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CN faces grain backlog of 10,000 carloads, CEO says
(Source: Reuters, March 3, 2020) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. lost capacity equivalent to 10,000 carloads, or 1 million tons of grain exports, in February due to rail blockades by protesters opposed to a pipeline project, Chief Executive Jean-Jacques Ruest...
Worker suffers frostbite injuries when coolant escapes rail tank car
(Source: Dayton Daily News, March 3, 2020) SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A worker suffered frostbite Tuesday afternoon when a refrigerant escaped from a rail tanker on Indian & Ohio Railway tracks near South Burnett Road, spraying a white cloud into the air for more...
NJ Transit trains, buses to get extra cleaning during coronavirus threat
(Source: www.nj.com, March 4, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit has announced enhanced cleaning efforts for trains, buses and stations amid concerns about coronavirus. Full story: www.nj.com
Coronavirus forces MTA to give the subway a thorough disinfectant cleaning
(Source: New York Daily News, March 2, 2020) NEW YORK — It took a global health crisis for the MTA to step up its cleaning of the subway. Workers will use bleach and hospital-grade disinfectant to aggressively sanitize the agency’s entire fleet of 6,400 subway cars...
Spread of coronavirus has implications for North American freight railroads
(Source: Railway Age, March 4, 2020) NEW YORK — Wide-scale spread of the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus) is very real. Cases reported outside China recently exceeded new cases reported inside China, a possible tipping point. What could the implications be for North...
Amtrak’s new CEO has a record of downplaying safety concerns that allegedly contributed to a fatal plane crash
(Source: Business Insider, March 3, 2020) NEW YORK — Amtrak said Monday that it hired William J. Flynn, former chief executive of cargo and charter airline Atlas Air, to be its next CEO. In February 2019, a Boeing 767 jet flown by Atlas Air crashed while approaching...
NorthStar granted more time for radioactive shipments
(Source: Brattleboro Reformer, March 2, 2020) VERNON, Vt. — The owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant has received approval from federal regulators for a more relaxed time schedule for shipping low-level radioactive waste to Texas because the company has run...
UP, city of Palestine headed to mediation over jobs contract
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, March 2, 2020) PALESTINE, Texas — Federal courts have ordered Union Pacific and the City of Palestine to find a mediator by April to negotiate a compromise between the two sides. Such an agreement could avert a lengthy and costly trial...
Bakersfield-to-Palmdale bullet train segment could transform Kern County
(Source: Bakersfield.com, March 2, 2020) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — State officials have released a draft environmental review of the California high-speed rail segment that, by linking Bakersfield with northern Los Angeles County, would be the project's most important...
U.S. railroad contractor reports data breach after ransomware attack
(Source: Bleeping Computer, February 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — RailWorks Corporation, one of North America’s leading railroad track and transit system providers, disclosed a ransomware attack that led to the exposure of personally identifiable information of...
