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Stowaways are stranded in Mexico by train ban
(Source: New York Times, May 10, 2014) MEXICO CITY — Hundreds of Central American migrants trying to make their way to the United States have been stranded in Mexico in recent weeks after the freight-train line they ride — labeled the Beast — began enforcing a ban on...
Proposed border rail project gets mixed reviews
(Source: Texas Tribune, May 9, 2014) EL PASO, Texas — When César Duarte, the governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, announced last week that the government wanted to move the railroad tracks that pass through Ciudad Juárez out of the heart of the city, Cristina...
Metro-North new schedules debut with speedier rides to NYC
(Source: The Journal News, May 12, 2014) NEW YORK — Commuters are trying out Metro-North's new schedules Monday morning, testing out railroad President Joseph Giulietti's plan to get them to Manhattan, or wherever they're going, when the timetable says they'll arrive....
Via Rail names new president
(Source: CBC News, May 11, 2014) OTTAWA — Via Rail has new leadership after Transport Minister Lisa Raitt appointed Yves Desjardins-Siciliano as the company’s new president and CEO on Sunday. The Montreal native, who was the rail company’s chief corporate and legal...
New Metro-North cars breakdown rate still high
(Source: Stamford Advocate, May 11, 2014) STAMFORD, Conn. — While Metro-North has increased the number of new M8 cars running on the New Haven Line to nearly 75 percent of the rolling stock, a high breakdown rate on the new cars continues largely unabated,...
Fire leads to delays on Metro-North railroad
(Source: Associated Press, May 12, 2014) GREENWICH, Conn. — A fire inside a switching control house in Greenwich is causing delays along the New Haven line of the Metro-North commuter railroad. Full story: www.seattlepi.com
North Dakota grain trains almost a month behind
(Source: The Forum, May 10, 2014) DICKINSON, N.D. — North Dakota’s lone U.S. representative has released a BNSF Railway report that says rail cars carrying grain from North Dakota are almost a month behind schedule. Full story: www.inforum.com
Virginia’s governor to create rail safety task force
(Source: News and Advance, May 9, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday he’s forming a new rail safety task force in the wake of last week’s fiery train derailment in Lynchburg. Full story: News and Advance
Rail car workers get Tucson jobs back, for now
(Source: Arizona Daily Star, May 11, 2014) TUCSON, Ariz. — Monday marks a bittersweet return for Roberto Ruelas. He goes back to work as a welder for Greenbrier Rail Services in Tucson, thanks to a highly unusual, sweeping court order from U.S. District Judge Frank...
UP line in Colorado operating after oil train derailment; Spill estimated at 5,300 gallons
(Source: Reuters, May 12, 2014) CHICAGO — U.S. railroad company Union Pacific Corp said on Monday that a rail line on which a train derailed near the town of LaSalle in northern Colorado was back in service. The train, which was heading to an East Coast destination,...
