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FRA should investigate MTA’s PTC implementation, Sen. Schumer says
(Source: Press release from the office of New York Senator Chuck Schumer, March 3, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of a stunning MTA equipment glitch upending the LIRR and Metro-North’s installation of life-saving, Positive Train Control (PTC), U.S. Senator...
Major oilsands producer vows to ship more oil by rail
(Source: Canadian Press, March 7, 2019) CALGARY — Oilsands producer MEG Energy says it has doubled its crude-by-rail shipments and will double them again to maximize prices in view of insufficient pipeline export capacity from Western Canada. Full story:...
Florida’s Tri-Rail to use drones to monitor tracks
(Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel, March 8, 2019) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — You may one day see drones flying over railroad tracks across South Florida: Tri-Rail plans to adopt this technology to spot trespassers and prevent suicides as well as accidents on the...
Inspector General: Amtrak’s private rail car practices “inadequate”
(Source: Railway Age, February 8, 2019) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General on Feb. 8 said it has “found longstanding management weaknesses in the company’s transport program for privately owned railcars, including inadequate controls for cost and revenue...
Former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman dies
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 7, 2019) Former Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman has died, according to a statement issued today by Amtrak. He was 70. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Economic impact study shows Wabtec’s proposed cuts at Erie, Pa., would pay for CEO’s $16 million bonus
(Source: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) press release, March 1, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — An economic impact study released today by UE Local 506 on Thursday, February 28, shows that the negative economic impact of the wage reductions demanded by...
AAR reports rail traffic for February and the week ending March 2, 2019
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 2, 2019, as well as volumes for February 2019. U.S. railroads originated...
Canadian agency proposes rail regulation updates
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 6, 2019) The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has released a report summarizing input from key rail industry stakeholders about how best to update existing rail regulations, as well as agency guidelines and tools. Full...
China-based company hires first assembly workers at new Chicago rail car plant
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 6, 2019) CRRC Sifang America has hired the initial group of employees to assemble Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) newest 7000 Series rail cars at the $100 million rail-car manufacturing plant, the China-based company announced...
Graniteville continues to recover almost 15 years after NS train crash, chlorine leak
(Source: Aiken Standard, March 6, 2019) AIKEN, S.C. — Almost 15 years after a train wreck released a geyser of 90 tons of deadly pressurized liquid chlorine in the center of Graniteville, the town, its residents and people working in Avondale's textile mills that...
