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Amtrak to span the Gulf Coast after Mobile votes to allow rail service
(Source: www.al.com, February 4, 2020) MOBILE, Ala. — With a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the Mobile City Council hopped on board with its support of Amtrak service by committing around $3 million starting in the year 2023 so that passenger trains can run between the Port City...
AAR: PTC implementation for freight railroads almost finished
(Source: Transport Topics, February 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Implementation of automatic braking technology for freight railroads is nearly complete, an industry group indicated recently. As of 2019, 98.5% of positive train control, or PTC, technology was...
Two-person crew bill introduced in Oklahoma
(Source: Television Station KOKH, February 4, 2020) OKLAHOMA CITY — State Rep. David Perryman has filed a bill aimed at protecting Oklahomans from railroad-related accidents. House Bill 2874 would require all freight trains running in the state to be operated by a...
Project will make Picayune train station more accessible
(Source: Associated Press, February 2, 2020) PICAYUNE, Miss. — Amtrak is set to begin construction on a $4 million project to make a train station in south Mississippi more accessible for people with disabilities. Full story: Houston Chronicle
Georgia freight commission plans more reliance on rail, money yet to roll in
(Source: Georgia Recorder, January 30, 2020) ATLANTA, Ga. — A joint state House-Senate study commission agreed Thursday that Georgia should spend money to try and speed freight trains more effectively around the state. Full story: Georgia Recorder
Oldest locomotive at NJ Transit is older than the agency itself
(Source: www.nj.com, February 2, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit engine 4100 is a microcosm of state commuting history. At age 50, 4100 began its career as one of 13 boxy GP-40P passenger engines, built by General Motors and purchased by the New Jersey Department of...
CSX urges judge to reject reinstatement of lawsuit stemming from Hyndman derailment
(Source: Altoona Mirror, February 2, 2020) ALTOONA, Pa. — The CSX Transportation Co. is urging a U.S. district judge to reject a request for the reinstatement of a class-action lawsuit by Hyndman residents who were evacuated from their homes following an Aug. 2, 2017,...
Norfolk Southern to pay $350,000 to settle age discrimination lawsuit
(Source: JD Supra, February 3, 2020) NEW JERSEY — Norfolk Southern Corporation, a transportation company that operates a 19,500-mile freight railroad system in 22 states and the District of Columbia, has agreed to pay $350,000 and take substantial non-monetary action...
Union Pacific sued over alleged contamination of Houston neighborhood, resulting in cancer cluster and toxic groundwater plume
(Source: Press release from The Gibson Law Firm, February 3, 2020) HOUSTON — Over 80 residents in the Houston neighborhoods of the Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens in Houston have sued Union Pacific Railroad Company alleging more than $100,000,000.00 in damages for...
Rural Texas counties to hold public hearing on high-speed rail project
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, February 1, 2020) DALLAS — The Federal Railroad Administration has agreed to hold a public hearing to seek comments from rural Texas county landowners and local officials that would be impacted by a proposed high-speed rail project...
