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DOT Secretary LaHood announces Positive Train Control safety standards
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on January 12, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Joseph Szabo today announced historic safety regulations requiring...
FRA issues rule on Positive Train Control systems
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 12, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new federal rule issued Tuesday on automated train management systems allows railroads to wrap up their implementation plans in time for an...
Railroad Retirement Board customer service plan update
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board circulated the following on January 8, 2010.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the...
CP Rail to announce fourth quarter results on January 28
(Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following on January 11, 2010.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific will release its fourth-quarter financial and operating results at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time (5:30 a.m. Mountain time) on January 28, 2010. CP will discuss its results with...
Amtrak service in Minneapolis resumed Monday afternoon
(The following story by Kevin Giles appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on January 11, 2010.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Amtrak train service in Minnesota will resume Monday afternoon after being suspended for four days because of bitter cold temperatures. The...
Trains to Vancouver Winter Olympics are filling up fast
(The following story by Bill Sheets appeared on The Herald website on January 12, 2010.) EVERETT, Wash. — Anyone who's thinking of taking the train to Vancouver, B.C., for the 2010 Winter Olympics might want to make a reservation now. The two Amtrak Cascades trains...
High-speed rail plans could soon be back on track for Canada
(Canwest News Service circulated the following story by Mike De Souza on January 11, 2010.) OTTAWA — The Rail industry is anticipating a busy winter in North America, propelled by billions of dollars in stimulus money for faster passenger trains from the Obama...
N.J. Gov.-elect Christie fills two transportation spots
(The following story by John Reitmeyer and Karen Rouse appeared at NorthJersey.com on January 11, 2010.) Governor-elect Chris Christie on Monday named his picks for transportation commissioner and head of NJ Transit. James Simpson, who served as the Federal Transit...
NJ Transit executive director retiring
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald-Record website on January 12, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Richard Sarles, NJ Transit's executive director, will retire in advance of Gov.-elect Chris Christie taking office. Sarles, 64, a professional engineer...
Acela will get wireless Internet in March
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 11, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — High-speed downloading will soon be possible on Amtrak’s Acela Express trains. Amtrak said Monday that its installation of wireless Internet access on the high-speed trains would...
