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State will unveil high-speed rail plan for Upstate New York at public hearing in Syracuse
(Source: The Post-Standard, March 4, 2014) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- When state and federal officials visit Syracuse on Wednesday night, they'll ask for public input on five alternatives for building a high-speed rail line across Upstate New York. Those options would cost an...
Analyst says CP Rail should consider acquiring Kansas City Southern
(Source: FInancial Post, March 3, 2014) OTTAWA -- According to a report in the Financial Post, the timing is right for the Canadian Pacific Railway to consider the acquisition of the Kansas City Southern Railway. The Financial Post further reports that even though CP...
New report sheds light on events leading up to Lac-Megantic disaster
(Source: Montreal Gazette, February 28, 2014. Editor's note: Sûreté du Québec or SQ is commonly known as the Quebec Provincial Police.) MONTREAL -- The July 6 derailment in Lac-Mégantic wasn’t the first time that Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway had problems with...
Amtrak using snow schedule in Northeast Corridor
(Source: Associated Press, March 2, 2014) WILMINGTON, Del. -- A winter storm headed toward the East Coast has Amtrak trimming schedules for its Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains. Full story: www.seattlepi.com
Metro-North has new system in place to prevent worker deaths
(Source: Journal News, March 1, 2014) NEW YORK -- From now on, when Metro-North Railroad employees are working on tracks, the dispatcher will not be able to send trains through until receiving a specific code. The precaution comes with a new safety effort, the...
Legislators also to blame for Metro-North mess
(Source: Stamford Advocate, March 2, 2014) STAMFORD, Conn. -- State lawmakers have jumped on the political bandwagon to criticize Metro-North for a dismal year of service mishaps and poor on-time performance, but they may share the blame for consistently derailing...
New York State pushes for Penn Station plan
(Source: Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2014) NEW YORK -- New York state officials are pushing ahead with a plan that could generate hundreds of millions of dollars toward funding a long-sought but elusive plan to expand Pennsylvania Station into the 1912 Farley post...
Hudson Valley to host hearing on NY high-speed rail proposals
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Public meetings begin this week on proposals for high-speed passenger rail service in New York. The first of six hearings is Tuesday at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany. Meetings are...
Illinois DOT pitches high-speed rail plan
(Source: Southtown Star, February 27, 2014) CHICAGO -- A hearing in Orland Park on Thursday gave the public a look at a plan to use Metra’s Rock Island Line as the northernmost segment of a high-speed rail line between Chicago and St. Louis. Several Southland towns...
New Zealand rail union: Asbestos found in Chinese-made locomotives ‘a death sentence’ for train workers
(Source: ONE News, March 1, 2014) AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- The rail workers' union says asbestos found in the cab of a KiwiRail locomotive could be "a death sentence" for drivers and engineers. KiwiRail's new Chinese-built locomotives are again off the tracks, this...
