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Elon Musk’s Boring Company will build high-speed train to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
(Source: National Public Radio, June 14, 2018) CHICAGO — Chicago has selected Elon Musk's Boring Company to build and operate an "express service to transport people to O'Hare Airport from downtown in 12 minutes on electric vehicles in underground tunnels," Mayor Rahm...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending June 9, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 9, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 561,061...
Teamsters join legal challenge to presidential executive orders that impair union and employee rights
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined with 12 other labor unions in bringing a lawsuit to stop the implementation of three executive orders issued by...
Metra responds to surge in fraudulent ticket purchases
(Source: Associated Press, June 13, 2018) CHICAGO — Metra says it will no longer sell Monthly Passes and 10-Ride Tickets from certain vending machines after seeing a spike in purchases made with stolen credit cards. Full story: Miami Herald
With CTrail ready to roll, travelers ponder if they’ll use Springfield-Hartford-New Haven train line
(Source: www.masslive.com, June 13, 2018) SPRINGFIELD — People passing through Union Station earlier this week had plans to travel, whether on a PVTA bus across town or a series of Amtrak trains across the country to Washington state. But few had ever heard of, and...
Metra official: “We dropped the ball” on BNSF Line, and fixes could take weeks
(Source: Daily Herald, June 13, 2018) CHICAGO — Metra's rollout of a new BNSF Line schedule let down riders, one Metra director said Wednesday as complaints about crammed BNSF Line trains surged and administrators acknowledged it could take several weeks to get all...
NJ is putting up $600 million to replace decrepit bridge
(Source: www.nj.com, June 13, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey is sending the money train to the rescue of rail riders who repeatedly get stranded when a 108-year-old swing bridge gets stuck on the busy Northeast Corridor Line. Full story: www.nj.com
PTC installation delaying PATH trains
(Source: www.northjersey.com, June 13, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Positive train control installation is causing delays on PATH while there is a late train on the North Jersey Coast Line. Full story: www.northjersey.com
Man dead after incident at CSX rail yard in West Englewood
(Source: NBC Chicago, June 13, 2018) CHICAGO — A worker died after being found bleeding at a rail yard on Chicago’s Southwest Side Wednesday, authorities said. According to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford, first responders were called to the scene...
Transportation industry asks OSHA for whistleblower improvements
(Source: Bloomberg News, June 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Raising awareness of OSHA’s whistleblower rules would improve the agency’s enforcement of laws banning retaliation against employees in the rail and trucking industries, business and worker representatives...
