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Amtrak offers 20 percent savings in honor of Veterans Day
(Source: Amtrak press release, November 9, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In honor of our nation’s military veterans, Amtrak is offering 20 percent off travel to veterans and active military personnel. Between Friday, November 9 and Tuesday, November 13, all veterans and...
Pennsylvania among states with most train fatalities
(Source: Reading Eagle, November 9, 2018) READING, Pa. — It's difficult to go anywhere in Reading without crossing railroad tracks, and it's tempting for pedestrians to take shortcuts by cutting across railways outside of designated crossings. Full story: Reading...
APTA: The state of rail safety and security
(Source: Mass Transit Magazine, November 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transit agencies continue to wrestle with the same safety and security issues they’ve faced for years — issues that are exacerbated by the current environment we live in. At the same time, new...
Report: Brightline submits sole proposal for Orlando-Tampa rail service
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 9, 2018) Brightline is the only firm to have submitted a proposal to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for operating an Orlando-to-Tampa passenger-rail service, the Tampa Bay Times reported yesterday. Full...
The BNSF v. J.B. Hunt intermodal battle has a $100 million price tag
(Source: Freight Waves, November 9, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — That J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) were locked in a long-running dispute over splitting revenues from their intermodal business is not news. That was known. What we learned this week is the...
Class I railroad fuel surcharge revenue hits $1.2 billion in Q3 2018
(Source: S&P Global Platts, November 9, 2018) HOUSTON — Fuel surcharge revenue for the seven US Class I railroads totaled over $1.2 billion the third quarter, up 6.8% from the prior quarter with over $1.1 billion in fuel cost, data from the Surface Transportation...
Oil pucks among new ways eyed to transport Canadian crude
(Source: Reuters, November 11, 2018) CALGARY — Canada’s biggest railway company says it is attracting interest from oil producers in its effort to move crude in solid, puck-like form, as clogged pipelines divert more oil to riskier rail transport. Full story: Globe...
North Dakota oil prices set to weaken further amid pipe, rail constraints
(Source: Reuters, November 12, 2018) NEW YORK/HOUSTON — Bakken crude prices are set to weaken from already low levels in coming months, with the frigid winter in North Dakota likely to disrupt rail loadings and worsen bottlenecks as production soars, traders and...
Wife of Metra worker killed in explosion files suit against rail agency
(Source: Chicago Tribune, November 12, 2018) CHICAGO — The wife of a Metra track inspector who was killed Nov. 3 in an explosion in Chicago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the commuter rail agency. Sandy Zavala, of Joliet, filed a suit in Cook County on...
Columbia Falls man wins $2.1 million wrongful termination suit against BNSF
(Source: Flathead Beacon, November 10, 2018) MISSOULA, Mont. — A Columbia Falls man was awarded more than $2.1 million in federal court on Nov. 5 after a jury decided he had been wrongfully terminated by BNSF Railway following an on-the-job injury in 2015. Full story:...
