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A collision of visions on California bullet train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The bullet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are, in the vision of their most ardent supporters, more than just a transportation system. They are also a means to alter the state's...
Engineer injured when Amtrak train hits big rig in rural California
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2012) ALPAUGH, Calif. — An Amtrak train carrying 84 passengers crashed into a truck at a rural rail crossing in northern California Wednesday, sending the locomotive engineer to a hospital and knocking the train out of commission,...
Energy provides engine for rail recovery, BNSF exec says
(Source: FuelFix.com, March 7, 2012) David Garin, BNSF Railway's vice president of industrial products, said the railroad's business is nearly back to where it was in 2006 before the recession. He attributed the railroad's transportation of energy-related cargo — such...
CP expands Bakken crude-by-rail origination capability on North Dakota network
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, March 6, 2012) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Canadian Pacific today announced that it will be moving additional Bakken crude oil by unit train rail from a planned industry logistics hub served by its North Dakota network. The...
High-speed trains to begin test runs in Illinois this summer
(Source: State Journal-Register, March 7, 2012) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The first 110-mph passenger trains in Illinois should begin test runs this summer on a 20-mile section of the Chicago-St. Louis line, the State Journal-Register reported. Full story: State...
New head of California high-speed rail optimistic
(Source: The California Report, March 7, 2012) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's High-Speed Rail Authority has a new chairman. Dan Richard is now the public point person for the agency, and he's bracing to take a lot of the political heat over questions ranging from...
Borrowing costs for California bullet train revised upward
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2012) LOS ANGELES — California's distressed state budget will have to allot more than $700 million each year to repay billions of dollars that officials plan to borrow to build the first phase of a proposed bullet train, a...
VIA Rail derailment triggers call for voice recorders in locomotive cabs
(Source Toronto Star, March 7, 2012) TORONTO — Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) stressed it is not ready to attribute the derailment of VIA Rail train 92 to human error at this early stage of the investigation, but there are renewed calls for making voice...
Canada’s TSB sounds the alarm on railway safety after derailments
(Source: The Province, March 7, 2012) QUEBEC — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) expressed concerns Tuesday about the safety of Canada's railway system in light of a deadly train crash in southern Ontario last week, which bears similarities to a derailment in...
BLET members among Arizona unionists who rally against anti-labor bills
(Source: Huffington Post, March 6, 2012) TUCSON, Ariz. — A thousand union members and supporters rallied on the lawn of the Arizona State Capitol March 1 to protest a suite of anti-labor bills currently being considered by the state Legislature. Among the protesters...
