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Unsecured rail cars led to 2012 UP fatality in Mason City
(Source: Globe Gazette, November 19, 2013) MASON CITY, Iowa — The National Transportation Safety Board says unsecured railroad cars are the probable cause of the death of a Union Pacific railroad worker in Mason City in 2012. Georgiy Solovlyov, 36, of Stanhope, a...
Pennsylvania House OKs transportation bill it rejected a day earlier
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 2013) HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a rare and abrupt turnaround, the state House on Tuesday approved a $2.3 billion transportation-funding proposal that had failed only 24 hours earlier. Among other provisions, the proposal would...
CN employee dies after being hit by train in eastern Saskatchewan
(Source: Reuters, November 19, 2013) TISDALE, Sask. — A Canadian National Railway employee was killed in a train accident near the small northeastern town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada's largest railroad confirmed on Tuesday. The Transportation Safety Board of...
Artists plan space journey for rail passengers in Philly
(Source: Comcast Sports Net Philadelphia, November 19, 2013) PHILADELPHIA — Anyone who frequents the trains on the Northeast Corridor is likely familiar with the largely dilapidated industrial area surrounding the tunnels at Amtrak’s 30th Street Station. It’s not the...
Canadian rail operators should pool insurance policies, lobby group says
(Source: Montreal Gazette, November 13, 2013) MONTREAL — One Canadian lobby group says rail operators should learn from the U.S. nuclear energy industry. In a report published this week by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Mary-Jane Bennett suggests rail...
Union Pacific increasing train speed on line through Wichita, Kan.
(Source: Union Pacific press release, November 13, 2013) OMAHA, Neb. — Recent track upgrades meeting or exceeding all applicable Federal Railroad Administration standards will allow Union Pacific Railroad to increase the speed of its trains from 30 mph to 49 mph on...
Metro-North track work restores 75 mph speed
(Source: The Journal News, November 15, 2013) NEW YORK — Recent track work completed by Metro-North will allow trains to reach speeds of 75 mph through a stretch in the Bronx for the first time in five years. Trains will reach that top speed, 15 mph faster than...
Amtrak expects packed trains Thanksgiving week
(Source: WWLTV, November 18, 2013) NEW ORLEANS — It's been a record-setting fiscal year for Amtrak, with over 31 million passengers. The national passenger railroad has set record ridership numbers in 10 out of the last 11 years, and trains are expected to be packed...
Plan to protect NJ Transit rail cars from flooding not ready yet
(Source: NorthJersey.com, November 13, 2013) NEWARK, N.J. — More than a year after Superstorm Sandy flooded nearly 400 NJ Transit railroad cars and locomotives that were left in low-lying yards, the Christie administration has not yet put forth a new plan for...
Rain washes out mainline Norfolk Southern track in West Virginia
(Source: WOWKTV, November 18, 2013) PRICHARD, W.Va. — Norfolk Southern has shut down its mainline track through Wayne County while repair crews work on a section that was washed out by a weekend storm. Full story: WOWKTV
