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Employees allege CN is hiding derailments, falsifying stats
(Source: CBC News, October 24, 2013) OTTAWA — A CBC News investigation has unearthed allegations that suggest CN Rail has routinely under-reported minor derailments and misrepresented its yard efficiency measurements across Canada and the U.S. The CBC probe was...
West Lafayette could pony up $200,000 to keep Amtrak rolling in Indiana
(Source: Journal and Courier, October 31, 2013) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — West Lafayette City Council likely will approve an ordinance Monday to fund the city’s portion of the agreement reached with Amtrak to continue passenger rail service in Indiana. Full story:...
NTSB releases final agenda for investigative hearing on two Connecticut Metro-North accidents
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today released the final agenda for the two-day investigative hearing on two recent Metro-North train accidents in Connecticut....
CSX and unions reach landmark agreement at Huntington Shop
(Source: CSX press release, October 31, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation Inc. has signed a landmark agreement with four labor unions that sets new standards of quality and productivity at the company’s Huntington (W.Va.) Locomotive Shop. The agreement...
Local oil activity may spur reroute of California high-speed rail
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, October 31, 2013) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A surge in recent oil investment near Shafter has prompted a substantial redrawing of the proposed high-speed rail project through northern Kern County. Full story: Bakersfield Californian
New Illinois inland port includes BNSF intermodal facility
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 31, 2013) Trustees for the town of Elwood, Ill., recently voted unanimously in favor of creating an international inland port authority to promote the village's intermodal distribution center, and manage traffic and public...
NTSB to meet on fatal Union Pacific parade float grade-crossing accident
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of the November 2012 fatal grade-crossing accident involving a parade float in Texas....
AAR: Railroads report total carload traffic up over 2012 for week ending October 26
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported increased weekly rail traffic for the week ending October 26, 2013 with total U.S. weekly carloads of 297,455 carloads,...
CN, Teamsters Canada reach tentative 3-year labor deal
(Source: Reuters, October 31, 2013) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co, the country’s largest rail operator, agreed to a new labour contract for some 3,300 conductors, trainmen, yardmen and traffic coordinators represented by Teamsters Canada, the railway said...
America’s new hunger crisis
(Source: MSNBC, October 30, 2013) NEW YORK — In the 22 years that Swami Durga Das has managed New York’s River Fund Food Pantry, he has never seen hunger like this. Each Saturday, hundreds of hungry people descend on the pantry’s headquarters, an unassuming house on a...
