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Metro-North gets 2 year extension to install PTC
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, December 11, 2018) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Metro-North will need another two years to roll out state-of-the-art technology that puts the brakes on speeding trains, frustrating officials who’d hoped the work would be done by the end of the...
How Atlanta landed Norfolk Southern’s new HQ
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 12, 2018) ATLANTA, Ga. — The alliance between the Gold Dome and Atlanta City Hall that helped forge a publicly-financed plan to build a mini-city atop downtown’s long-neglected Gulch also laid the tracks to snag a...
Norfolk Southern’s relocation to Atlanta to be made official today
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 11, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are expected Wednesday to formally announce a completed deal to relocate the headquarters of railroad giant Norfolk Southern to Atlanta,...
Forum on BNSF delays: Rep. Lipinski, Metra CEO hear from riders
(Source: Chicago Tribune, December 10, 2018) CHICAGO — Rep. Dan Lipinski is hosting a public forum Monday night so riders can ask Metra officials about delays on the BNSF line to Aurora. Full story: Chicago Tribune
NS announces 2018 Christmas and New Year’s holiday schedule
(Source: Norfolk Southern Service Alert, December 10, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — NS will not accept trains at interchange from 7:00 a.m., Monday, December 24th through 10:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 25th. NS operations will cease at 4:00 p.m., Monday, December 24 through...
New short line to operate BNSF lines in Washington state
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 10, 2018) Progressive Rail Inc. has filed a notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to assume operations of about 83 miles of track owned by BNSF Railway Co. in Washington. Full story: Progressive...
Ottawa hasn’t committed to helping Alberta buy rail cars to address oil crisis
(Source: GlobalNews.ca, December 9, 2018) OTTAWA — Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says that the federal government is willing to consider buying tanker cars to help Alberta move oil by rail but isn’t ready to commit to such a plan just yet. Full...
NJ Transit overhaul bill, 2 years in the making, advances
(Source: NorthJersey.com, December 10, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Legislation to overhaul NJ Transit advanced Monday in the state Assembly, nearly a year after lawmakers concluded months of hearings on the troubled agency. Full story: www.northjersey.com
Amtrak train strikes dump truck stalled out on tracks in W.Va., causes fuel leak
(Source: Television station WJLA, December 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday night, for the second time in just over a month, the DC to Chicago overnight train hit a truck that got stuck on the tracks. An Amtrak spokesperson said there were no injuries to the...
BNSF CEO Matt Rose: ‘Less is not better’
(Source: Railway Age, December 10, 2018) NEW YORK — Railway Age December 2018, Cover Story: BNSF Railway Co. Executive Chairman Matthew K. Rose will retire from the railroad in April of 2019, after 26 years of service. At the end of his tenure, Rose will have been...
