May 17, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Security, Short Line
(Source: Television station WALB, May 16, 2019) ALBANY, Ga. — The Albany Police Department wants the public’s help identifying the juveniles who shot at a Georgia & Florida Railway freight train as it was coming in to the Albany station Wednesday evening....
May 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Transport Topics, May 16, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leaders of the transportation policy panel of the U.S. House of Representatives expressed concern about possible unfair trade practices in the freight rail and transit sectors. Full story: Transport...
May 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Reuters, May 16, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — China’s CRRC, the world’s top passenger train maker, was slammed by United States lawmakers during a hearing on Thursday (May 16) to limit its access to US projects amid security fears. While some experts...
May 16, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: The Republican, May 15, 2019) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Chinese-owned CRRC MA has been lauded for creating 158 jobs here as it builds Orange Line subway cars for the T and prepares to work on Red Line cars later this year. In Washington, where another CRRC...
May 15, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 14, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA and the Citizens Crime Commission are offering a $6,000 reward for information that leads to arrests and convictions of two men suspected in the shooting of a Regional Rail conductor during an...
May 14, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, May 10, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — A botched robbery left a SEPTA conductor shot on a regional rail train as passengers disembarked at a northwest Philadelphia station. The 57-year-old male conductor was shot once in the hip, Philadelphia police...
May 13, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Chicago Sun Times, May 10, 2019) CHICAGO — Amtrak’s proposed budget cuts will shrink the rail agency’s police department by 18% in the next three years, according to the union representing Amtrak police. Full story: Chicago...
May 10, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Reuters, May 9, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — China’s CRRC plans to bid on a big Washington D.C. subway project as it doubles down on a charm campaign in the United States to quash a rising chorus of critics who have cast the rail car maker as a threat to cyber...
May 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: New York Post, May 6, 2019) NEW YORK — A female train operator was punched in the face in an unprovoked, random attack Monday afternoon, cops said. The 42-year-old operator was locking up the F train at the end of the line in Coney Island station around 1:40...
May 6, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: New York Post, May 3, 2019) NEW YORK — Amtrak plans to cut its nation-wide payroll over the next three years — including potentially dangerous 20 percent reductions in its police force set to begin next month, The Post has learned. Full story: New York...
