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Injunction served to protesters blocking CN rail on Montreal’s South Shore
(Source: CBC News, February 20, 2020) MONTREAL — Authorities served protesters an injunction on Thursday evening, ordering the group to stop blocking a commuter train line on Montreal's South Shore. Earlier in the day, Canadian National Railway (CN) announced it had...
CP Rail caught in crosshairs with new blockade near Kamloops
(Source: Bloomberg News, February 20, 2020) KAMLOOPS — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is the latest victim of rail blockades taking place across the country as protests against the construction of a B.C. natural gas pipeline enter a third week. Demonstrators are now...
More delays expected installing LIRR’s PTC system
(Source: www.news12.com, February 20, 2020) NEW YORK — Another potential road block has emerged in the LIRR's effort to meet the federal deadline for installing Positive Train Control. In a letter last week, MTA chairman Patrick Foye told Amtrak's chairman that he...
Spill from latest Sask. oil train derailment larger than thought
(Source: CBC News, February 20, 2020) GUERNSEY, Sask. — The Saskatchewan government says more oil spilled than previously thought during a train derailment earlier this month near the small hamlet of Guernsey. Citing new information from CP Rail, the government says...
Questions unanswered as Norfolk Southern moves 85 jobs to Altoona after laying off 200 last year
(Source: Television station WTAJ, February 19, 2020) ALTOONA, Pa. — Between May and November 2019, more than 200 workers at Norfolk Southern in Altoona were laid off, and today the company announced they are moving 85 positions here from the Roanoke, Virginia...
Union Pacific, BLET sue each other over new attendance policy
(Source: Courthouse News Service, February 14, 2020) CHICAGO — Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago union workers sued each other on Friday over the implementation of a new attendance policy and the prospect of a strike. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and...
Slump persists for U.S. rail volumes
(Source: Freight Waves, February 20, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. rail traffic year-to-date continues to trend downward compared with the same period a year ago, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). U.S. rail volumes totaled 3.38 million...
AAR reports lower rail traffic for week ending February 15, 2020
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 15, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
FRA issues final rule on Risk Reduction Programs, but it may get challenged
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new rule requiring the largest U.S. railroads to file safety plans with federal regulators may get challenged over concerns for the legal rights of railroad accident victims, a rail labor attorney has...
Amtrak to begin high-speed testing of its new Acela trains
(Source: Boston.com, February 19, 2020) BOSTON — The first of a fleet of 28 new high-speed, high-tech trainsets, which will serve the Northeast Corridor in 2021, left Hornell, N.Y., on Monday. They’re due to arrive at the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo,...
