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BNSF to add building at Fort Worth headquarters
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 27, 2013) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway plans to start construction next month on a $30 million expansion that would accommodate another 570 employees at its north Fort Worth headquarters. Full story: Fort Worth...
How BNSF is leveraging a record $4.3 billion in capital investment
(Source: Railway Age, September 27, 2013) NEW YORK — There can be a distinct advantage to having only one shareholder. For BNSF Railway chief executive Matt Rose, answering to Warren Buffett — who put his faith in the freight rail industry and BNSF management when he...
NY to help pay cost of Amtrak train to Vermont
(Source: Associated Press, September 29, 2013) NEW YORK — The state of New York is going to pay $800,000 toward the cost of running Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express from New York City to the Vermont city of Rutland. Full story: WAMC
New report on Indy-to-Chicago Amtrak line buoys boosters
(Source: Associated Press, September 27, 2013) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A new state-funded study that details the potential benefits of improving service along an Amtrak line between Indianapolis and Chicago is boosting the hopes of the line's supporters as Indiana...
Amtrak reaches agreement with NC DOT to keep trains rolling
(Source: News & Record, September 28, 2013) RALEIGH, N.C. — Passenger trains will keep rolling through Greensboro, thanks to a new agreement between Amtrak and the N.C. Department of Transportation. State and federal officials announced today they agreed to keep the...
In rough year, Metro-North has high on-time rate
(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2013) NEW YORK — The nation's second-busiest commuter railroad has had a rocky ride this year as a collision, a freight-train derailment and now a power problem disrupted the Metro-North Railroad, spurring commuters and...
Metro-North pins hopes on temporary power solution
(Source: Stamford Advocate, September 30, 2013) HARRISON, N.Y. — With normal train service still a week away at best, railroad and utility executives hope a temporary substation they're putting online in Harrison can power a few more trains into New York City by...
Metro-North delays snarl commuters for 6th day; Trains run at 50% capacity
(Source: Associated Press, September 30, 2013) HARTFORD, Conn. — Temporary transformers have been installed to allow electric trains to operate from New Haven, Conn., to New York City on the sixth straight day of commuter rail delays. Still, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P....
Another day of frustration over Acela delays
(Source: Boston Globe, September 29, 2013) BOSTON — As a Connecticut power outage shuttered service of the swanky Amtrak Acela train between New York and Boston, Big Apple-bound passengers in South Station on Saturday piled into the decidedly less-classy Northeast...
Partial rail service resorted along Northeast corridor
(Source: USA Today, September 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — About 130,000 commuters in Connecticut will wake up Monday morning to marginally improved rail service to New York after officials wrestling over the weekend with a power outrage managed to restore what they...
