodal service, according to a survey of roughly 600...
Rail freight traffic falls compared to 2014 as industrial economy struggles
(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2015) LONDON — Freight carried by major U.S. railroads fell by 7 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, confirming that large parts of the industrial economy are in recession. The major Class 1...
Rail industry had PTC-like safety technology decades ago
(Source: New York Times, November 3, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1981, while traveling on a corporate jet, Richard M. Bressler, the chairman of the Burlington Northern Railroad, hit on an idea: What if the technology used by airlines to track the location of planes...
BNSF the top spender in the lobbying effort to delay PTC
(Source: Reuters, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, under pressure from companies including Buffett's BNSF Railway Co, which has spent more money lobbying Congress this year than any other railroad, U.S. legislators passed, and President Obama signed, a...
Remnants of Missouri’s worst track wreck may now be visible 160 years later
(Source: Fox 2 Now, November 2, 2015) GASCONADE, Mo. — A railroad bridge collapsed beneath a train in Gasconade County 160 years ago. The wreck on November 1, 1855, was the worst in Missouri history. When the Gasconade River is low, something is unveiled on the river...
How marketing the Canadian Pacific Railway built, and branded, a nation
(Source: Financial Post, October 30, 2015) OTTAWA — When the last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, the company that had connected Canada from coast to coast faced a whole new challenge: generating traffic on the line. Full story: Financial...
China approves $9.2 billion high-speed rail line for 2022 Winter Olympics
(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2015) SHANGHAI — China has approved plans for a 58.41 billion yuan ($9.22 billion) high-speed rail project which will be used during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a local government said on Monday Full story: The Economic Times
