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Amtrak dining cars as profit centers

(Source: Railway Age opinion column by J. Bruce Richardson, November 29, 2019. Mr. Richardson is Executive Vice President, Passenger Services for Corridor Rail Development Corporation of Chicago.) NEW YORK — One of the great hurrahs of Amtrak dining cars came in the...

Bluff collapse north of San Diego disrupts passenger rail service

(Source: San Diego Union-Tribune, December 1, 2019) SAN DIEGO — Passenger rail service on the main line between Los Angeles and San Diego faced interruptions Saturday after a section of the Del Mar bluffs collapsed within a few feet of tracks following heavy rains...

China plans new coal plants, trims support for clean energy

(Source: Associated Press, December 2, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenhouse gases. As China’s economy slows to the lowest level in a...

Warren, Sanders criticize Amtrak’s arbitration policy for passengers

(Source: Politico, November 27, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fourteen Senate Democrats, including four presidential candidates, criticized Amtrak's new arbitration policy for passengers in a letter to the CEO of the federally subsidized railroad. Full story: Politico

How the CN strike played on the freight market

(Source: Freight Waves, December 1, 2019) TORONTO — The end of the Canadian National strike couldn’t have come soon enough for Canada. Further disruption to the flow of goods – especially canola and wheat exports — could have been devastating to an economy whose...

STB: U.S. Class I employment decline continued in October

(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 27, 2019) Class Is as of mid-October employed 134,582 people, down 1.67 percent from mid-September's level and down 9.51 percent from October 2018's count, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. All but one of...

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