October 14, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, October 13, 2021) NEW YORK — For the week ending Oct. 9, 2021, total U.S. weekly rail traffic came in at 506,642 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.6% compared with the same week in 2020, AAR reported on Oct. 13. U.S. Class I railroads moved...
October 14, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, October 12, 2021) WOODLAND, Wash. — The wheel of a slow-traveling Amtrak train came off the tracks Monday afternoon near Woodland, Washington, but no passengers were injured. Full story: Associated Press
October 14, 2021 | Canada, CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, October 14, 2021) RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to release the results of its investigation today into the “possible relation” between train activities and a wildfire this summer in Lytton, B.C....
October 14, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, October 13, 2021) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new and fundamental debate has emerged in the battle over California’s high-speed rail project that could again significantly downgrade the troubled effort: Should the trains even be high speed when...
October 14, 2021 | CP, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 12, 2021) This fall, Canadian Pacific’s first hydrogen-zero emissions locomotive — the H2 OEL — is being prepped for its official painting and launch. Full story: Progressive Railroading
