May 9, 2023 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WBRC, May 8, 2023) A representative from Norfolk Southern confirmed to WBRC that a train that has been parked on Cardiff Lynn’s Crossing Road has now been moved. Representatives say the train was awaiting repairs before it could be moved....
May 9, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, May 8, 2023) The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (BRC) is seeking to join the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) voluntary confidential program (C3RS) that allows railroads and their employees to report close calls. Full story: Railway...
May 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: WBUR, May 9, 2023) Members of the Joint House Committee on Transportation met on Monday to hear proposals for several bills geared toward improving or changing the way people in the state get around. Among the bills reviewed was a proposal to create a new...
May 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 8, 2023) BNSF’s pre-tax earnings declined 8.8%, to $1.6 billion, as revenue increased 1.9%, to $5.8 billion, BNSF’s parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. The railroad’s operating ratio was 68.4%, a 3.8-point increase from a...
May 8, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Lawsuit, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, May 5, 2023) Union Pacific is asking a federal court of appeals to review the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. UP had expressed concerns during STB hearings on...
May 8, 2023 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Pacific Harbor Line press release, May 5, 2023) Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) and the Federal Railroad Administration today welcomed the latest PHL class of locomotive engineers to serve the important role of moving millions of shipping containers 24/7 at the Los...
May 8, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, May 6, 2023) Kansas health officials have identified elevated levels of liver cancer among people living in several historically Black neighborhoods in Wichita where groundwater was polluted by a Union Pacific rail yard chemical spill....
May 8, 2023 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 8, 2023) Six rail transit systems will receive more than $700 million in grants to replace aging railcars under grants announced Friday by the Federal Transit Administration as part of the Rail Vehicle Replacement Program. Full story:...
May 8, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 5, 2023) Mexico is seeking to incorporate Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) into three projects, Business News Americas reported. After a meeting between Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, U.S. officials, and CPKC executives...
May 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 8, 2023) Progress is well under way on structural upgrades to BNSF’s 119-year-old Bridge 3.9A over Lake Pend Oreille outside Sandpoint, Idaho. The completion in November 2022 of the adjacent 4,873-foot long Bridge 3.9B allowed BNSF to divert...
