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High-speed rail agency to help buy LA rail station
According to the Associated Press, the California High-Speed Rail Authority said Wednesday (January 19) it will put in more than $30 million toward the purchase of land in and around historic Union Station, a transportation hub in downtown Los Angeles that may one day...
Chicago Teamsters link with Chinese labor federation for trade union partnership
(Teamsters Joint Council 25 issued the following press release on January 20, 2011.) CHICAGO — As Chinese President Hu Jintao makes a rare visit to Chicago on Thursday, Teamsters Joint Council 25 has already met and signed an official memorandum of exchange and...
Amtrak Cascades sees record number of riders in 2010
Ridership on Amtrak Cascades hit an all-time record in 2010 as numbers of riders jumped more than 10 percent. More than 800,000 passengers boarded the trains that run between Vancouver, B.C. and Eugene, Oregon. Service to British Columbia was the main reason for the...
FRA issues guidance for improving safety at highway-rail grade crossings and preventing railroad trespassing
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on January 20.) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced guidance for further reducing highway-rail grade crossing and railroad trespassing incidents. The guidance to railroads and state and...
Railroad transient in burn mystery released from hospital
The transient who claimed to have suffered chemical burns when he hitched a ride on a railroad tanker near Pottsville, Pa., overnight Sunday has been released from the hospital. Citing privacy laws the hospital's director of media relations, said he could not comment...
Rail CEOs head to White House
U.S. rail industry leaders plan to meet next week at the White House with Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, to discuss the costs of new regulations facing the railroad industry, including the mandate for crash-avoidance systems...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic continues to register gains
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on January 20 that weekly rail traffic continues to register gains in 2011 with U.S. railroads originating 282,987 carloads, up 7.5 percent compared with the same week in 2010, for the week ending Jan. 15, 2011....
Some Seattle passenger rail service still by bus after mudslide
Seattle-area rail passengers are taking the bus after a large mudslide near Everett, Wash., earlier this week. Service should resume shortly, however. BNSF Railway spokesman Gus Melonas said the early morning slide was cleared at about 10:30 a.m. and freight lines...
Amtrak helps get marriage proposal on track
It all began Friday when John Lee, a Seattle attorney, decided he wanted to propose to his girlfriend Sarah Kaufmann-Fink, a Tacoma nurse, on an Amtrak train from Seattle to Centralia. The train has a special meaning for the couple, who met at the University of...
GE, TESSCO team up to offer integrated PTC system for dark territories
(GE and TESSCO issued the following joint press release on January 19, 2010.) GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — GE Transportation and TESSCO Technologies Incorporated announced today a long-term partnership to offer Positive Train Control (PTC) solutions to the North American Rail...
