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Port truck drivers awarded nearly $6 million
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 10, 2019) PORT OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH, Calif. — wenty-four California port truck drivers employed by NFI Industries/California Cartage, the largest goods movement operator at the twin ports of...
Opinion: Repeal of ECP brake regulation could create serious safety risks
(Source: Regulatory Review opinion column by Mark Nakahara, January 10, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2013, a runaway crude oil train derailed and exploded in the center of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people. Similar derailments of crude oil trains occurred in...
Indiana governor’s budget proposal eliminates funding for Indy-Chicago Amtrak route
(Source: Nuvo, January 11, 2019) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Hoosier State—the Amtrak rail line that provides service between Indianapolis and Chicago four days a week—may soon be history. The new two-year state budget proposed by Gov. Eric Holcomb Thursday eliminates...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending January 5, 2019
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 9, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 5, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 436,103...
NS facilitates industrial development in 2018
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 9, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern generated more than 60,000 carloads of new rail traffic in 2018 through collaborative efforts that helped 90 industries locate or expand business operations along the company’s...
Parks Canada responds to grain spills on railway that attract dear and bears
(Source: Rocky Mountain Outlook, January 10, 2019) BANFF — Parks Canada has responded to three significant grain spills along the train tracks in Banff National Park in as many months. The latest spill, which occurred Dec. 17 at a siding on the Canadian Pacific...
UP derailment in Texas sends freight cars into back yards
(Source: Associated Press, January 9, 2019) AUBREY, Texas — A freight train derailment in the center of a small North Texas town sent freight cars smashing into a resident's back yard. The 9:30 a.m. Wednesday smashup in downtown Aubrey, Texas, involved a Union Pacific...
Assemblymen demand answers from NJ Transit on reopening of Atlantic City Line
(Source: Press of Atlantic City, January 9, 2019) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo and John Armato are urging NJ Transit to announce when the Atlantic City Rail Line, closed since September for installation of positive train control equipment, will...
UP must pay $2.3 million in settlement of civil environmental case
(Source: Herald News, January 9, 2019) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson announced on Jan. 7 that as part of a multi-jurisdiction prosecution, Placer County Superior Court Judge Alan Pineschi has ordered Union Pacific...
Teamsters applaud bipartisan House pension reform bill by Rep. Neal
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 9, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters are lauding the reintroduction of bipartisan pension reform legislation today that would bolster the solvency of multiemployer pensions covering some 1.5...
