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Teen girl kicked off Amtrak train in Battle Creek
(Source: Radio station WKZO, April 2, 2019) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Battle Creek Police official is critical of Amtrak for kicking a 13-year-old from Lapeer off a train because she was too young to travel alone. Full story: www.wkzo.com
Amtrak state of good repair backlog tops $33.3 billion
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, April 1, 2019) NEW YORK — There’s a lot of work to be done on Amtrak. The railroad said its state of good repair backlog (SOGR) has passed $33.3 billion, with $28.1 billion of that on the Northeast Corridor. Full story: Railway...
Q&A: Longevity of Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 22, 2019) CHICAGO — Every three years, the Railroad Retirement Board's Chief Actuary conducts a study of the longevity of its annuitants, as part of a valuation of future revenues and benefit payments. The...
Norfolk Southern publishes 2018 annual report
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 29, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern today posted its 2018 Annual Report online, highlighting strong growth and best-ever results for operating ratio and income from railway operations. Full story: www.nscorp.com
High speed trains get set for Illinois, but not Peoria
(Source: Peoria Journal Star, March 31, 2019) PEORIA, Ill. — When high-speed rail finally takes off in Illinois, Peorians will watch from the sidelines. Full story: www.pjstar.com
NS: Flooding at Hannibal, Mo., to impact service through April 6
(Source: Norfolk Southern service alert, March 29, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern continues to experience service interruptions due to flooding conditions at Hannibal, Missouri requiring NS traffic between Decatur, IL and Kansas City, MO to be diverted to...
Woman hit by stolen Amtrak truck in Boston
(Source: Boston Herald, March 28, 2019) BOSTON — Police are still searching for a driver who stole an Amtrak truck Friday and proceeded to hit a light pole, a parked car and a pedestrian in the city’s Seaport District. Boston police said the struck pedestrian was...
Opinion: Will rail freight service benefit from better technology?
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Jim Blaze, March 29, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Today, freight railroading has the opportunity to use two business processes to support better customer rail freight service, improve safety and generate higher returns for...
CN and Unifor reach tentative agreements
(Source: CN press release, March 31, 2019) MONTREAL — CN announced today that new tentative collective agreements have been reached between Unifor Council 4000 and CN. Three collective agreements cover over 2,150 CN employees in Canada including all clerks and...
Metro-North, NJ Transit fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for safety violations since 2013
(Source: NorthJersey.com, March 31, 2019) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Metro-North paid 50 percent more in civil penalties to the federal government than NJ Transit from 2013 to 2018, and together they ranked as the top violators in the nation during that time, an analysis...
