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UP to report Q4 2019 results on January 23, 2020
(Source: Union Pacific press release, December 19, 2019) OMAHA, Neb. — You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation’s fourth quarter 2019 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet and via teleconference on Thursday, January...
CN pulls air brake requirement on overpass just weeks after derailment
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, December 19, 2019) OTTAWA — CN Rail has removed a safety requirement for the Lagimodiere Boulevard overpass just six weeks after grain cars leaned over the edge after a derailment. In a notice obtained by the Free Press, CN told all its...
CN says network performance recovered after TCRC strike
(Source: CN press release, December 19, 2019) MONTREAL — CN announced today that less than a month after the end of the 8-day labor action, performance indicators have normalized to pre-strike ranges indicating that train movements have recovered. The 8-day work...
Major Amtrak, VRE expansion set under $3.7 billion Virginia-CSX deal
(Source: Television station WTOP, December 19, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the biggest boost in decades to train travel in the D.C. area, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and CSX announced a $3.7 billion agreement Thursday for the state to buy 225 miles of track and build...
Approximately 30 BNSF employees in Sioux City furloughed
(Source: Sioux City Journal, December 19, 2019) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — NSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks on the continent, has furloughed some of its Sioux City workers. In an email, BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth reported that "fewer than 30" railway...
Trump expected to sign off on 2020 transportation spending bill
(Source: Freight Waves, December 20, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is expected to avoid a replay of last year by signing off on a $1.4 trillion fiscal year 2020 spending package that averts a government shutdown had Congress failed to meet a Dec. 20...
FRA NPRMs address track, brake inspection requirements
(Source: Railway Age, December 19, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 19 issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs), one updating current Track Safety Standards (TSS), the other updating existing Brake System Safety (BSS)...
TCRC seeks rare court action against CP Rail to cap working hours
(Source: Reuters, December 20, 2019) MONTREAL — A Canadian union is taking the unusual step of pursuing contempt-of-court charges against Canada’s second-largest railroad, in a previously unreported case that escalates the debate over working hours for railroad...
AAR reports rail traffic decline for week ending December 14
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, December 18, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 14, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
Ford cancels Hamilton light rail project
(Source: Railway Age, December 17, 2019) NEW YORK — Doug Ford, the Province of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Premier, has axed Hamilton’s DBFOM (design, build, finance, operate, maintain) B-Line light rail project, only months after he said publicly that the...
