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A look at what’s ahead for the proposed Houston-Dallas bullet train
(Source: Dallas News, September 1, 2018) DALLAS — The Texas Bullet Train still only exists on paper. Yes, it can be built. The technology exists. But the money isn't there yet to build it. Texas Central Partners, which wants to build the train, doesn't yet have all...
Diverted Amtrak service to switch back to NY Penn Station
(Source: Associated Press, August 31, 2018) NEW YORK — Amtrak train service that had been diverted to Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal over the summer will return to New York Penn Station after the holiday weekend. Full story: www.usnews.com
BNSF investments mirror footprint in Oklahoma
(Source: Tulsa World, September 2, 2018) TULSA, Okla. — An objective of President Abraham Lincoln, who never lived to witness its completion, the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was finished in 1869. Full story: Tulsa World
Chester’s Amtrak crash leads to new safety protections for rail workers nationwide
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 31, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — It's been more than two years since an Amtrak train killed two track workers in Chester. Now, that event — and the harsh criticism from federal authorities that followed — has led to new safety standards...
Norfolk Southern VP Earhart sells $414,963 in company stock
(Source: Fairfield Current, September 1, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. VP Cynthia C. Earhart sold 2,370 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 29. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.09, for a total value of...
Report: Man throws ax at UP train in San Antonio, it bounces back and hits him in head
(Source: Times-Picayune, September 1, 2018) NEW ORLEANS — A man threw an ax at a train in San Antonio, only to have it bounce back and hit him in the head, police told KSAT television. He ran off but was later found and taken to a hospital with injuries that were not...
How new CEO put CN’s turnaround on the fast track
(Source: Financial Post, September 4, 2018) OTTAWA — After Jean-Jacques Ruest took over the reins at Canadian National Railway Co. in March — in the midst of a tumultuous period that saw the railway facing major capacity constraints and infuriated customers — he knew...
NS preparing operations in New Orleans, Mobile for Tropical Storm Gordon
(Source: Norfolk Southern service alert, September 4, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern is monitoring Tropical Storm Gordon’s path towards the central Gulf Coast and evaluating the potential impact the heavy rain may have on operations in and around New Orleans,...
Penn Station makeover moves along, as NJ Transit struggles to run on time
(Source: New York Times, September 2, 2018) NEW YORK — The chairman of Amtrak spent Friday morning explaining why commuting through Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan should be smoother after Labor Day. Then, New Jersey Transit appeared to be spending the rest of the...
With pipelines full, oil and gas companies turning to trucks, rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, September 4, 2018) HOUSTON — Oil producers in the Permian Basin, dealing with a shortage of pipelines, are increasingly turning to trucks and rail to ship the flood of crude from the West Texas oil field to refineries and export terminals...
