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Oberstar pushes for railroad safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., says sleepy-eyed engineers and mechanics are a major safety concern on U.S. railroads. On Thursday, he introduced legislation that, among other safeguards, would limit the hours that train crews can work, the Minneapolis...
DM&E: State law threatens expansion project
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's expansion could derail because of a state law on eminent domain, the company's president testified at a court hearing, a wire service reported. Kevin Schieffer said he can't start looking for investors,...
Train runs over foot of railroad worker
COSHOCTON, Ohio -- An employee of Ohio Central Railroad Inc. was transported by MedFlight to the Ohio State University Medical Center after his foot was run over by a train car, the Coshocton Tribune reports. Matt S. Lingo, 33, of West Lafayette, had just finished...
British crash may not be accident
LONDON -- A train crash that killed seven people this month may have been caused by a saboteur who loosened several nuts in a track-switching mechanism, a rail maintenance contractor said in comments reported Saturday. The Times of London and the Daily Express quoted...
Suit over remote-control train devices
DENVER -- The Union Pacific Corporatoin's rail unit has been sued by the locomotive engineers union, which claimed "a serious safety threat" from use of remote-control equipment to move trains in freight yards, a wire service reported. The Brotherhood of Locomotive...
Mexico blocks proposed railroad merger
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's antitrust regulators have blocked the proposed merger of railway companies controlled by Grupo Mexico SA and Grupo Carso SA on grounds it would create a monopoly in the country's railroad system, according to a wire service. The board of the...
Intermodal remains strong on U.S. railroads
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads continued its recent surge, registering its fifth consecutive weekly gain from year-earlier levels during the week ended May 11, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on its website. Intermodal...
Engineers union sues over remote control
OMAHA -- A labor union representing train engineers filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the Union Pacific Railroad Co. of Omaha from using remote-controlled locomotives without trained and certified engineers, reports the Omaha World-Herald. The suit was filed by the...
CSX work may have weakened tracks
ORLANDO -- According to the Orlanda Sentinel, ballast -- the chunks of crushed stone holding the company's track in place -- kept slipping away no matter how much work the railroad did on the short section of track just south of Crescent City. And maintenance crews...
CSX rails in question after Auto Train crash
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Faulty track maintenance by Jacksonville's CSX Transportation may have left loose rails where an Amtrak Auto Train derailed last month in Crescent City, killing four people, the Florida Times-Union reported. Yesterday, however, a National...
