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Environmental groups sue Utah board over oil train grants
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, August 5, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah officials violated federal law last year when they awarded nearly $28 million in grants to plan and develop a railway that oil-producing counties have proposed to connect with the national rail...
Tempe: Replaced section of rail bridge needs to look like original
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 4, 2020) NEW YORK — The portion of the bridge that collapsed in Tempe, Ariz., will be rebuilt. Inspectors said the sections of the steel truss bridge that did not fail are structurally safe. Union Pacific is still evaluating...
Opinion: Is outlook for Mexico’s rail freight still relevant?
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Jim Blaze, August 4, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Mexico has a freight railway system owned by the national government. However, the trains and the network are operated and managed by various private entities under concessions...
CSX says technology played key role in 2019
(Source: Freight Waves, August 4, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — How CSX integrates technology throughout the company operations is a key metric for how the railroad views its activities over the past year and into present and future years, according to its 2019...
Senior vice president of operations and mechanical at Norfolk Southern abruptly leaves company
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 4, 2020) NEW YORK — After a year of leading NS’s “clean sheeting” initiative in a consulting role, Michael A. Farrell was named senior vice president transportation in Nov. 2018, then appointed senior vice president of...
Final rule on railroad market dominance is issued by STB
(Source: Logistics Management, August 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service...
Amtrak cancels train to NY due to Isaias, sends passengers back to Boston
(Source: WHDH, August 4, 2020) BOSTON — Amtrak is canceling a train to New York City due to Tropical Storm Isaias, the company said Tuesday. Acela Train 2167 was canceled after passing through Providence, officials said. The train was sent back to Boston to discharge...
NJ Transit train service not running on most lines due to downed trees, wires left by Tropical Storm Isaias
(Source: www.nj.com, August 5, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — The majority of NJ Transit train lines remain suspended Wednesday morning as workers scramble to clean up 250 downed trees, as well a repair downed wires and damaged signals, that halted service during Tropical Storm...
“Ice jacking” caused CN Rail derailment, crude oil leak in NW Ontario
(Source: Canadian Press, July 30, 2020) TORONTO — A freight-train derailment in northwestern Ontario that led to a significant oil spill this winter was caused by a phenomenon known as "ice jacking," federal investigators reported on Thursday. Full story: Kamloops...
Canadian railways expect steady grain carload volumes in 2020-2021
(Source: Freight Waves, August 3, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Canadian railways anticipate their grain volume movement in the 2020-2021 crop year will be roughly in line with how much they’ve hauled in recent years, according to outlooks from Canadian Pacific and...
