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Amtrak’s ‘faulty route accounting’
(Source: Railway Age, August 28, 2018) NEW YORK — A white paper issued by the Rail Passengers Association, “Amtrak’s Route Accounting: Fatally Flawed, Misleading & Wrong,” contends that Amtrak’s fully allocated cost methodology “grossly exaggerates the cost of...
Hoffa: U.S.-Mexico agreement is first step towards better North American trade
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 27, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about the bilateral agreement-in-principle announced today between the U.S. and Mexico to revamp...
FRA allows small railroads to automate hours of service records
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 29, 2018) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a final rule to allow eligible smaller railroads and their contractors to use automated systems instead of paper records to comply with federal employee...
Chicago ‘anti-bait truck’ event to offer 6,000 pairs of free shoes
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, August 23, 2018) CHICAGO — Up to 6,000 pairs of shoes will be given away Sunday in Englewood from “anti-bait trucks” through an event organized after a sting by Norfolk Southern to catch thieves in the neighborhood was widely criticized....
FRA awards more than $200 million for PTC implementation
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 24, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded $203,698,298 in grant funding for 28 projects in 15 states to assist with the deployment of positive train control (PTC)...
NJ Transit workers getting attacked: Union wants mandatory jail time
(Source: New Jersey 101.5, August 23, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — As the quality of NJ Transit has gone down, the frustration of riders has gone up – and with it, alarm among train conductors about assaults of workers by angry commuters. In addition to a law ending a...
NJ Transit may miss critical deadline for PTC
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — NJ Transit remains at risk of missing an end-of-the year deadline to install a critical rail safety system, federal authorities said Thursday. NJ Transit is one of nine railroads nationwide in danger of...
FRA publishes railroads’ second quarter 2018 PTC data
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 24, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released the 2018 Quarter 2 status update on railroads’ self-reported progress toward...
U.S. Class I workforce stable in July, STB data shows
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 23, 2018) In mid-July, U.S. Class Is employed 147,426 people, up a meager 0.1 percent from the count a month earlier and down less than a tenth of a percent from the workforce figure in July 2017, according to Surface...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending August 18, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 22, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 18, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 567,477...
