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Wichita’s bid for rail line grant rejected
(Source: Associated Press, September 6, 2013) WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita lost its first bid for a federal grant to help bring an Amtrak line to downtown but city officials say they'll try again. The city had sought a $12.7 million grant to complete the planning for a...
Vermont to receive $9 million for rail upgrades
(Source: Associated Press, September 6, 2013) BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont’s long-term goal of improving railroad service on the western side of the state got a big boost Thursday when officials announced an $8.9 million federal grant to improve rail infrastructure...
Leaders will meet to keep the Amtrak Southwest Chief in Colorado
(Source: La Junta Tribune Democrat, September 7, 2013) LA JUNTA, Colo. — Community leaders from Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico will convene in Pueblo Saturday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. to launch efforts to keep Amtrak’s Chicago to Los Angeles superliner passenger train...
No injuries as two BNSF tanker cars derail in East Texas switching accident
(Source: Associated Press, September 8, 2013) LONGVIEW, Texas — Nobody has been hurt when two tanker cars bound for Tennessee derailed and overturned in East Texas and one spilled a small amount of a tar-like substance. Full story: The Republic
First part of CSX double-stack rail link to East Coast completed
(Source: Toledo Blade, September 7, 2013) TOLEDO, Ohio — The first phase of CSX Transportation's National Gateway project, which will allow trains carrying maximum-sized freight containers stacked two-high to travel between Ohio and East Coast ports, has been...
NJ Transit readies ‘safe harbor’ yards to keep trains dry
(Source: Daily Record, September 5, 2013) NEWARK, N.J. — Ten months after superstorm Sandy hit, NJ Transit is storing trains in one of its “safe harbor” yards, and 66 percent of the carrier’s rail cars and locomotives damaged by storm-driven floodwaters are repaired...
Pennsylvania Amtrak service still in jeopardy
(Source: Lewiston Sentinel, September 9, 2013) LEWISTON, Pa. — Amtrak's east-west service in Pennsylvania, faced with more bad news in recent days, has some officials, as well as passengers dependent on the service, much more pessimistic about its prospects for...
MMA Railway could be sold by January, trustee says
(Source: Associated Press, September 5, 2013) PORTLAND, Maine — The bankrupt railroad whose runaway train derailed and caused an explosion that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., could be sold by year’s end, the company’s trustee said Thursday. Full story:...
MMA Railway seeks financing for 2-person crews
(Source: Associated Press, September 7, 2013) PORTLAND, Maine — A bankrupt railroad whose runaway train sparked a fire and explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec is seeking financing to use two-person train crews in the U.S., a company trustee said. The move to...
Pan Am Railways found to have violated Main employee’s whistleblower rights
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, September 3, 2013) BOSTON, Mass. — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Pan Am Railways Inc. to pay $50,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, as well as take corrective action, on behalf of an injured worker....
