March 13, 2025 | Headlines, NS, Weather
(Source: Trains.com, March 12, 2025) Norfolk Southern is set to begin replacing a collapsed bridge today (March 12) on its line between Newport and Asheville, N.C., and should reopen the route closed by Hurricane Helene by the end of the month. Full story:...
March 3, 2025 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, March 3, 2025) Disbursement of funds from grants awarded under a variety of Federal Railroad Administration continue to be held up by a lengthy approval process involving FRA personnel. These investments are threatened by potential staff...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security, Train Length, UP
(Source: Associated Press, February 24, 2025) In a Jan. 13 robbery, suspects cut an air brake hose on a BNSF freight train traveling through a remote section of Arizona and made off with more than 1,900 pairs of unreleased Nikes worth more than $440,000, according to...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, February 24, 2025) For the year, BNSF’s pre-tax earnings increased 0.5%, to $6.64 billion, while revenue declined 0.5%, to $23.35 billion, the railway’s corporate parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. BNSF’s net income declined 1.1%,...
February 7, 2025 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains.com, February 6, 2025) Canadian Pacific Kansas City today (Feb. 6, 2025) held the official opening ceremonies for the new Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge, the second span crossing the Rio Grande at the busiest rail gateway between...
February 7, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: The Urbanist, February 6, 2025) New intercity passenger rail legislation filed in the Washington State Legislature would set ambitious targets for enhanced Amtrak Cascades service and accountability. Full story: The Urbanist
February 6, 2025 | C3RS, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, February 4, 2025) On February 3, rail union leaders gathered for a virtual media briefing to call for safety reforms across the freight rail industry on the two-year anniversary of the toxic...
February 6, 2025 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains.com, February 6, 2025) U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) has reintroduced two bills stemming from the East Palestine derailment of 2023 — one broadening the definition of a “high-hazard flammable train” and setting reporting requirements for railroads...
February 6, 2025 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 4, 2025) If you thought Federal Railroad Administration grant programs for things like passenger service, shortline track maintenance, and grade crossing elimination projects would be the least likely place to become a front in the...
February 3, 2025 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: National Public Radio, February 3, 2025) Two years after a Norfolk Southern train derailment spewed a toxic cloud that drove thousands from their homes, freight trains with the same chemicals central to that disaster roll through town — with few steps taken...
