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California high-speed rail has created 2,000 jobs
(Source: Railway Age, June 1, 2018) NEW YORK — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and workers representing multiple union halls announced May 31 that more than 2,000 construction jobs have been created since its high-speed rail project started work. Full...
Amtrak closes ticket counter in Fort Madison
(Source: Associated Press, June 2, 2018) FORT MADISON, Iowa — Amtrak trains will still stop in Fort Madison but passengers will no longer be able to buy tickets at the depot counter as the carrier moves toward digital-only sales. The railway is transitioning 18...
AAR seeks injunction to stop train citations in Kentucky
(Source: The Messenger, June 3, 2018) HOPKINS COUNTY, Ky. — A Washington, D.C., group has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court asking a federal judge to nullify Kentucky laws allowing local police forces to cite trains from obstructing roadways. The...
Amtrak to either rebuild or buy up to 75 locomotives
(Source: Global Rail News, June 4, 2018) NEW YORK — Amtrak is looking to either purchase or upgrade between 50-75 locomotives that will primarily replace its ageing P40 and P42 diesel locomotives. Full story: Global Rail News
Stakeholder group urges Senate panel to fund Amtrak, Northeast Corridor
(Source: The Hill, June 4, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of stakeholders is pressing the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its ranking member to increase funding for the Northeast Corridor in the upcoming spending bill. Full story: The Hill
APTA says commuter railroads making progress on PTC
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May31, 2018) Positive train control (PTC) technology is in the testing phase, in revenue service demonstration or fully operational on 30 percent of the 3,339 miles of commuter rail in the United States, the American Public...
NJ Transit delays loom as agency struggles to hire engineers to run trains
(Source: www.northjersey.com, June 2, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Officially, NJ Transit rail passengers will endure six months of modified schedules starting next week because of work on a required safety system the agency needs to complete by December. There may be...
UP operates passenger special to New Jersey
(Source: Trains, May 31, 2018) CHICAGO — Union Pacific dispatched its business train from Council Bluffs, Iowa, eastward on Wednesday towards Croxton, N.J., via Chicago. The special, symbolled PCHCH3 30 departed early in the morning of May 30, according to a source...
Amtrak offers assigned seating options for some Acela passengers
(Source: Washington Post, May 31, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is now allowing some Acela passengers to choose where they sit, the railroad announced this week. Full story: www.sfgate.com
Colorado Senators blast Amtrak for threatening to withhold money for Southwest Chief
(Source: Denver Post, May 31, 2018) DENVER — Another wrench has been thrown into the complicated future of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief line after the passenger rail carrier offered only conditional financial support for securing a crucial federal grant to ensure the...
