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Oklahoma officials back Wichita’s passenger rail efforts
(Source: Wichita Eagle, April 29, 2014) WICHITA, Kan. -- Add Oklahoma officials to the list supporting City Hall’s bid to bring passenger rail back to Wichita. Officials from the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation...
New York City lawmakers go after French rail company involved in Holocaust
(Source: Huffington Post, April 29, 2014) NEW YORK -- Two New York City lawmakers say the city shouldn't do business with a French rail company that transported 76,000 people to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Full story: Huffington Post
Kansas, Colorado groups aim to save Amtrak’s Southwest Chief
(Source: The New Mexican, April 29, 2014) SANTA FE, N.M. -- A coalition of communities and private organizations in Western Kansas and Southern Colorado announced Tuesday that it has pledged $9 million and is pursuing $24.5 million in federal grants to keep Amtrak’s...
D.C. Council to hold hearing on plan to retrofit old rail tunnel in SE Washington
(Source: Washington Post, April 29, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The D.C. Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday morning on a controversial proposal to rebuild the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Southeast Washington. Full story: Washington Post
Amtrak ready for $181 million in New York rail projects
(Source: Albany Times Union, April 28, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Amtrak expects to give contractors the go-ahead by mid-May — and construction to begin in June — on a series of Capital Region rail improvement projects. The work includes a fourth platform track and...
$22 million rail tie manufacturing plant opens in Clinton, Iowa
(Source: WQAD, April 29, 2014) CLINTON, Iowa -- Clinton, Iowa, is unveiling a $22 million project in its Lincolnway Railport. German-based Rail.One is operating a plant that makes railroad ties for Union Pacific and other clients. It’s European investment to create...
Transport Canada spending $9.2 million to improve railway crossing safety
(Source: Canadian Press, April 28, 2014) MILTON, Ontario -- The federal government says it will spend $9.2 million this year to improve safety at railway crossings. The money is being made available as part of a cost-sharing agreement with railways and governments...
Saving lives near train tracks is focus of Operation Lifesaver conference, May 14-15
Saving lives near train track is focus of Operation Lifesaver Conference, May 14-15 (Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, April 30, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rail safety education leaders from across the U.S. and around the world will gather in Albuquerque May...
As Oregon legislators grapple with oil train safety, Portland fire chief warns that city is not equipped
(Source: The Oregonian, April 29, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon legislators have now been schooled in Oil Train Safety 101. Dozens of elected officials, firefighters and bureaucrats met Tuesday morning in Portland at a Linnton rail yard to hear what’s done in Oregon...
Q&A: The reasons, and risks, behind shipping crude oil by rail
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 25, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Domestic oil production is literally rolling across the country. The country’s vast rail network has become, in effect, the pipeline for newer sources of crude oil unlocked by hydraulic fracturing,...
