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Opinion: Americans need passenger rail that serves entire nation, not just the East and West coasts
(Source: The Hill opinion column by Larry Willis, July 3, 2018. Larry Willis is president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, America’s national passenger rail service, was created to do what freight railroads could not:...
NTSB’s two-day investigation into deadly Amtrak derailments begins today
(Source: www.mynorthwest.com, July 9, 2018) SEATTLE, Wash. — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold the hearing July 10-11. The public hearing will focus on the Dec. 18, 2017 derailment over I-5 and the Feb. 4, 2018 crash involving a freight train in South...
Missouri Supreme Court rules BNSF is liable for employee who crashed company truck while drunk
(Source: Springfield News-Leader, July 4, 2018) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — BNSF Railway Co.'s insurance policy must cover a former employee who injured another person while driving a company vehicle — even though the railroad worker was drunk at the time of the crash. Full...
No shortages of rail grain cars expected for N.D. farmers
(Source: Forum News Service, July 8, 2018) FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota’s wheat, barley and soybean growers don’t anticipate railroad grain car shortages as the harvest kicks in starting in July and August and runs into fall. Full story: Bismarck Tribune
CSX plans for rail hub a boost for Rocky Mount area
(Source: Rocky Mount Telegram, July 8, 2018) ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Local and state leaders probably breathed a sigh of relief as plans were finally finalized by CSX and the state Department of Transportation to build a new intermodal transportation facility in Edgecombe...
Chicago attorney latest STB nominee
(Source: Railway Age, July 6, 2018) NEW YORK — Martin J. (Marty) Oberman, 73, an attorney and perennial fixture in Chicago and Illinois Democratic politics, is President Trump’s choice to fill a vacant Democratic seat on the five-member Surface Transportation Board...
Class I railroads continue the longer-train trend
(Source: Progressive Railroading magazine, July 2018 issue) At any given time on Class Is’ networks, trains stretching from 10,000 to 15,000 feet long are snaking their way to a destination. Pulling well more than 100 cars, the trains are much longer than — and in...
Syracuse mayor: NYS&W has not delivered safety records a day after partial bridge collapse
(Source: www.syracuse.com, July 6, 2018) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh can't say whether railroad bridges in the city are safe because inspection records remain hidden a day after sections of a railroad concrete wall fell on a downtown street. Full story:...
In westbound oil trains, worries focus on the next big spill
(Source: The Oregonian, July 8, 2018) WEST GLACIER, Mont. — For about 30 miles alongside Glacier National Park, oil and water run together. The Middle Fork of the Flathead River marks Glacier’s southern boundary. On the far bank lies BNSF Railway's "Hi-Line," one of...
Mass held in Lac-Megantic to mark fifth anniversary of tragedy
(Source: Canadian Press, July 7, 2018) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — A commemorative church service was held in Lac-Megantic on Friday to mark the five-year-anniversary of the train derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of downtown. Church bells rang out later...
