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Metro-North trains running slow due to track repairs
(Source: New Haven Register, January 20, 2014) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Metro-North’s trains are running late on a fairly consistent basis on the New Haven Line, but that’s to make sure the lines are safe as they can be, according to Metro-North officials. Full story: New...
Recent MMA derailment not reported to local authorities
(Source: Montreal Gazette, January 20, 2014) MONTREAL -- When an empty cargo train owned by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway derailed on the outskirts of Nantes earlier this month, the town’s mayor learned about the incident two days later on Facebook. Full...
Rhode Island’s governor to ask voters for $275 million in new borrowing, including $40 million for mass transit
(Source: Providence Journal, January 20, 2014) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the $8.5-billion budget he unveiled last week, Governor Chafee proposed asking voters in November to approve $275 million in borrowing for new state and local projects — one of the largest requests...
Man charged with attempted murder in attack on NS police officer
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, January 20, 2014) CHICAGO -- A Chicago man was charged with attempted first-degree murder Monday in connection with an attack on a uniformed Norfolk Southern police officer at a South Side Metra station Sunday. Full story: Chicago...
Opinion: Making the case for California high-speed rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee opinion column by Bruce Malman, January 21, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Train travel works. The Altamont Corridor Express trains have attracted thousands of Silicon Valley techies who, from Tracy to Stockton, have generated property taxes,...
Senators raise concerns about Fast Track at hearing
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 16, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Several Senate Democrats voiced opposition today to legislation that would allow a quick up-or-down vote with limited debate on proposed trade deals. They said a...
Canadian Pacific Railway executive credits unions for creating middle class
(Source: Huffington Post Canada, January 18, 2014) OTTAWA -- Now here’s something you don’t see every day: A senior exec at a major Canadian company defending unions. That’s what happened at a recent roundtable discussion on the future of organized labour put together...
Billionaire sees big fortunes in oil by train and tankers
(Source: Vancouver Observer, January 20, 2014) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- One of the richest men in America is boasting about the massive profits to be made from the transport of “tremendous” new volumes of oil from Alberta tar sands and U.S. shale oil deposits. Full story:...
Extra-flammable crude oil may soon run through a trench in Washington D.C. neighborhood
(Source: Think Progress, January 17, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Under a proposal by CSX, a stretch of Virginia Avenue in Washington, D.C., would be bowled over and dug out to make way for a large, uncovered trench. In that trench, freight trains would run in the open...
Explosives placed on Norfolk Southern tracks in Illinois
(Source: Fox2Now, January 20, 2014) MADISON COUNTY, Ill. -- Authorities with called Norfolk Southern railroad in a suspicious object to the bomb squad at around noon on Monday. They found a 1.2lb propane tank with flares attached to it. The suspicious object was...
