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Riders give ‘third world’ Metro-North a D+ in survey
(Source: New York Post, April 14, 2014) NEW YORK -- Fed-up Metro-North commuters gave their troubled railroad a lowly D+ in a survey released Monday. Almost 90 percent of the 642 riders surveyed online by the Commuter Action Group said late and delayed trains are a...
Software firm raises $40 million to target train tickets
(Source: Boston Globe, April 15, 2014) BOSTON -- A Woburn software firm has raised $40 million to expand its technology that enables travelers to book train tickets the same way for every rail line, as can already be done for air travel. The company, SilverRail...
Deadline set for filing claims against MMA Railway
(Source: Associated Press, April 15, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine -- Creditors who are owed money following a deadly train derailment and Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the railroad have two months to file a claim. Full story: www.seattlepi.com
Amtrak, Maryland DOT, FRA partner on Susquehanna River Bridge study
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, April 14, 2014) NEW YORK -- Amtrak, in conjunction with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), has launched a preliminary engineering study for rehabilitation or possible...
Amtrak’s Rockford-Chicago route to restart in 2015, Illinois governor says
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 14, 2014) Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's six-year transportation plan announced last week includes $223 million to restore Amtrak service between Rockford and Chicago starting next year. Full story: Progressive Railroading
New commuter rail link ready to roll in central Florida
(Source: Reuters, April 13, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. -- Central Florida is scheduled to roll out a commuter rail system on May 1 along a major interstate corridor that runs through downtown Orlando, becoming the first new system to open in the United States in three years....
Natural gas rolls into world of freight rail
(Source: U.S. News & World Report, April 15, 2014) NEW YORK -- Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, may soon replace diesel in most of the country’s freight locomotives, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday. Full story: www.usnews.com
Railroad bridge across Mississippi River reopens
(Source: Associated Press, April 15, 2014) MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Officials say a railroad bridge spanning the Mississippi River has reopened after it was closed when a barge struck it. Full story: www.seattlepi.com
Farmers still desperate for rail service
(Source: Forum News Service, April 15, 2014) FARGO, N.D. -- The slow rail service threatening the livelihood of farmers in the Upper Midwest has gotten better in recent weeks, but at the Forest River Bean Co., the railcars ordered from BNSF or Canadian Pacific are...
Oil traffic may delay U.S. fertilizer shipments, farmers warn
(Source: Reuters, April 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Increasing use of railroads to ship crude oil could disrupt fertilizer cargo this spring as Midwest farmers prepare for planting, U.S. agriculture leaders warn, even as one railroad said on Monday it will take...
