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Senate measure would provide $50 million to help keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief on track
(Source: Albuquerque Journal, August 1, 2018) SANTA FE, N.M. — The U.S. Senate passed a transportation, housing and urban development appropriations bill on Wednesday that included an amendment that would provide an additional $50 million to help maintain Amtrak’s...
Amtrak solicits community’s ideas for redevelopment of Baltimore’s Penn Station
(Source: Baltimore Sun, July 31, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimoreans peppered developers and Amtrak officials with ideas Tuesday for the redevelopment of Penn Station at the first meeting held by the national railroad soliciting community input for the project. Full...
CN promises to keep monitoring Gogama oil train derailment site
(Source: Timmins Press, July 31, 2018) TIMMINS, Ontario — CN Rail said it is going to continue to track the clean-up of the derailment site where a CN oil train went off the tracks and burned in the winter of 2015. Full story: Timmins Press
Cleanup of June oil train spill causes concern in northwest Iowa county
(Source: Iowa Public Radio, July 31, 2018) DES MOINES, Iowa — Cleanup is continuing in northwest Iowa after a train derailed last month and leaked crude oil into the Rock River. Dickinson County officials are concerned oil-contaminated soil is being removed from an...
Arizona group intent on saving Amtrak’s Southwest Chief
(Source: Daily Miner, July 31, 2018) KINGMAN, Ariz. — While Congress has approved record funding for Amtrak, management refuses to order state-of-the-art equipment that could improve the passenger train service and instead is intent on eliminating trains such as the...
Idaho officials approve BNSF’s plan for second bridge in Sandpoint
(Source: Associated Press, July 31, 2018) SANDPOINT, Idaho — Idaho officials have approved Railway’s application for a permit to build a second railroad bridge in northern Idaho across Lake Pend Oreille and Sand Creek in Sandpoint. Full story: Construction Equipment...
OIG: Amtrak’s Washington Union Station projects face delays, cost overruns
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 31, 2018) Amtrak's improvement projects at Washington Union Station face risks of delays and cost overruns due to weaknesses in scheduling, cost estimates and project management, according to a new report by the Amtrak Office of...
Genesee & Wyoming reports results for Q2 2018
(Source: Genesee & Wyoming press release, July 27, 2018) DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) reported its second quarter 2018 financial results on July 27, 2018. Second Quarter 2018 Consolidated Highlights Compared with Second Quarter 2017: • Operating revenues...
Landsberg, Homendy confirmed to NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 31, 2018) The U.S. Senate last week confirmed Bruce Landsberg and Jennifer Homendy as members of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Full story: Progressive Railroading
Canadian crude by rail reaches new record for second month in a row
(Source: JWN Energy, July 30, 2018) CALGARY — Canadian crude oil on the rails surged to a new record for the second month in a row in May, according to new data from the National Energy Board (NEB). Operators transported 198,788 bbls/d by rail in May, the NEB said,...
