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Tracks should withstand heat, engineers say
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A machine used to maintain the CSX Transportation railroad track bed in Kensington broke during routine maintenance July 25 at almost the same place where an Amtrak train derailed Monday and injured 101 persons, the National Transportation Safety...
Senate confirms two new NMB members
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On August 1 the U.S. Senate confirmed two new members to the National Mediation Board -- Edward J. Fizmaurice Jr. of Texas and Harry R. Hoglander of Massachusetts. Hoglander will succeed Magdalena Jacobsen and Fitzmaurice will fill the position...
NJ Transit sued for $140 million
CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- The consortium constructing the South Jersey Light Rail Line filed suit against NJ Transit on Wednesday, asking for $140 million more in payments, the Courier Post reports. The move prompted a blistering attack on the entire project, as well as a...
Railroad shippers express concerns to Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Shippers told a Senate panel Wednesday that railroads are gouging them on rates, but the chief of CSX Corp. said different prices for competitive and single-source routes are necessary for railroads to survive, according to a wire service report....
Retiring workers force rail industry to recruit
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The railroad industry, which shed some 50,000 jobs over the past decade, has a challenge on its hands, according to a wire service report. Faced with a graying work force, it needs to convince job seekers that employment opportunities exist in what...
Rail union double-dipping
NEW YORK -- Four top union leaders on the MTA's Metro-North are drawing full salaries from the railroad while collecting second paychecks from their controversial new union, according to the New York Daily News. The double-dipping began in late 1999. In 2000, the...
CSX chief says may change track inspection policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CSX Corp. (CSX) Chief Executive Officer John Snow said on Wednesday the railroad operator may change the way it inspects its track following Monday's Amtrak derailment that injured nearly 100 passengers outside the nation's capital, a wire service...
Speed restrictions slow rail commutes
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Heat-related speed restrictions imposed by CSX on some rail lines after this week's Amtrak crash delayed the trip home for thousands of commuters yesterday afternoon, the Washington Post reports. After federal investigators raised the possibility...
Amtrak rescuers trusted in prayer, power tools
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The rail car was on its side, suspended like a bridge between two embankments. The side window had been smashed, and the inside was filled with dirt. There were three trapped female passengers, two of whom seemed to be suffocating, and it was about...
Freight trains are back on Md. line
KENSINGTON, Md. -- According to a wire service, less than a minute before an Amtrak train derailed outside Washington this week, the engineer spotted an area of track that was misaligned, a crash investigator said. The crash injured 101 people and dealt another blow...
