May 15, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Thursday the final report for its investigation of the June, 10, 2017, Queens Village, New York, railroad accident in which a...
May 15, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, May 15, 2020) CALGARY — When Canadian Pacific Railway’s doomed Train 301 left Calgary in early February 2019 heading into the B.C. mountains bound for Vancouver, crew members had no idea it was on a death ride. Full story:...
May 15, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 13, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 9, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 412,549 carloads...
May 15, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 14, 2020) U.S. freight-rail traffic plunged 22.1 percent to 412,549 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending May 9 compared with the same week a year ago, Association of American Railroads (AAR) data shows. Full story:...
