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Pennsylvania provides more than $40 million for freight rail projects
(Source: Freight Waves, December 17, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is awarding more than $40 million in funding towards 26 freight rail improvement projects throughout the state. While the majority of the grants are under $2...
Disney and Brightline confirm advanced talks over theme park station
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, December 17, 2019) ORLANDO, Fla. — Brightline and Walt Disney Co. officials have confirmed advanced talks about a station on or near theme-park property as part of a route to Tampa proposed by the passenger-rail system being renamed as...
KCS calls for jailing protesters to deter blockades in Mexico
(Source: Mexico News Daily, December 17, 2019) MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The solution to railway blockades that disrupt the movement of goods is to enforce the law, suggests the president of Kansas City Southern of México. José Zozaya said allocating the necessary...
KCS Director Garza sells $458,880 in company stock
(Source: Trent Times, December 17, 2019) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern Director Antonio O. Garza sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 6. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.96, for a total value of $458,880.00....
NTSB: Metro-North, LIRR meet safety recommendations
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 17, 2019) MTA Metro-North Railroad and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) have improved the safety of their commuter-rail systems by implementing safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB)...
Government watchdog questioned fairness of DOT grants
(Source: Politico, December 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government's top watchdog said DOT's grant-making process lacked "the assurance of fairness" after some projects got an extra chance to submit missing information, including one in a politically important...
Toyota accuses U.S. rail carriers of price-fixing conspiracy
(Source: Jacksonville Business Journal, December 17, 2019) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. has filed suit against the largest U.S. rail carriers, including Jacksonville-based CSX Corp., alleging a price-fixing conspiracy. The suit, filed in the U.S....
SMART-TD member killed in W.Va. accident
(Source: SMART-TD press release, December 16, 2019) SMART Transportation Division member Curtis C. McConihay of Local 1386 (Parkersburg, W.Va.) was killed in an accident on CSX property in Washington, W.Va., on Saturday. Brother McConihay, 32, was a U.S. military...
Proponents say railroad deal could boost W.Va.’s economy, attract jobs to eastern panhandle
(Source: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, December 16, 2019) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Colorado-based OmniTRAX, a freight-only transportation company that links several railroads from coast to coast in the U.S., purchased the Winchester & Western Railroad for $105 million...
Construction of Virgin’s $4.8 billion California-Las Vegas bullet train line will start in Q3 2020
(Source: Construction Dive, December 16, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virgin Trains USA updated its timeline for construction of the 170-mile, $4.8 billion high-speed train from Victorville, California, to Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, and said it...
