February 15, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 14, 2022) NEW YORK — The Port of Savannah, Ga., handled 479,700 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in January—a 4% gain over the same month last year, when cargo volumes grew 22%, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reported. This the 18th...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 14, 2022) MTA New York City Transit’s (NYCT) subway ridership recently topped 3 million for three consecutive days, the first time the transit system surpassed that ridership mark since Dec. 17, 2021, when the omicron...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2022) CHICAGO — A person earlier believed to have been hit by an inbound Metra train in Park Ridge actually suffered a “near miss,” a Metra spokeswoman said late Monday morning. Full story: Chicago...
February 14, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: CBS Denver, February 13, 2022) DENVER — Several freight train cars derailed in Denver Saturday morning. Burlington Northern Santa Fe confirmed the crash happened at around 6 a.m. Officials add three of seven cars fell into the South Platte River. There are no...
February 14, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Reuters, February 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservation groups on Friday accused the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) of improperly approving a roughly $1.5 billion rail line in Utah’s Uinta Basin because the resulting boost in the...
