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Metro-North details across-the-board reforms after scathing report
(Source: Journal News, May 16, 2014) NEW YORK — Metro-North Railroad on Thursday detailed sweeping reforms that touch "virtually every aspect" of its operations. The railroad released the list in response to a severe "Operation Deep Dive" report released in March by...
Commuters challenge NJ Transit on time record, service quality
(Source: Asbury Park Press, May 15, 2014) NEWARK, N.J. — Commuters politely told their first-hand horror stories about delayed trains and buses to NJ Transit’s board during its first ever evening meeting Thursday. Riders politely, but firmly asked the board for better...
Virginia Gov. McAuliffe names co-chairs of new rail safety task force
(Source: News & Advance, May 15, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Virginia’s secretaries of Transportation and of Public Safety and Homeland Security will co-chair the state’s Railroad Safety and Security Task Force established in the aftermath of the train derailment in...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic up 6.6 percent over 2013 for week ending May 10
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported increased U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 10, 2014 with 296,813 total U.S. carloads, up 5.6 percent compared...
Union Pacific using new technologies to cut fuel costs, combat climate change
(Source: Fortune magazine, May 16, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — In an old-guard industry with over 150 years of history, railroad companies like Union Pacific Corporation are embracing technology to promote fuel efficiency in the 21st century. The aim: to lower costs and cut...
Inside Amtrak’s new fleet of high-tech locomotives
(Source News Works, May 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has unveiled five gleaming new ACS-64 City Sprinter engines. The sixth of these impressive electric engines goes into service this week and the fleet will replace Amtrak's current 35-year-old engines, which...
Sale of MMA Railway finalized; New head says up to $10 million in track investments on the way
(Source: Bangor Daily News, May 15, 2014) BANGOR, Maine — As sale documents were being completed, the man taking over the former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway was at the Spectacular Events Center in Bangor on Thursday afternoon to share the new management’s...
U.S. rail network delays derail auto deliveries
(Source: Detroit News, May 16, 2014) DETROIT, Mich. — The snow, ice and extreme chill may be gone, but automakers still are feeling the aftereffects of the harsh winter: For months, big delays in the nation’s rail network have forced them to park newly built cars and...
Bickering continues: Oil industry says Bakken crude no more flammable than other crudes, blames railroads for oil train explosions
(Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, May 16, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials with the oil industry are citing new reports, which they funded, indicating that Bakken crude is no more flammable than other crudes and that oil train explosions aren't the fault of the crude...
SEPTA seeks White House help in labor dispute
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — SEPTA will ask the Obama administration to appoint an emergency board to try to settle its long-running labor dispute with Regional Rail engineers and electricians, spokeswoman Jerri Williams said...
