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CSX bridge over NJ reservoir to be replaced
(Source: www.nj.com, July 27, 2015) HAWTHORN, N.J. — The CSX railway company plans this summer to replace the wooden deck of an 86-year-old bridge that carries trains hauling millions of gallons of crude oil over the Oradell Reservoir, the Record reported. Full story:...
CP Rail asks to appeal $430 million Lac-Megantic settlement fund
(Source: Globe and Mail, July 27, 2015) MONTREAL — The $430-million settlement fund in the Lac-Mégantic train disaster is illegal because the Quebec judge who approved it did not have the authority to do so, Canadian Pacific Railway said in its official leave for...
Opinion: Why Positive Train Control should not be delayed
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News column by Adam Schiff, July 27, 2015) LOS ANGELES — We are now at the point where all train systems should have implemented PTC, or at the very least, begun the process. And to their credit, some have. More distressing still, even as...
Connecticut governor discusses Metro-North improvements
(Source: Connecticut Post, July 28, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday hailed the state’s final purchase of new M8 rail cars for Metro-North, marking an end to the first phase of improving the commuter railroad. Full story: www.ctpost.com
SEPTA logged record rail ridership in FY2015
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 27, 2015) During fiscal-year 2015, ridership along the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's (SEPTA) Regional Rail system increased 2 percent versus FY2014 to 37.4 million trips, marking a new record for the...
Commuting woes in New York a sign of bigger infrastructure problems nationwide
(Source: Yahoo Finance, July 27, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — And there’s the problem. Infrastructure, not just in the north east, but coast to coast, costs money. Lots of it. The problems in and around the country’s largest city are just a few of the many examples of...
NJ Transit files formal complaint with Amtrak about delays
(Source: www.nj.com, July 27, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials filed a formal complaint on Friday with Amtrak's executive vice president, saying that the railroad is not meeting it's responsibilities to provide a well maintained facility under its lease...
DOT Secretary Foxx seeks meeting with NY, NJ governors over Hudson River rail tunnels
(Source: New York Times, July 27, 2015) NEW YORK — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, hoping to spur action on long-stalled plans for new Hudson River rail tunnels, sent a letter on Monday to the governors of New York and New Jersey urging them to meet with him in...
Government investigates 5 airlines for possible price gouging after May Amtrak crash in Philly
(Source: Associated Press, July 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday that the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving five airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after a deadly Amtrak...
Santa Teresa Southern RR shipping massive turbine blades
(Source: Las Cruces Sun-News, July 27, 2015) LAS CRUCES, N.M. — They have been sitting in the southern New Mexico desert for some time, spread out across some 70 acres like gleaming white pieces spilled out of a giant's Erector Set. Now the gargantuan turbine blades...
