BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Daily Headlines
BNSF’s crude oil tankers spur $5 billion safety spat
(Source: Bloomberg, March 5, 2014) NEW YORK -- A push by Warren Buffett’s railroad to boost oil-shipment safety is meeting resistance from Hess Corp. and other companies that say the plan would mean a surge in costs and force them to scrap thousands of tank cars. Full...
DOT’s proposed budget invests $90.9 billion in safe, efficient, innovative transportation programs
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 4, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today praised the Administration’s vision for transportation as outlined in his $90.9 billion budget requested for the U.S....
Federal income tax and Railroad Retirement benefits
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 19, 2014) CHICAGO -- The following questions and answers describe the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement...
Taking the train: Rail travel appeals to all types
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, March 2, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. -- Amtrak train 91 is late. The southbound Silver Star, headed to Tampa and Miami, is an hour overdue at the Orlando station on Sunday morning. Train people don't care. They belong to another time, another era,...
Old 1504 passes inspection; restoration gains steam
(Source: Florida Times-Union, March 2, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Old 1504 got poked and prodded recently, the first step in a planned restoration of the steel-rail thoroughbred’s rusty flanks. Project Return to Glory inspectors crawled in and around the rust that...
Wabtec has long held a stake in future of U.S. railroad safety
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 1, 2014) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Wabtec's roots in the rail industry date to Westinghouse Air Brake Co. in 1869 and founder George Westinghouse's own experience in a train collision in upstate New York. Over the decades, the company...
City of Jacksonville bills Norfolk Southern $22,000 for February derailment
(Source: Florida Times-Union, March 3, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Norfolk Southern will soon get the nearly $22,000 bill for last month’s train derailment under the Acosta Bridge in downtown Jacksonville. Full story: Florida Times-Union
Metro-North releases plan for improvements
(Source: Hartford Courant, March 3, 2014) HARTFORD, Conn. -- Metro-North's new president on Monday night gave Connecticut leaders his short-term plan for improving safety and rebuilding reliable service on the troubled railroad, but acknowledged up front that it's...
Transit firm that will run Boston commuter rail hit with controversy over Holocaust reparations
(Source: Boston Globe, March 2, 2014) BOSTON -- Transit giant Keolis America has become embroiled in a controversy over Holocaust reparations that threatens to mar the company’s international reputation just as it prepares to take over the reins of the Massachusetts...
CN sells Quebec rail line for $97 million
(Source: Canadian Press, February 28, 2014) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. said Friday it has sold a 34-kilometre rail line in Quebec that is used mostly by commuter trains for $97 million. Full story: Brandon Sun
