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Thousands line tracks to watch Bush funeral train
(Source: Houston Chronicle, December 6, 2018) HOUSTON, Texas — In Stetsons and waistcoats, Astros gear and flag-print hoodies, thousands of Texans lined up along the sides of small-town train tracks Thursday to mourn their former president, the home-grown politician...
Q&A: Buyouts and Railroad Retirement benefits
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 9, 2018) CHICAGO — Railroad employees frequently ask the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) how the acceptance of a buyout from a railroad employer affects their future eligibility for benefits under the Railroad...
CP and grain: New high efficiency train, new monthly volume mark
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 5, 2018) Canadian Pacific yesterday unveiled its first 8,500-foot high efficiency product (HEP) grain train at G3 Canada Ltd.’s Pasqua elevator near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Houston-Dallas bullet train moving along
(Source: The Leader News, December 5, 2018) HOUSTON, Texas — With the high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston serving as the first non-government project of its type in the U.S., Texas Central said the company is constantly searching for best-in-class partners. It...
Alberta’s oil cuts could hit light oil producers, rail shipments
(Source: Reuters, December 5, 2018) VANCOUVER — Alberta’s decision to mandate output cuts to reduce a supply glut will have negative effects on North American producers of lighter oil used for blending and U.S. refiners importing crude via rail, even as several major...
Governor promises things will be much better at NJ Transit in 2019
(Source: NJ Spotlight, December 6, 2018) MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy and top state transportation officials are promising to make next year a better one for New Jersey Transit customers after struggling through a difficult first year running one of the nation’s...
CN makes an offer to buy largest shipping terminal in Eastern Canada
(Source: Financial Post, December 6, 2018) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co. has put in a preliminary offer to buy the largest shipping terminal in Eastern Canada, in a bid to capture some of New York’s container business. Full story: Financial Post
CN employee killed in Edmundston accident identified
(Source: CBC News, December 5, 2018) OTTAWA — The 33-year-old CN employee who died in a workplace accident at an Edmundston rail yard Tuesday has been identified as Pierre-Luc "Sune" Levesque. According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the father of two...
BMWED remembers Brother who was killed in the line of duty
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, December 5, 2018) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — We have tragically lost another Brother to a terrible workplace accident. Brother John Eric Youmans, 34, of Early Branch, S.C., was hit and killed by a...
Presidential funeral train will be first in nearly 50 years
(Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2018) AUSTIN, Texas — The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than take to the skies. On...
