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Rail disaster video surfaces on anniversary of CP crash amid controversy over police probe
(Source: CBC News, February 4, 2020) CALGARY — A metal CP Rail car ripped in half. An orange tarp shrouding the overturned locomotive. A dusting of snow covering the site while heavy machinery removes 99 derailed grain cars, most of them lying smashed along a...
Service resumes after power outage derails commute for NJ Transit, Amtrak riders from NYC’s Penn Station
(Source: Television station WABC, February 4, 2020) NEW YORK — Service is back to normal at New York's Penn Station after an outage caused rolling delays during the Monday evening rush. Major delays impacted New Jersey Transit and Amtrak customers as commuters tried...
Two railroad workers rescue 5-year-old girl who wandered away from home in St. Paul
(Source: Television station Fox 9, February 3, 2020. BLET Editor’s Note: Angie Knutson is a member of BLET Division 369 in Minneapolis, Minn.) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two railroad workers for Union Pacific are being hailed as heroes after they saved the life of a little...
Amtrak popular in polling, but is that enough to sway vote in Mobile?
(Source: www.al.com, February 3, 2020) MOBILE, Ala. — Could polling become a factor when the Mobile City Council meets Tuesday to determine whether it wants to move forward on a resolution committing future resources for Amtrak’s return to the Port City? The council...
Mobile City Council likely to vote on Amtrak today
(Source: Television station WKRG, February 4, 2020) MOBILE, Ala. — Members of the Mobile City Council face a deadline this morning to approve the first steps in passenger rail service. The council is poised to vote on a letter of agreement with the US Department of...
STB: Class I fuel surcharge revenues total $1 billion in Q4 2019, down 8% on quarter
(Source: S&P Global Platts, February 3, 2020) HOUSTON — Fuel surcharge revenue for the seven Class I railroads totaled roughly $1 billion in the fourth quarter, down 8% from the previous quarter and down 25% from the year-ago quarter, Surface Transportation Board data...
Longtime trackman sues railroad for cancer diagnosis
(Source: Elkhart Truth, February 1, 2020) ELKHART, Ind. — A longtime railroad employee has filed a lawsuit claiming the company allowed him to work with material that caused him to develop cancer. Full story: Elkhart Truth
Heavy storms wash away CN rail line, cause power outages across Fraser Valley
(Source: Coast Mountain News, February 1, 2020) BELLA COOLA, B.C. — Heavy rainfall has caused significant flooding in the mountains, closing sections of Highway 5 and washing away the ground beneath a section of CN rail. The section of damaged rail line is located...
Georgia’s most-expensive train wreck was just seconds from toxic catastrophe
(Source: Television station WMAZ, January 31, 2020) MACON, Ga. — It was a more than $5 million derailment--Georgia's most expensive train wreck on record, according to Federal Railroad Administration reports that begin in 1975. Nobody was hurt, but 13WMAZ has learned...
Four more state legislatures introduce two-person train crew bills
(Source: Freight Waves, February 3, 3030) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Virginia, Missouri, New York and Wyoming state legislators are considering whether to require freight trains to have a minimum train crew size, which they say would make operations safer. Full story:...
