October 1, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 27, 2019) American Public Transportation Association (APTA) officials earlier this week urged Congress to increase support for commuter railroads by authorizing $1 billion in funding for positive train control (PTC) over six...
September 30, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 29, 2019) BRIGHTON — As Amtrak’s Lincoln Service train speeds along the Illinois prairie at 67 mph, it shows off a special car coupled to the rear — the Hollywood Beach, a restored private rail car, which is taking a group...
September 30, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philly Voice, September 28, 2019) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — When someone mentions NJ Transit, the state-owned transit system serving New Jersey from top to bottom, the first concepts that spring to mind aren’t exactly “reliability” or “ease...
September 26, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, September 26, 2019) POUGHKEEPSIE — Nearly six years after a Metro-North Railroad Hudson line train derailed as it approached the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, the technology that investigators say could have prevented the crash...
September 26, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Herald, September 25, 2019) BOSTON — That didn’t take very long. The shiny new Orange Line trains are out of service after a door opened up while the train was in motion near the Massachusetts Avenue stop, according to the MBTA. MBTA spokesman Joe...
September 25, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston.com, September 23, 2019) BOSTON — The MBTA is doubling down on double-decker commuter rail cars. The transit agency’s Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a deal Monday to buy 80 new bi-level coaches, as part of a plan to significantly increase...
September 25, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Daily Herald, September 24, 2019) CHICAGO — Metra’s 280,000 daily riders deserve to be on an equal footing with freight trains and Amtrak, the agency’s CEO testified to a congressional committee Tuesday. Transit passengers across the nation...
September 25, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Mass Transit Magazine, September 25, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing on Sept. 24 focused on the challenges faced by U.S. commuter...
September 24, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Evening Tribune, September 23, 2019) HORNELL, N.Y. — Alstom Project Director Didier Cuadrado was happy to welcome a VIP visit from Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul this week, and he’s hopeful it was far from the last time a state or federal official will drop...
September 24, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Crain’s Chicago Business, September 23, 2019) CHICAGO — The head of Metra will be in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 24 for what is being billed as the first congressional hearing in a decade aimed as exploring the needs of the commuter railroad. Metra CEO Jim...
