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Amtrak, NJ senators propose new Hudson rail tunnel
NEWARK, N.J. — Amtrak and New Jersey's two U.S. senators think they have a way to add a rail link to New York City that will spread the cost around and prove more popular, among commuters and politicians alike, than the project Gov. Chris Christie killed last year....
Victims of deadly LA crash confront Veolia execs
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A woman showed photos of her late partner. A girl described losing her dad at 13. A mother presented X-rays detailing the metal rods doctors put in to fix her son's injured spine. One by one, victims of a Southern California commuter train crash...
Topeka exhibit focuses on Lincoln, railroads
If Lincoln hadn’t signed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, there wouldn’t have been a Transcontinental Railroad and Topekans wouldn’t have the chance to see the current exhibit at The Great Overland Station. “The Railsplitter and the Railroads: Lincoln, the Union and...
STB reschedules railroad competition hearing for June
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on February 4, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has rescheduled to June 22, 2011 the public hearing on the current state of competition in the railroad industry....
US, Canada pursue trade, security overhaul
The U.S. and Canada agreed Friday to work more closely together to better focus infrastructure investment needed to speed cross-border trade. President Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed a pact Feb. 4 calling for greater U.S.-Canada cooperation in trade...
Rail-car deliveries to reach 27,000 units in 2011, EPA says
Led by strength in demand for covered hoppers and intermodal platforms, rail-car orders in the fourth quarter reached 10,853 units — a level not attained since second-quarter 2008, according to Economic Planning Associates Inc.’s (EPA) latest “Railcar Overview”...
Georgia cops ticketing trains that block traffic
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. — A $713 parking ticket is a lot for anyone - even the railroad. Norfolk Southern has been racking up those tickets for blocking traffic through Port Wentworth. Police Chief James Melvin says his officers are writing them at a rate of about three a...
CP Rail, Canadian Auto Workers avoid strike, reach tentative agreement
Canadian Pacific Railway avoided strike action by reaching a tentative deal with the Canadian Auto Workers Union after months of negotiations. Both sides reached a deal just before midnight Friday (February 4) that is expected to be ratified by the union in about...
Alberta’s worst train crash happened 25 years ago
HINTON, Alberta — Alberta’s worst train crash happened east of Hinton 25 years ago this week in an event that forever changed the lives of people in the community and across the country. The accident killed 23 passengers and crew, who came from five provinces, while...
Hoffa kicks off Teamsters’ campaign to organize Continental-United workers
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on February 3, 2011.) HUMBLE, Texas — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa addressed more than 300 Continental and United workers today to help kick off the union’s effort to organize workers at the...
