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Would ECP brakes help put an end to oil train derailments?
(Source: USA Today, March 1, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest derailments of trains carrying crude oil in the U.S. and Canada are putting more pressure on government officials to end the fiery crashes. Full story: USA Today
EPA orders CSX to clean up areas impacted by W.Va. derailment
(Source: Environmental Protection Agency press release, February 27, 2015) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered CSX to clean-up and restore the areas affected by the Feb. 16 train derailment in Mt. Carbon, W. Va. Twenty-seven...
Life-saving train design is rarely used
(Source: Associated Press, February 25, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the collision between a Southern California commuter train and a truck abandoned on the tracks was this: No one died and only eight people on board were admitted to...
Metrolink trains expand use of Positive Train Control
(Source: Los Angeles times, February 27, 2015) LOS ANGELES — The Metrolink commuter train service next week is expanding its use of a new high-tech safety system that allows remote control to slow or halt trains if the on-board engineers are not responding properly to...
11 historical maps and charts that explain the birth of Amtrak
(Source: Citylab, Febraury 25, 2015) NEW YORK — As the story goes, told by David Luberoff in Governing magazine in 1996, when it started, no one thought Amtrak was long for this world. President Nixon's economic advisors believed the financials of a new national...
BNSF spending includes rail yard in Edgerton
(Source: Kansas City Star, February 26, 2015) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The huge rail yard in Edgerton that handles shipping containers is getting part of $103 million that BNSF Railway is investing in Kansas this year. Full story: Kansas City Star
Railroad conspiracy case has picked up steam
(Source: Courthouse News Service, February 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of mining companies can advance an antitrust suit against two railroad companies over allegedly exorbitant freight rates, a federal judge ruled. Full story: Courthouse News Service
Mass. highway czar named interim MBTA boss
(Source: Boston Herald, February 25, 2015) BOSTON — The MBTA's new acting general manager said to meet his top priority of ensuring trains and trolleys can “weather the next winter,” he plans to import into the public transit system the all-hands-on-deck attitude the...
Head of Keolis says MBTA system should be back to full service by March 30
(Source: Associated Press, February 26, 2015) BOSTON — The head of the French company that operates Massachusetts' commuter rail system apologized for the breakdowns and delays that have plagued the system after a series of storms dumped more than 7 feet of snow on...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic down 11.5 percent from 2014 levels for week ending February 21
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 21, 2015. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 473,161...
