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Chicago to Quad-Cities passenger rail start delayed
(Source: Quad City Times, May 15, 2015) DAVENPORT, Iowa — The start of service for Amtrak's passenger rail line between Chicago and the Quad-Cities will be delayed, the Illinois Department of Transportation confirmed Wednesday. Full story: Quad City Times
Colorado governor signs bill to preserve current route of Southwest Chief
(Source: Associated Press, May 14, 2014) PUEBLO, Colo. — Colorado is joining the effort to preserve the current route of Amtrak's Southwest Chief. On Wednesday, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill creating a commission to work with officials in Kansas and New Mexico...
Trains for grains scarce on the U.S. Plains
(Source: Reuters, May 14, 2014) NEW YORK — In the northern U.S. Plains, where there are no commercially navigable rivers, the U.S. rail system long has served as the lone, dependable way for farms to move grain hundreds of miles to reach ports and sell around the...
Iowa’s governor pitches high-speed rail as a way to cut fuel use
(Source: Des Moines Register, May 14, 2014) DES MOINES, Iowa — Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn argued Wednesday at a climate change task force meeting that high-speed rail connecting several Midwest states would boost regional sustainability — improving efficiencies and...
Talgo set to move idled high-speed trains to Indiana storage facility
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 14, 2014) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Talgo, the Spanish train manufacturer that's abandoning its Milwaukee headquarters, is about to transport its two high-speed trains from the city's north side to an Amtrak maintenance facility in...
Family of locomotive engineer who was killed on the job settles with Union Railroad
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 14, 2014. BLET editor's note: Andrew Monheim was a member of BLET Division 700 in Braddock, Pa., and had belonged to the Brotherhood for more than 31 years at the time of his passing in 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The family of a...
New U.S. rail safety rules for oil trains don’t go far enough
(Source: Bangor Daily News, May 15, 2014) AUGUSTA, Maine — Just as the state has revealed that crude oil shipments by rail have resumed along the state’s rail lines, Maine emergency officials say new federal rules about shipping hazardous materials such as crude by...
Safety debate eyes treating Bakken crude before it hits rails
(Source: Reuters, May 12, 2014) HOUSTON, Texas — After a spate of fiery derailments, the scramble to make North Dakota's Bakken crude oil safer when it's being transported on trains has focused on better tracks, slower speeds, and reinforced railcars that bypass urban...
CP Rail running trades face fatigue, uncertainty under Hunter Harrison
(Source: Revelstoke Times Review, May 14, 2014) REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Ask any railroader in town their opinion on Hunter Harrison and you’ll almost certainly hear a string of expletives surrounding his name. When Harrison was appointed and company-wide layoffs were...
MMA Railway employees seen as scapegoats; Executive Ed Burkhardt says ‘no comment’ on criminal charges
(Source: Canadian Press, May 14, 2014) MONTREAL — The railway chairman who became the target of local anger in Lac-Megantic says he has no intention of discussing criminal charges filed against his company and three of its employees. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway...
