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NJ Transit to cancel some trains to catch up on PTC
(Source: www.northjersey.com, May 3, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Facing increasing difficulty meeting a year-end deadline to install a collision-avoidance system, NJ Transit plans to discontinue some trains through the beginning of 2019. The changes, which will begin...
AAR reports rail traffic for April and the week ending April 28, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 2, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 28, 2018, as well as volumes for April 2018. U.S. railroads originated...
More Amtrak trains between Charlotte and Raleigh to begin in June
(Source: Associated Press, May 2, 2018) RALEIGH, N.C. — Train travelers between North Carolina's capital and its largest city will have more options beginning next month. The N.C. Department of Transportation says a fourth daily round trip between Raleigh and...
Sen. Manchin announces tentative agreement regarding New River train service
(Source: The Register-Herald, May 2, 2018) BECKLEY, W.Va. — Progress has been made in discussions between Amtrak and the Collis P. Huntington Society to re-establish the New River Train service and officials hope to reach a concrete deal soon. However, further...
Editorial: NJ Transit hiding bridge inspection reports is a violation of public trust
(Source: Editorial at www.nj.com, May 3, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — This is not exactly a news bulletin, but when it comes to safety, New Jersey Transit still has a public trust issue. So when the nation's third-largest commuter railroad receives public records inquiries...
Exporting gasoline by rail to Mexico may recreate dangers of explosive Bakken oil trains
(Source: DeSmog Blog, May 2, 2018) NEW YORK — The oil industry learned an important lesson from its rush to move by train the highly flammable oil drilled in North Dakota's Bakken Shale. The lesson wasn't that those oil trains were unsafe and even dubbed “bomb trains”...
Canada to hold talks on crude transport with oil producers, rail operators
(Source: Reuters, May 2, 2018) CALGARY, Alberta — Alberta will hold talks with rail operators and oil producers aimed at smoothing the path to get more crude moving by rail amid a transportation bottleneck in the Western Canadian province, Alberta’s energy minister...
Amtrak service between Philly, D.C. resuming with delays after NS derailment
(Source: Associated Press, May 3, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak says a regular scheduled service is resuming between Philadelphia and Washington following an earlier freight derailment in southeastern Pennsylvania. Full story: www.wtop.com
Two injured when 30 CSX train cars derail near Elkhart, Ind.
(Source: Television station WSBT, May 3, 2018) ELKHART, Ind. — Two people were injured in a train derailment near Nappanee in Elkhart County overnight. Police say the damage extends about a quarter of a mile. A CSX official says this involved about 30 loaded cars and...
Metra takes steps in preventing trespasser deaths, suicide by train
(Source: Chicago Tribune, May 2, 2018) CHICAGO — More than 60 railroad industry representatives, safety advocates, law enforcement officers and others recently convened a summit in Chicago to discuss ways to reduce trespassing and death-by-train incidents. Full story:...
