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Connecticut asks Amtrak for more cars on Hartford line to ease crowding
(Source: Hartford Courant, October 27, 2018) HARTFORD, Conn. — Amid reports that some passenger have been kicked off crowded trains on the Hartford Line, the state is asking Amtrak to add cars to some trips between Springfield and New Haven to relieve overcrowding....
Introduction to precision railroading, part 2: Parsing the developments in recent earnings
(Source: Freight Waves, October 29, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — It has been an interesting week. I have been encouraged by the number of people that have reached out with opinions and ideas concerning precision railroading following the publication of my first of three...
NJ Transit whistleblower pays the price for speaking out
(Source: NorthJersey.com, October 29, 2018) SUMMIT, N.J. — Todd Barretta moved to New Jersey from Connecticut 18 months ago to become NJ Transit's first chief compliance officer. Full story: www.northjersey.com
UP tries to silence skeptics: Don’t doubt our commitment to precision railroading
(Source: Freight Waves, October 26, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific Corporation executives on the company's third quarter earnings call moved to dispel any doubt that they are "all in" on switching the company's operations to precision railroading principles,...
Trump’s NLRB just quietly ruled to make union pickets illegal
(Source: In These Times, October 26, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An all-Republican panel of President Trump’s National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) recently ruled that janitors in San Francisco violated the law when they picketed in front of their workplace to win higher...
Canadian crude by rail traffic hits another record
(Source: JWN Energy, October 28, 2018) CALGARY — Canadian crude by rail traffic continued to rise in August, according to new data from the National Energy Board. Carloads rose above 200,000 bbls/d for the first time in June, the NEB reported. That increased slightly...
Family of TCRC member killed in Manitoba derailment seeks answers
(Source: CTV News, October 27, 2018) OTTAWA — The family of a man killed in a Manitoba train derailment is left with questions about the circumstances around their son’s death – including how long it took emergency officials to respond to the crash. Full story:...
KCS may follow UP’s lead on precision railroading
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, October 27, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) is closely watching Union Pacific's transition to precision scheduled railroading (PSR) before deciding how and whether it will apply the operating model to its own service,...
Taiwan train crash kills 18 in country’s deadliest rail tragedy in decades
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2018) TAIPEI — Eighteen people died and 175 were injured when a train derailed in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, authorities said, in the island’s worst rail disaster in more than three decades. Full story: Reuters
Billion-dollar plan for rail service from Ohio to Chicago could be in place by 2026
(Source: Chicago Tribune, October 21, 2018) CHICAGO — The dream of bringing back passenger rail service between Fort Wayne and Chicago, with stops in Valparaiso and Gary, may be closing in on reality. Consultants hired by a Fort Wayne-based citizens group said a...
