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Metro-North slammed by Blumenthal for sitting on $1 billion
(Source: Fox Connecticut, August 12, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) is steaming because Metro-North Railroad, loaned nearly $1 billion dollars of federal money to implement a train safety technology, is sitting on that money and will...
Teamsters, Bauer’s drivers rally for labor harmony in San Francisco
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 11, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Teamsters and drivers for Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation held an action this morning in San Francisco to call on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation...
CN Rail CEO to take leave for treatment of tumor as CFO steps in
(Source: Bloomberg, August 12, 2015) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. Chief Executive Officer Claude Mongeau is taking a three-month leave of absence to undergo treatment to remove a tumor. Full story: Bloomberg
Hudson rail tunnel is popular idea, but no one wants the bill
(Source: Bergen Record, August 13, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — It’s the tunnel that everyone agrees is necessary and no one wants to pay for. Full story: www.northjersey.com
Hudson River tunnel nonprofit is a good start, experts say
(Source: Asbury Park Press, August 12, 2015) NEW YORK — Plans for new Hudson River tunnels between New Jersey and New York got a congressional boost this week, but experts are left wondering what’s next. Full story: www.app.com
Federal loan program an option to fund new Hudson River rail tunnel
(Source: www.nj.com, August 13, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — A program that New York State used to fund rail safety work and which Amtrak used to buy new electric locomotives could be the financing tool to kick start the Gateway Project, which would build badly-needed new...
Union Pacific to cut several hundred management jobs in Omaha, elsewhere
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, August 11, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific said Wednesday it plans to eliminate “several hundred” management jobs in Omaha and elsewhere in the coming months, as the largest U.S. freight railroad faces slumping cargo volume. Full story:...
Blumenthal: Don’t push back deadline for Positive Train Control
(Source: The Hill, August 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is pressing the Obama administration to hold rail companies to a December deadline for automating trains, even as Congress considers a delay in the mandate. Full story: The...
Windows going up at Michigan Central train station in Detroit
(Source: Associated Press, August 12, 2015) DETROIT — Windows are going in at a long-shuttered train depot that for nearly two decades has been one of Detroit's best-known eyesores. Full story: Detroit Free Press
Wabtec, a key player in rail industry, has a lot going for it
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 11, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Raymond Betler typically doesn't find new college graduates clamoring to work in the rail industry. They don't consider it sexy enough, said Betler, the CEO of Wabtec Corp., a Wilmerding-based...
