May 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill opinion column by Tara D. Sonenshine, May 2, 2023) For the sake of commerce, tourism and safe travel, America must get its railroads performing at a high level of quality and safety. We made a huge investment in this industry long ago. Let’s protect...
May 2, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 1, 2023) Imagine going back 40 years to early 1983. The only passenger trains running along much of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) were operated by Amtrak itself. Otherwise, what was (and still is) the nation’s busiest passenger railroad...
May 2, 2023 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 1, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $5 million to fund a rail research and development...
May 2, 2023 | Canada, CPKC, Headlines
(Source: West Central Online, May 1, 2023) CPKC’s assistant vice president of sales and marketing – bulk Elizabeth Hucker says for the last three weeks they’ve moved an average of 539,000 metric tons of grain per week. She notes that’s well...
May 2, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, May 1, 2023) The head of the newly-formed Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad isn’t concerned about rivals’ plans to start a competing intermodal service connecting the U.S. and Mexico, asserting CPKC will offer “a much superior service.”...
May 2, 2023 | Headlines, NS, PSR, Train Length
(Source: KDKA, May 1, 2023) People living on a property in Beaver County are finding themselves stranded multiple times a week. The reason is Norfolk Southern trains stop for hours. The issue is only increasing, and they fear the worst is yet to come. Full story: CBS...
May 2, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, April 25, 2023) Billionaire investor and sports team owner Wes Edens wants to get you from Los Angeles to Vegas in about two hours. And he’s building a $12 billion, 186 MPH train line powered by renewable energy to do it. Full story:...
May 2, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, PSR, Train Length
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, May 2, 2023) A Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Safety Advisory, issued on April 27, stated that there had been at least three derailments on Class I railroads in recent months that were caused by long and heavy freight...
May 1, 2023 | CN, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: CTV News, April 28, 2023) Authorities are investigating after a “fatal incident” occurred on Canadian National Railway (CN) property in Montreal’s east end. An employee is said to have died during the incident, which took place in...
May 1, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: The Guardian, May 1, 2023) U.S. freight rail companies nearly spurred a nationwide railroad strike last fall by refusing to grant paid sick days, but in a surprise move welcomed by workers, those railroads have recently granted paid sick days to almost half...
