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Amtrak dome car scheduled for limited local runs in Illinois
(Source: LaSalle News Tribune, November 2, 2013) MENDOTA, Ill. — The only remaining dome car in Amtrak’s fleet will start making the trek through Mendota and Princeton on the Illinois Zephyr beginning Tuesday. Full story: LaSalle News Tribune
CSX, unions signs contract to prevent outsourcing at W.Va. repair shop
(Source: Associated Press, November 1, 2013) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX Corp. and the labor unions that represent 215 workers at its Huntington repair shops have signed new contracts guaranteeing at least four years of employment and preventing the railroad operator from...
Route change recommended for California high-speed rail
(Source: Associated Press, October 31, 2013) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California high-speed rail officials are recommending a new route for the second leg of the bullet train south of Fresno. Rail authority officials said Thursday that the board will consider a staff...
2 fired, 2 suspended in CTA ‘ghost train’ crash
(Source: Chicago Tribune, November 1, 2013) CHICAGO — Two CTA electrical workers have been fired and two other employees suspended as a result of a collision in September between a "ghost train'' that traveled on its own for almost a mile after leaving a West Side...
Rock, not gunshot, breaks window of CSX locomotive
(Source: The Journal News, November 2, 2013) NEW YORK — A window was smashed — apparently by a thrown rock — on the lead locomotive of a CSX freight train Friday night, shortly after it left Rockland County north of New York City. Full story: The Journal News
More North Carolinians are taking the train
(Source: Fayetteville Observer, November 3, 2013) FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina's state-supported Piedmont and Carolinian trains continue to place among the most rapidly growing routes in the Amtrak system, the passenger train service reported. This marks the...
Metro-North, Amtrak system upgrades are long overdue
(Source: Hartford Courant, November 4, 2013) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The power cable failure that created chaos on the busy New Haven-to-Manhattan commuter rail line in September was just one of the potential hazards that Metro-North faces every day, according to the head...
Vice President Biden to visit NW Ohio rail complex
(Source: NorthwestOhio.com, November 1, 2013) TOLEDO, Ohio — White House officials confirmed Biden plans to visit the CSX Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in North Baltimore Wednesday. Full story: NorthwestOhio.com
Diesel faces threat from liquefied natural gas
(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2013) LONDON — Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern-Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad captured headlines earlier this year when it announced it would start trialling trains powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). But even a pilot programme is...
Four railroads advance joint line relocation plan in Iowa
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 1, 2013) BNSF Railway Co., Union Pacific Railroad, CBEC Railway Inc. and Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. (IAIS) jointly filed a verified notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) late last month to...
