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Remote-controls taking over at rail yards
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Remote-controlled trains are no longer found only in hobby stores. The real thing is coming to a railroad switching yard near you, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. Union Pacific Railroad this year plans to discontinue use of engineers aboard...
Train derails, town told to evacuate
POTTERVILLE, Mich. -- A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed, and officials ordered the evacuation of the town of 2,200 people, according to a wire service. The train was carrying liquid propane and sulfuric acid when 35 of its 58 cars derailed Monday,...
3 freight cars derail in Mont.
LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- The Montana Standard reports that three runaway freight cars derailed in Livingston Saturday morning, but they were empty and there was nothing spilled, a Montana Rail Link official said. There were no injuries. Spokeswoman Lynda Frost said the...
Federal Railroad Administrator announces grant to California High-Speed Rail Authority
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter on May 24 announced a $1,250,000 grant to the California High-Speed Rail Authority for the preparation of environmental and technical studies for the proposed Statewide California High-Speed Rail System....
Federal Railroad Administrator announces grant to Florida High-Speed Rail Authority
WASHINGTON -- Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced a $3,000,000 grant to the Florida High-Speed Rail Authority for the preparation of studies required to develop an environmental impact statement and competitive procurement statements. "I am...
Canadian railroad hoping to haul U.S. wheat
GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Canadian Pacific Railway executives told state officials this week that they would like to haul Montana grain to the West Coast, breaking Burlington Northern Santa Fe's lock on the state's rail service, the Great Falls Tribune reports. The move...
Sale of rail right of way for commuter use ok’d
SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal railroad regulators have approved Union Pacific's sale of a railroad right of way to the Utah Transit Authority for commuter-rail use along the Wasatch Front, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The Surface Transportation Board issued the...
U.S. giant testing Canadian locomotive
OTTAWA -- North America's largest railway is testing the prototype of a hybrid locomotive designed by RailPower Technologies Corp., a Vancouver company with just six employees, the Globe and Mail reports. The diesel fuel/battery hybrid -- marketed as the Green Goat --...
New route touted for high-speed maglev train
PITTSBURGH -- Maglev is not a done deal for western Pennsylvania yet, but Westmoreland County commissioners are proposing a new route for the high-speed train, reports the PittsburghChannel.com. The route would run from Monroeville, following the turnpike near Route...
Buying American? Maybe not.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Let's imagine a typical American couple -- we'll call them Bill and Betty Yankee -- using a long weekend for an all-American vacation, the Washington Post reports. Bill, an engineer at Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. in Upstate New York, and Betty, a...
