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MTA launches new apps for LIRR, Metro-North riders
(Source: ABC 7 New York, December 20, 2013) NEW YORK -- Some new apps may help Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road customers avoid an extra long wait for the train. The MTA announced the first official apps for the railroads, which are now available for Android and...
CSX to announce 4Q, full year 2013 results on January 15, 2014
(Source: CSX press release, December 19, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corporation will release fourth-quarter and 2013 full-year financial and operating results on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, after the market close. The Company will host an earnings conference...
Union Pacific nears completion of Salt Lake culvert repairs
(Source: Standard-Examiner, December 20, 2013) OGDEN, Utah -- Union Pacific Railroad is hoping to finish repairs this week to the second of two failing culverts that support its 20-mile causeway that stretches west of Ogden across the Great Salt Lake. Full story:...
AAR: Intermodal volume for week ending December 14 was second highest on record
Source: Association of American Railroads press release, December 19, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 14, 2013 with 278,664 total U.S. carloads, down 4.9 percent...
CSX blaming vandalism for September train derailment in Va.
(Source: WVEC.com, December 19, 2013) FRANKLIN, Va. -- A September train derailment that sent two railroad employees to the hospital and tied up emergency resources for hours near Hercules, Va. was caused by vandalism, according to a report filed with the Federal...
Trains are delivering oil to Montreal’s east-end Suncour refinery
(Source: Montreal Gazette, December 19, 2013) MONTREAL -- Oil trains have begun making their first deliveries to Suncor’s east-end Montreal refinery. The company says trains carrying crude oil began serving the Sherbrooke St. E. refinery on Dec. 12. Full story:...
Lac-Megantic residents speak of ‘psychological distress’ as first trains since devastating explosion roll through town
(Source: National Post, December 18, 2013) LAC-MEGANTIC -- Harder for some to swallow were the three letters emblazoned on the side of the locomotive: MMA. The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, now in bankruptcy protection and expected to soon have new owners, is...
Illinois chooses Siemens for high-speed locomotive order
(Source: International Railway Journal, December 20, 2013) CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced on December 19 that it has issued a notice of intent to award Siemens a contract to supply a total of 35 200km/h diesel passenger...
Editorial: Improvements overdue on Metro-North
(Source: Hartford Courant, December 19, 2013) HARTFORD, Conn. -- After several train wrecks and derailments, Metro-North and its federal overseers are promising to do anything necessary to improve its safety record. Those pledges come, sadly, too late for those hurt...
Norfolk Southern train robbery becomes a federal case in N.C.
(Source: News & Observer, December 19, 2013) RALEIGH, N.C. -- When two armed men stepped aboard a parked Norfolk Southern train on April 29, 2012, they became the state’s first train robbers in recent memory. Train robbery, under the eyes of the law, is a crime that...
