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Canadian Pacific announces 2018 Holiday Train tour
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, October 11, 2018) CALGARY — The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will soon set out once again to entertain hundreds of thousands of people, celebrating 20 years of collecting food and raising funds for food banks...
Phil Murphy set to defend Chris Christie’s NJ Transit hiring practices in court
(Source: www.northjersey.com, October 12, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The Murphy administration is set to defend the very hiring practices at NJ Transit it faulted in its recently released audit of the agency, according to court documents. Full story:...
California’s BART fined $650,000 for 2 worker deaths
(Source: Associated Press, October 11, 2018) SAN FRANCISCO — Regulators fined the San Francisco Bay Area's transit agency $650,000 on Thursday for safety failures that led a commuter train to strike and kill two workers inspecting track five years ago during a union...
Many railroads seek PTC deadline extension to gain two more years for implementation, interoperability
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 12, 2018) The end of 2018 will mark a milestone in freight and commuter railroads’ ongoing efforts to implement positive train control (PTC). Come Dec. 31 — the federal due date — the 41 railroads that are mandated to adopt...
Metra proposes 2019 budget, warns of railroad’s ‘deterioration’
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 11, 2018) Metra's 2019 budget proposals came with a stark warning about the railroad's continued deterioration and budget shortfalls. Full story: Progressive Railroading
DOT provides more than $63 billion to major transportation infrastructure investments across America in 2018
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, October 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — By the end of the 2018 fiscal year (FY 2018), the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) made available more than $63.9 billion in FY 2018 multi-modal discretionary and...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending October 6, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 6, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 554,238...
RRB Q&A: The importance of a current connection for Railroad Retirement Benefits
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, August 27, 2018) CHICAGO — Under the Railroad Retirement Act, a "current connection with the railroad industry" is one of the eligibility requirements for occupational disability annuities, and is one of the factors...
BNSF statement on interim award in BNSF/J.B. Hunt arbitration
(Source: BNSF Railway press release, October 10, 2018) FORT WORTH, Texas — In January 2017, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., (JBHT) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) commenced an arbitration on matters relating to their joint service product. On Friday October 5, 2018, BNSF...
Texas bullet train names European operating and construction partners
(Source: Dallas Morning News, October 11, 2018) DALLAS — A Spanish rail operator and an Italian engineering contractor are the latest to join forces with Texas Central Partners in the plan to build a bullet train between Dallas and Houston. Full story: Dallas News
