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Transport Canada, CP Rail mum on “minor non-compliances” found on track near Guernsey oil train derailment
(Source: CBC News, February 13, 2020) SASKATOON, Sask. — Transport Canada says the section of Canadian Pacific Railway track marked by two recent oil train derailments was inspected by regulators three times in the last year. But it won't say what kind of "minor...
Two CSX crew members hospitalized after train hauling ethanol crashes in Elkhorn City, Ky.
(Source: Television station WYMT, February 13, 2020) ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — Officials confirm two CSX employees have been taken to the hospital following the Thursday morning derailment in the Ratliff Bottom/Draffin area of Pike County. In a post from the Kentucky...
Woman’s truck hit by UP train after GPS leads her to railroad tracks
(Source: Television station KSAT, February 12, 2020) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A woman narrowly avoided being hit by a train after her truck’s GPS system led her to some railroad tracks early Wednesday morning, San Antonio police said. According to police, the driver of...
Private terminal purchases nearby Talleyrand property from Norfolk Southern
(Source: Florida Times-Union, February 11, 2020) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Keystone Terminals has acquired a 39.5-acre industrial waterfront parcel from Norfolk Southern Corp., according to Colliers International Northeast Florida, which brokered the $8 million sale. The...
KCS mulls response to Mexican agency’s claims
(Source: Freight Waves, February 11, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Kansas City Southern is considering what legal options it has available to challenge a report by a federal agency in Mexico claiming a lack of rail market competition to haul chemical and petrochemical...
Amtrak ridership in Virginia increases
(Source: The Roanoke Star, February 11, 2020) ROANOKE, Va. — Amtrak Northeast Regional routes that operate in Virginia achieved record ridership of 100,511 customers in December, a 27% increase from the same month in 2018. Holiday travel helped drive the increase in...
Amtrak service from Chicago to Rockford and the Quad Cities is on the horizon
(Source: Streetsblog Chicago, February 11, 2020) CHICAGO — Terrific news for people who love malt-crust pizza cut into strips with scissors, and the rock band Cheap Trick. Plans for Amtrak passenger rail service to the Quad Cities and Rockford seem to be moving along...
One NJ regional rail project inches forward, another remains in neutral
(Source: NJ Spotlight, February 12, 2020) TRENTON, N.J. — The push to replace a century-old rail bridge in the Jersey Meadowlands that regularly gets stuck and snarls train traffic leading to New York has received a long-sought boost from Washington. But tempering the...
It’s deja vu all over again for Amtrak funding
(Source: Railway Age, February 12, 2020) NEW YORK — Color it neither Democratic nor Republican. It’s Amtrak—or, more precisely, the Amtrak déjà vu. Since its 1971 creation by Congress as America’s national intercity passenger railroad, Amtrak’s survival has been a...
Alberta agrees to sale of crude by rail contracts
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 12, 2020) CALGARY, Alberta — After months of delay, the Alberta government has sold off $10.6 billion worth of crude-by-rail contracts to the private sector — and Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday the cost of divesting the...
