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Chicago-Iowa train studied
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on March 6.) CHICAGO -- A new study evaluating the possible resumption of passenger trains from Chicago to Rockford and Dubuque reported Monday that travel times would not be any faster than driving, but...
MTA asks TSA for more money
(The following article by Pete Donohue was posted on the New York Daily News website on March 6.) NEW YORK -- The MTA has rejected the feds’ offer to provide government screeners to inspect railroad riders for explosives - and wants more money instead. The...
SEPTA releases budget wish list
(The following article by Paul Nussbaum was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 6.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA hopes to spend $426 million in the next fiscal year for reconstruction, new buses and railcars, and other repairs and upgrades. The agency’s...
Railroad tanker trouble doubles upon return
(The following article by Erik N. Nelson was posted on the Inside Bay Area website on March 6.) RODEO, Calif. -- Just as both houses of Congress are discussing ways to better protect hazardous chemical shipments against terror attacks, that very tanker threat is back...
Fourth annual Teamsters Organizers Conference scheduled April 27-28
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on March 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of BLET General Committees of Adjustment and local Division organizers are encouraged to register now for OrgCon-IV, the fourth annual Teamster Organizers...
Auto industry turmoil tests Norfolk Southern’s railroad network
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian Pilot website on March 3.) NORFOLK, Va. -- One by one, they arrive at what amounts to a big parking lot in Chesapeake. Ford F-150 pick ups, fresh from the assembly line just more than a mile away...
Faster fix for gaps planned
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Maloney on its website on March 2.) NEW YORK -- A railroad industry group plans to tackle the gap issue and develop national safety standards within a year, shortcutting a federal review that could take much longer,...
EPA proposes strict standard for some diesel engines
(The following article by Felicity Barringer was posted on the New York Times website on March 2.) WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency, which for a decade has been ratcheting up its controls on off-road diesel equipment, diesel trucks and diesel fuel,...
DM&E Railroad looks to Wall Street
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 5.) MINNEAPOLIS -- Washington turned down the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad’s request for a loan for the biggest U.S. rail expansion in decades. Will Wall Street be kinder? DM&E chief Kevin...
CN rebuked in safety audit
(The following article by Rod Mickleburgh was posted on the Globe and Mail website on March 3.) VANCOUVER -- A pair of Transport Canada reports into safety practices at CN Rail detail widespread shortcomings and contain a strong message for the country’s largest...
