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BRS members decline SMWIA merger
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. -- Though the official count of the merger proposal is still pending, the preliminary count of all the ballots received indicates that the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen members have voted against the merger with the Sheet Metal Workers’...
Derailment evacuees sue railroad co.
CHARLOTTE, Mich. -- According to a wire service, ten people forced out of their homes last month by the derailment of a train carrying explosive liquid propane and toxic sulfuric acid are suing Canadian National Railway Corp. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Eaton County...
Communications fell short during Amtrak disaster
PALATKA, Fla. -- Communication breakdowns hampered rescue efforts after an Amtrak Auto Train derailed in rural Putnam County in April, according to emergency officials, according to a wire service. The communications issue arose Thursday when officials from Amtrak,...
VIA renovates Kingston station to handle growing passenger rail traffic
KINGSTON, Ontario -- VIA Rail Canada officially opened VIA’s renovated Kingston station today, following a $2 million project to modernize facillities for the growing number of passengers using the station. On hand at the press conference to mark the event were...
Rail ramps give turtles help across the tracks
CHICAGO -- The unusually mobile Blanding's turtles are getting a little help in their travels over train tracks in the former Army arsenal property south of Joliet, reports the Chicago Tribune. An unknown number of the turtles--whose species is threatened in...
Rail trench financing an intricate matter
RENO, Nev. -- As a group of lawyers and engineers review how much it will cost Reno to dig a 2.1-mile train trench through downtown, city finance officials are scrambling to finalize an intricate funding package five years in the making, the Reno Gazette-Journal...
Transportation Labor blasts air traffic control privatization
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in sharp criticism of a Presidential Executive Order which strips the nation's air traffic control system of its "inherently...
Gunn optimistic Amtrak will avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON -- Amtrak President and CEO David L. Gunn told The Washington Post Wednesday that he was optimistic that the railroad could land a $205 million loan and avert a shutdown in July, according to Trains.com. But he made it clear that any shutdown would involve...
Number of U.S. train derailments up
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of train derailments grew by more than a quarter during the last five years, and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board called Thursday for more frequent and more detailed inspections, a wire service reported. Derailments...
NJ Transit derailment snarls morning rush
HARRISON, N.J. -- A commuter train derailed yesterday morning, halting service on NJ Transit's Midtown Direct line, according to a wire service report. The engine and front wheels of the second car of an eight-car train traveling between Dover and New York jumped the...
