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How a freight train can be a lot quieter than you might think
(Source: Popular Mechanics, March 24, 2014) The Doppler Effect, which explains how sound changes pitch based on an observer’s location relative to the sound’s origin (the reason sirens sound different as they approach you), plays a role. Full story: Popular...
The high-speed rail system America needs
(Source: Ozy, March 25, 2014) Driving traffic-clogged roads to Baltimore is no fun. Ditto taking a crowded shuttle from Washington D.C. to New York. Which is why for the commuting masses (like yours truly), something tantalizing’s in the air: a privately funded...
Metro-North president schedules feedback forums
(Source: Stamford Advocate, March 23, 2014) STAMFORD, Conn. -- Grand Central Terminal commuters will get a chance Wednesday to speak their minds about Metro-North's precipitous decline in 2013 when new railway president Joseph Giulietti and his senior management plan...
Analyst: More ethanol-to-crude rail facility conversions unlikely in California
(Source: Platts, March 24, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. -- More conversions of California ethanol rail unloading terminals to crude service are unlikely, following Kinder Morgan's switch of its Richmond, California, unloading facility, an analyst said Monday. Full story:...
Maine’s governor calls for thorough review of proposed Amtrak layover facility
(Source: Bangor Daily News, March 24, 2014) BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Gov. Paul LePage on Monday joined a neighborhood group in calling for a “significant and thorough review” of the approval process for a proposed train layover facility in Brunswick. In a letter to Joseph...
Icy ports further slowing grain shipments
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 24, 2014) TORONTO -- The extreme winter that has been blamed for slow grain movements by rail could get in the way of moving Western Canada’s record crop through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, which remain choked by ice. Full...
New York asks feds to update crude oil spill preparedness plans
(Source: Associated Press, March 24, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York officials asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to update a contingency plan for dealing with oil spills amid the rapid expansion of rail shipments of crude oil from North Dakota across...
Phillips 66 targets California passenger rail corridor for oil trains
(Source: Contra Costa Times, March 24, 2014) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The tracks that carry Amtrak Capitol Corridor trains through about a dozen heavily populated East Bay and South Bay communities could become a rail superhighway for potentially explosive crude oil...
TCRC, CN to meet Wednesday in last push for contract
(Source: Reuters, March 25, 2014) TORONTO -- Canadian National Railway Co and the Teamsters union will meet in Montreal on Wednesday to make a final attempt at reaching a labor deal for some 3,000 conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators, the two groups said...
Metro-North lowers on-time goals, citing safety
(Source: Journal News, March 24, 2014) NEW YORK -- Don't expect Metro-North trains to get where they're going as reliably as they used to. The railroad's new president, who has been talking for weeks about how safety must come before punctuality, has officially...
