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Fight over CSX rail tunnel in D.C. headed to court
(Source: Washington Post, November 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A D.C. group plans to file a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Federal Highway Administration’s decision to approve plans to reconstruct a 110-year-old rail tunnel in Southeast Washington. Full story:...
BNSF says it will keep spending to fix rail car shortage
(Source: Forum News Service, November 11, 2014) FARGO, N.D. — The chairman of BNSF Railway gave a renewed pledge Monday that record investments will continue to expand rail capacity to alleviate shipping delays caused by brimming grain bins and gushing oil fields....
BNSF says it will keep spending to fix rail car shortage
(Source: Forum News Service, November 11, 2014) FARGO, N.D. — The chairman of BNSF Railway gave a renewed pledge Monday that record investments will continue to expand rail capacity to alleviate shipping delays caused by brimming grain bins and gushing oil fields....
BNSF posts progress on relieving ag shipment delays in North Dakota, Sen. Hoeven says
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 12, 2014) U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) on Monday hosted a roundtable in Fargo, N.D., with BNSF Railway Co. Executive Chairman Matt Rose and agriculture industry stakeholders in the state to discuss the railroad's efforts to...
BNSF posts progress on relieving ag shipment delays in North Dakota, Sen. Hoeven says
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 12, 2014) U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) on Monday hosted a roundtable in Fargo, N.D., with BNSF Railway Co. Executive Chairman Matt Rose and agriculture industry stakeholders in the state to discuss the railroad's efforts to...
Amtrak adds second helping of trains in Illinois for Thanksgiving
(Source: Amtrak press release (PDF), November 10, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — To accommodate an expected increase in holiday passengers, Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation are offering additional round-trips on Nov. 30, the Sunday after Thanksgiving,...
Amtrak adds second helping of trains in Illinois for Thanksgiving
(Source: Amtrak press release (PDF), November 10, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — To accommodate an expected increase in holiday passengers, Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation are offering additional round-trips on Nov. 30, the Sunday after Thanksgiving,...
CSX cutting 300 jobs, mostly buyouts from Jacksonville headquarters
(Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, November 12, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. said Tuesday that it seeks to cut 300 jobs, mostly in its Jacksonville headquarters staff, by offering voluntary buyouts to some employees. Full story: Jacksonville Daily Record
Locomotive engineer beaten by purported gang members sues Amtrak
(Source: Sacramento Bee, November 12, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One night seven years ago, Amtrak engineer Jacob Keating lay beaten and bleeding alongside the railroad tracks in West Sacramento, knocked senseless by a crowd of drunken neighborhood gangsters who...
CP Rail CFO says oil trains must fill pipeline gap
(Source: Financial Post, November 12, 2014) OTTAWA — There is no chance that key pipelines to the East and West Coast will be completed in the near future, leaving railways to fill the gap for Canadian crude shippers, says the chief financial officer of Canadian...
