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Hoffa: Despite deal, resistance to TPP grows in all corners
(Source: Opinion column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, October 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — We know a bad deal when we see one, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) just announced in Atlanta sure looks like one. Hundreds of Teamsters were joined in...
All injured in Vermont Amtrak crash out of the hospital; cleanup underway
(Source: Associated Press, October 6, 2015) MONTPELIER, Vt. — The head of Amtrak says all those injured when a passenger train hit a rock in Vermont are out of the hospital. The Vermont governor's office says about 900 gallons of diesel fuel remains unaccounted for...
Could rock fence have prevented Vermont Amtrak crash?
(Source: Associated Press, October 6, 2015) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Special fences protect railroad tracks from rock slides in some parts of the country, but the head of Amtrak said Tuesday it’s unclear if the mechanisms could have prevented a derailment that injured seven...
BNSF nears completion of double track of LA-Chicago rail line
(Source: Bloomberg, October 6, 2015) LOS ANGELES — After this year, BNSF Railway Co. will be more than 99 percent finished with a second, parallel line to its 2,200-mile (3,500-kilometer) Los Angeles-to-Chicago route. Doubling up will create a rail superhighway...
Amtrak tells Congress it will suspend service outside of Northeast Corridor if PTC deadline is not extended
(Source: Reuters, October 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The head of Amtrak warned Congress that some passenger rail service outside the Northeast corridor will be suspended if lawmakers don't extend a deadline at the end of the year for railroads to install safety...
KCS launches new customer-driven website
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, October 5, 2015) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) has launched a new and improved www.kcsouthern.com for The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) and Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (KCSM)....
U.S. oil train flux means no retrofit bonanza for tank car makers
(Source: Reuters, October 6, 2015) NEW YORK — When U.S. regulators adopted new rules last May to make hauling crude by rail safer, shippers anticipated relatively moderate costs and adjustments while rail tank car makers geared up for a retrofitting bonanza. It has...
President Obama withdraws nomination of ex-MBTA head to NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 6, 2015) BOSTON — President Barack Obama has withdrawn the nomination of Boston’s former public transit head to the National Transportation Safety Board. Full story: Boston.com
Co-pilot lands plan safely after pilot dies in cockpit on Phoenix-Boston flight
(Source: CNN, October 6, 2015) NEW YORK — Medical emergencies are rare, but hardly unprecedented in commercial flights. It's far less common when they involve the plane's pilot -- and that pilot dies. That's what happened Monday on an American Airlines flight between...
California high-speed rail agency to discuss private investment plans
(Source: Fresno Bee, October 5, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — Industry ideas on developing the first operational stage of California’s bullet train through the San Joaquin Valley will be among the highlights of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s meeting Tuesday in...
