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150th Golden Spike anniversary celebrates first transcontinental railroad
(Source: Associated Press/CBS, May 11, 2019) PROMONTORY, Utah — Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a nation long separated by...
South Dakota suing BNSF to get land for Sioux Falls project
(Source: Associated Press, May 11, 2019) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The South Dakota Department of Transportation is suing BNSF Railway to acquire land for a massive road construction project in Sioux Falls. Full story: Washington Times
KCS chief marketing officer sells $1.5 million in company stock
(Source: Mayfield Recorder, May 12, 2019) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern CMO Michael J. Naatz sold 11,837 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 7. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.45, for a total transaction of $1,449,440.65....
Jury awards millions to victim of road-rail accident
(Source: The Oklahoman, May 12, 2019) PAWNEE, Okla. — A jury in a civil suit filed against BNSF Railway after a 2013 fatality accident in Lela, about seven miles west of Pawnee, handed down a $9 million verdict this month in the case. The jury concluded the railroad...
Amtrak police union warns of potentially dangerous staff cuts
(Source: Chicago Sun Times, May 10, 2019) CHICAGO — Amtrak’s proposed budget cuts will shrink the rail agency’s police department by 18% in the next three years, according to the union representing Amtrak police. Full story: Chicago Sun-Times
Amtrak’s next-generation Acela cars taking shape
(Source: Market Watch, May 12, 2019) HORNELL, N.Y. — The future of American high-speed rail is sitting in a building older than the Battle of Gettysburg: a cavernous factory that holds the first shells of a $2 billion fleet of Amtrak Acela trains due to begin running...
Flooding may have contributed to derailment of NS train in Mississippi
(Source: Associated Press, May 12, 2019) LUMBERTON, Miss. — Floodwaters in southern Mississippi may have contributed to the derailment of a freight train near Lumberton. Full story: Tuscaloosa News
North Dakota to sue Washington state over new oil train rule
(Source: Associated Press, May 12, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota is preparing to sue Washington state over a new Washington law requiring oil shipped by rail through that state to have more of its volatile gases removed, which supporters say would reduce the...
Rokita’s Amtrak nomination alarms railroad’s supporters
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A group that speaks for train passengers wants the Senate to reject the nomination of a former Indiana congressman for Amtrak's board of directors. Full story: www.whas11.com
Union Pacific CEO: New tariffs will hurt the railroad business
(Source: Yahoo Finance, May 12, 2019) NEW YORK — The CEO of one of the largest railroad networks in the U.S. said the tariffs President Donald Trump put on Chinese goods is hurting the U.S. railroad industry as well as farmers and other members of the agricultural...
