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DOT’s Chao creates council to review new transportation technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 13, 2019) U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao yesterday announced the creation of a new council at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) that would be tasked with identifying and resolving jurisdictional and...
NJ, Amtrak working out Raritan Valley Line schedule
(Source: www.nj.com, March 12, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — Raritan Valley Line riders won’t learn when their direct off-peak New York trains will return, until NJ Transit works out a new spring schedule around Amtrak’s planned summer track work in Penn Station New York. Full...
Teamster dispatchers, Allegiant Air reach agreement in principle
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2019) LAS VEGAS — The Teamsters Union and Allegiant Air reached an agreement in principle yesterday for the 34 dispatchers employed at Allegiant. This will be the first contract for the...
NW Indiana task force sets sights on lobbying Congress to take on railroad stoppages
(Source: Post-Tribune, March 12, 2019) CHICAGO — Efforts to keep railroads from blocking street crossings should focus on Congress, participants at a Northwest Indiana Rail Crossing Task Force meeting said. State legislation will almost certainly be overruled by...
Transit officers reach agreement with SEPTA, ending strike
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, March 12, 2019) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Fraternal Order of Transit Police — Lodge 109, which represents 178 officers sworn to protect riders and property on trains, buses and trolleys and at area stations, and SEPTA management reached a...
Teamsters honor fallen firefighter
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of people from Maine, around the country, and the world, gathered in Portland on Sunday to honor Captain Joel Barnes of the Berwick Fire Department. The...
BNSF, Amtrak detail PTC progress at House hearing
(Source: Transport Topics, March 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Executives from BNSF Railway Co. and Amtrak assured federal lawmakers of their firms’ adherence to congressionally mandated requirements regarding automatic braking technology. Full story: Transport...
BHP runaway train crash investigation: Workers applied brakes to wrong train
(Source: The Guardian, March 11, 2019) LONDON — Maintenance workers accidentally applied brakes to the wrong train last year before a BHP train laden with iron ore travelled for 91 kilometers without a driver in Western Australia and had to be deliberately derailed....
CSX management turnover gives analysts reason for concern
(Source: Trains, March 12, 2019) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One of the things CSX Transportation aimed to accomplish at its investor day a year ago was to showcase its next generation of leadership and calm investor concerns after the death of CEO E. Hunter Harrison. Full...
Milwaukee-Chicago Amtrak route sets ridership record
(Source: Television station WDJT, March 11, 2019) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — The Milwaukee-Chicago Amtrak Hiawatha service had an all-time record of more than 858,000 riders in 2018, a little more than a 3.5% increase compared to 2017. Full story: www.cbs58.com
