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Police investigate shot fired at engineer’s window of moving MRL train
(Source: Associated Press, January 4, 2012) HELENA, Mont. — Police are investigating after someone fired what appeared to be a shotgun round at the engineer's window of a Montana Rail Link train as it traveled through Helena. Full story: The Republic
Customers locate on CSX in 17 states in 2011
(Source: CSX press release, January 5, 2012) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Customers across manufacturing, consumer goods, energy and other markets committed to 124 new or expanded facilities on CSX and its short line railroad partners in 2011, driving job growth and other...
Amtrak: Liability protection needed before passenger service could come back to Florida’s east coast
(Source: www.tcpalm.com, January 5, 2012) COCOA, Fla. — The Florida Legislature must approve liability protection for Amtrak, a no-fault policy for operating on state-owned coastal tracks in South Florida, before the railroad will agree to bring passenger service to...
APTA: Congressional inaction on commuter benefits amounts to $550 tax increase for transit riders
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 5, 2012) The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is calling on Congress to correct a “bias that favors driving over taking public transit” by restoring the commuter transit tax benefit, APTA officials said in a...
California high-speed rail fans, foes seek federal study
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers are competing to influence the next big review of California high-speed rail, underscoring the project's new political vulnerability. Following a devastating state study issued Tuesday, a...
AAR: Railroads report 2011 carloads up 2.2% over 2010 and 9.7% over 2009
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported gains in 2011 rail traffic compared with last year, with U.S. railroads originating 15.2 million carloads, up 2.2...
U.S. railroads report record intermodal container loads in 2011
(Source: Journal of Commerce, January 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Major U.S. railroads handled a record number of intermodal containers in 2011, with a strong push late in the year that gave the industry a 6 percent gain in volume over 2010, according to the...
Francis P. Mulvey designated Vice Chairman of Surface Transportation Board
(Source: U.S. Surface Transportation Board press release, January 4, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott, III announced today that the agency designated Board Member Francis P. Mulvey as its Vice Chairman. He succeeds...
Aging train bridge linking Newark and New York stuck open for three hours
(Source: Star-Ledger, January 5, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — Train traffic along the Northeast Corrider between New York and Newark ground to a halt last night as a century-old swing bridge that carries NJ Transit and Amtrak trains across the Hackensack River wouldn’t lock...
MBTA proposes ‘significant’ fare increases, service cuts to deal with deficit
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 4, 2012) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials have laid out two options for increasing fares and reducing service as part of a plan to address an expected $185 million structural deficit in fiscal-year...
