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No Metra fare hike, but service cuts loom without state aid
(Source: Chicago Daily Herald, September 12, 2018) CHICAGO — Metra leaders gave riders a 2019 fare-hike holiday Wednesday but promised doomsday-scenario downsizing unless state funding materializes. That could mean eliminating stations, trains and even routes,...
Amtrak, VRE adjust schedules ahead of Florence, flooding
(Source: WTOP, September 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — VRE is cutting back service Friday ahead of expected heavy rainfall. Amtrak is canceling all service south of Washington Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A handful of regional trains are canceled entirely Friday. Full...
Coal exports face delays as U.S. East Coast rail service slows for Florence
(Source: Freight Waves, September 12, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Hurricane Florence will interrupt the main rail and maritime conduits for U.S. coal exports, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. Full story: Freight Waves
CN moved 50 percent more crude in Q3 to date, CFO says
(Source: Reuters, September 12, 2018) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. has moved 50 percent more crude oil by rail during the third quarter to date, compared with the same period a year earlier, and the company sees further growth, CN’s chief financial officer...
Railroads have spent a lot of money the last 10 years, and customers have barely benefitted
(Source: Freight Waves, September 12, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — After spending plenty of money on investment in the last 10-plus years, the nation's class 1 railroads are basically standing still. Full story: Freight Waves
AFL-CIO TTD: Building pro-worker momentum
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) press release, September 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Executive Committee of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), gathered today to set an aggressive agenda focused on creating and sustaining...
Metrolink unveils safety exhibit on 10th anniversary of Chatsworth crash
(Source: USC Annenberg Media, September 12, 2018) CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Metrolink highlighted its commitment to safety Wednesday by unveiling an exhibit that memorializes the 10 Anniversary of the Chatsworth train collision that killed 25 people and injured a hundred...
Service honors victims of 2008 Metrolink crash
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 12, 2018) CAMARILLO, Calif. — On the 10th anniversary of the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth, the 25 people who were killed, including 21 from Ventura County, were remembered Wednesday at a memorial event not far from...
CSX train derails in New River Gorge
(Source: West Virginia Public Radio, September 12, 2018) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A train derailment this past weekend in the New River Gorge may have dropped coal into a tributary of the New River, according to an email released by the National Park Service Wednesday....
After expensive quarter of train accidents, CSX safety concerns return
(Source: Jacksonville Business Journal, September 12, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. boasts many impressive metrics: Last quarter, its operating ratio, a key measure of efficiency, broke a company record and ranked the best among North American railroads. Its...
