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Rutgers leading rail safety research and education in NY, NJ
(Source: Rutgers Today, March 5, 2018) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Millions of commuters and goods worth billions of dollars rely on the safety and efficiency of railway systems in the region, including NJ Transit, Amtrak, PATH, New York City subways, CSX Corp., Norfolk...
UP ordered to pay for 2015 fuel spill
(Source: WAND, March 5, 2018) SIDNEY, Ill. — The Union Pacific railroad company has been ordered to pay more than $80,000 in connection with a spill that dumped thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into a Sidney river in 2015. Full story: WAND
Both sides of Texas high-speed rail issue put their comments on record at Houston meeting
(Source: Houston Public Media, March 6, 2018) HOUSTON — The Federal Railroad Administration is getting input on a draft environmental impact study of the train’s proposed route. Texas Central Railway says it’ll use private funds to build the $15 billion high-speed...
Japan’s $80 billion train project caught in scandal
(Source: Bloomberg, March 5, 2018) NEW YORK — A widening scandal that has led to arrests of executives from two construction companies threatens to put the brakes on Japan’s plan to build the world’s fastest train. To surpass the nation’s famous bullet train, the...
Two trains derail in Centralia, Wash.; no injuries
(Source: KGW, March 5, 2018) CENTRALIA, Wash. — Two trains derailed in a Centralia rail yard Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. A BNSF train was slowly moving in reverse when it collided with a Union Pacific freight train entering the Centralia rail yard, according to...
Metro-North safety officer says PTC on target for completion
(Source: Connecticut Post, March 2, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — MTA’s chief safety officer told a Senate panel this week that the commuter line is on track to meet the federally imposed year-end deadline for installing Positive Train Control, the GPS-like system designed...
STB modifies ex parte communications
(Source: Railway Age, March 1, 2018) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board has updated its long-standing rules on ex parte communications. The modified regulations will permit ex parte communications, subject to disclosure requirements, in informal rulemaking...
Editorial: Don’t block the tunnel, Mr. President
(Source: Editorial in the New York Post, March 5, 2018) NEW YORK — President Trump’s transition team wisely put the Gateway tunnel at the top of its list of “Emergency & National Security Projects,” and the need for it has only grown. So why would Trump oppose it now?...
NJ Transit crew member suspended after falsely announcing ICE agents were on train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — A NJ Transit crewman was suspended without pay Monday after announcing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security agents were on his morning rush-hour train to New York, the transit...
Crude by rail shipments could more than double to 390,000 barrels per day: IEA
(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) OTTAWA — Crude-by-rail shipments could more than double over the next two years from historic highs as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives, said the International Energy Agency Monday. Full...
