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SEPTA: Airport regional rail line will operate every 30 minutes during papal visit
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 27, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — To accommodate passengers and employees at Philadelphia International Airport during the pope's visit, SEPTA will run its Airport Regional Rail Line in and out of the city every 30 minutes all day and...
FRA approves Texas high-speed rail corridor
(Source: Houston Chronicle, August 26, 2015) HOUSTON — The Federal Railroad Administration approved the rail corridor preferred by the developers of a Dallas-Houston bullet train. Now a final route must be plotted within the chosen corridor. In a 16-page report, the...
Bill Gates ups stake in CN to almost 14 percent
(Source: BNN.ca, August 17, 2015) OTTAWA — Bill Gates has increased his overall investment in Canadian National Railway Co. to 13.83 percent. The world’s richest man and Microsoft founder purchased 1,077,175 shares in Canada’s largest railway between July 31 and Aug....
NJ Transit receives more than $71.4 million in federal emergency relief funding
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 24, 2015) The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will award New Jersey Transit more than $71.4 million in Hurricane Sandy recovery funds for various repair and resiliency projects. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Editorial: A boost for Texas high-speed rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 26, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — Planning for high-speed rail service linking Fort Worth to Houston continues to move forward, slowly but decidedly. The Regional Transportation Council last week allocated $4.5 million from its...
Obama team opens first new U.S.-Mexican rail crossing in 100 years
(Source: USA Today, August 26, 2015) BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Obama administration dedicated something unique Tuesday along the U.S.-Mexican border: the first new rail crossing in more than a century. The line is designed to speed delivery between Brownsville, Texas,...
Airgas workers join Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 25, 2015) LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Drivers, plant operators and fillers at the Airgas facility in Islandia, N.Y., have voted to join Teamsters Local 282. The successful effort was the culmination of...
Railroads balk at making oil disaster plans public
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, August 25, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS — Some 300,000 Minnesotans live within a half mile of railroad tracks that carry crude oil. But almost none of them have been able to see emergency plans the railroads were required to submit by July 1....
Critics take aim at U.S. crude by rail plans
(Source: Canadian Press, August 24, 2015) OTTAWA — To crude producers hankering for a route to market while pipeline proposals stall, a bevy of crude-by-rail projects planned on the U.S. West Coast may look enticing. But efforts to connect trainloads of crude to...
Rail shipments of North Dakota crude fall below 50 percent for first time in several years
(Source: Associated Press, August 14, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — The percentage of North Dakota oil shipped by rail transport has dropped below 50 percent for the first time in several years. North Dakota Pipeline Authority Director Justin Kringstad says rail shipments...
