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STB: U.S. Class I workforce grew in October
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 21, 2018) In mid-October, U.S. Class Is employed a total 148,719 people, up 0.37 percent over mid-September and 1.62 percent over October 2017, according to Surface Transportation Board employment data. On a month-over-month...
Fatal accident at CP Rail in Calgary
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, November 22, 2018) CALGARY — A train conductor employed by Canadian Pacific (CP) died as the result of a workplace accident on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred on the CP rail tracks adjacent to 9th avenue...
San Joaquin Valley Amtrak trains grappling with ridership declines
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 20, 2018) FRESNO, Calif. — Amtrak’s San Joaquin trains that roll daily through Fresno en route to Bakersfield, Oakland and Sacramento marked their eighth consecutive year carrying at least 1 million passengers, and maintained their status...
Santa Claus ditching his reindeer for SEPTA’s Santa Express
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, November 20, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — Santa Claus is ditching his reindeer and hopping on SEPTA to kick-off the holiday season in Center City Friday for the 28th annual SEPTA Santa Express. SEPTA and the Center City District are encouraging...
For 76 years, the Santa Train has brought Christmas to Appalachia
(Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, November 20, 2018) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Santa Train tradition began in 1943 when Flem Dobyns decided he wanted to thank the folks in the region who traveled through the mountains to buy implements of their life from his hardware...
Fire in train car at BNSF shops in Topeka extinguished early Tuesday
(Source: Topeka Capital-Journal, November 20, 2018) TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka Fire Department crews extinguished a blaze early Tuesday at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway shops in East Topeka. Full story: Topeka Capital-Journal
Port of LA sets new monthly cargo record
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 20, 2018) The Port of Los Angeles processed 952,554 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo last month, marking a 27.2 percent increase over October 2017 and setting a port record for the amount of cargo handled in a single...
R.J. Corman acquires six rail companies
(Source: Transport Topics, November 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — R.J. Corman Railroad Co. has acquired six rail companies, according to a Nov. 5 press release. Nicholasville, Ky.-based R.J. Corman is expected to take over operations in January of Nashville & Eastern...
Canada’s Bombardier frontrunner to win 999-car NJ Transit rail deal
(Source: Reuters, November 20, 2018) MONTREAL — Canada’s Bombardier Inc. is the front-runner to win a New Jersey Transit (NJT) rail car contract, two sources familiar with the matter said, in a boost for the plane-and-train-maker’s North American business that has...
Passenger railroads struggle to implement lifesaving technology
(Source: Television station KCRA, November 20, 2018) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The latest numbers from the Federal Railroad Administration show just 24 percent of passenger tracks have fully operational PTC. Congress' watchdog, the nonpartisan Government Accountability...
