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Normal’s $22.5 million underpass project gets close-up look from FRA chief
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, February 6, 2020) NORMAL, Ill. — A federal official supporting the proposed underpass in uptown Normal learned firsthand the value of the project. While visiting Uptown Station to go over plans for the underpass, Ronald Batory,...
CN to close rail traffic control center in Montreal
(Source: CBC News, February 7, 2020) MONTREAL — Canadian National (CN) Rail is closing its rail traffic control center in Montreal and moving 108 jobs to Alberta, it announced Friday morning. Rail traffic control will be centralized and run remotely from Edmonton when...
Overland Park grain supplier files antitrust suit against railroads
(Source: Kansas City Business Journal, February 6, 2020) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Overland Park-based Lansing Trade Group, its parent company and subsidiaries are suing four U.S. railroads, claiming they’re acting collectively to increase transportation rates in violation...
Senators demand Gateway timeline from FRA
(Source: Politico, February 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifteen Democratic U.S. senators tore into the Trump administration Thursday over delays in greenlighting construction of the Gateway tunnel, an $11.3 billion rail project that would create a new link between New...
For the second week in a row, firefighters were delayed by BNSF trains blocking crossings in Marietta, Okla.
(Source: Television station KXII, February 6, 2020) MARIETTA, Okla. — For the second week in a row, Marietta First Responders were blocked by a train, forcing them to take a different route. On Tuesday, a BNSF train blocked all three crossroads in Marietta at the same...
New York revives plans for high-speed rail, but can it succeed after decades of stalls?
(Source: Gannett of New York, February 6, 2020) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Decades of efforts to bring high-speed rail to New York have faltered under the weight of a hefty price tag and bureaucratic red tape. The history of the failed efforts are extraordinary and lengthy. But...
Ottawa orders trains carrying dangerous goods to reduce speed after fiery oil train crash in Saskatchewan
(Source: Canadian Press, February 6, 2020) TORONTO — The federal government has ordered lower speed limits for all trains carrying dangerous goods on Canada’s railway lines after a train jumped the tracks in rural Saskatchewan early Thursday morning, bursting into...
Oil train derails near small Canadian town for second time in two months
(Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix, February 7, 2020) GUERNSEY, Sask. — It is “way too early” to know the cause of the second fiery train derailment in two months near the Saskatchewan community of Guernsey, says the head of the province’s safety agency. A train carrying...
Canadian town evacuated after another oil train derails and burns
(Source: DeSmog Blog, February 6, 2020) NEW YORK — Early in the morning of February 6, an oil train derailed and caught fire near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, resulting in the Canadian village's evacuation. This is the second oil train to derail and burn near Guernsey,...
Monthly U.S. rail traffic slips in January 2020
(Source: Freight Waves, February 6, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. rail volumes were over 5% lower in January compared with a year ago amid persistent macroeconomic uncertainties. U.S. freight railroads originated 2.41 million carloads and intermodal units for the...
