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Amtrak’s Boardman to testify on Illinois budget cuts
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, May 13, 2015) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Bruce Rauner's attempt to cut funding for passenger rail service in Illinois has drawn the head of the nation's railroad to the Statehouse. Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman is scheduled to...
Petroleum industry files suit to stop new oil train safety rules
(Source: The Hill, May 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The oil industry is suing to stop a number of provisions in a suite of oil-train transportation rules issued by the Obama administration. The American Petroleum Institute (API) said Tuesday that it filed the lawsuit...
Amtrak crash site in Philly isn’t new to railroad tragedy
(Source: ABC News, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — The site of Tuesday’s Amtrak train derailment isn’t new to railway tragedy. On Sept. 6, 1943, a Pennsylvania Railroad train crashed at Frankford Junction in northeast Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117...
From calm to catastrophe: Amtrak crash victims tell their stories
(Source: CNN, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak's Northeast Corridor is 363 miles of track connecting Washington to Boston. It is the busiest railroad in North America. Each day three times more people ride a train between Washington and New York City than fly the...
SEPTA train hit by projectile minutes before Amtrak crash; Unknown if two events are related
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Just before Tuesday's deadly Amtrak derailment, a SEPTA commuter train in the same corridor was crippled by a projectile sent through the engineer's window. SEPTA officials said their investigation was...
Photos: Amtrak crash in Philadelphia
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — A gallery of 36 photos from the accident scene in Philadelphia is available on the Philadelphia Inquirer website. Full story: www.philly.com
NTSB, FRA teams on their way to investigate Amtrak derailment in Philly
(Source: National Public Radio, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Teams from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration have been dispatched to Philadelphia to investigate the derailment of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188, which...
Philly derailment injury and death toll may rise: Engineer, conductor survive crash
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — The death toll in the derailment of an Amtrak train in Port Richmond rose to six Wednesday as federal investigators readied to go to Philadelphia in a bid to determine what caused the wreck that also injured...
Six killed, dozens injured when Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia
(Source: New York Times, May 13, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Emergency workers here on Wednesday searched through the wreckage of a New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed and overturned late Tuesday, killing six people, injuring dozens more, and disrupting train service...
STB hearings to address grain rates, rail revenue adequacy
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, May 8, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the Surface Transportation Board’s ongoing review of its current regulations and practices, the agency announced today two public hearings to take place this summer. A...
