June 15, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: The Daily Beast, June 14, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A neo-Nazi accused of attempting to derail an Amtrak train is expected to abandon his not guilty plea, his lawyer says. Full story: The Daily Beast
June 6, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, May 29, 2018) MEXICO CITY — Freight train robbers in Mexico are increasingly blocking tracks or loosening rails to stop trains and steal the contents, causing increasing danger. The federal rail agency said Monday the number of cargo thefts...
May 29, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 24, 2018) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week announced the availability of $1.6 billion in grant funding for programs used to help prevent acts of terrorism. The grant programs provide funding to several...
May 17, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Chicago Tribune, May 16, 2018) CHICAGO — On the one-year anniversary of the shooting of an Amtrak conductor in Naperville, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois on Wednesday introduced a bipartisan bill that would make assault or intimidation of...
May 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 11, 2018) The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) today is conducting a pilot security screening program at the Port Authority Trans-Hudson’s (PATH) World Trade Center Station. Full story: Progressive...
May 14, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: The Copenhagen Post, May 14, 2018) COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A DDoS cyber attack made buying a ticket tough for Danish rail travellers Sunday night. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming...
May 10, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, May 9, 2018) LINCOLN, Neb. — A Missouri man has asked to change his plea to guilty in connection with an armed attempt to disable an Amtrak train last fall. Full story: Omaha World-Herald
May 2, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, May 1, 2018) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — An audit has found a number of security vulnerabilities at Philadelphia’s main train station, including that it can’t be locked in the event of an emergency because staffers don’t have the...
April 11, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Asbury Park Press, April 10, 2018) NEW YORK — Actor T.J. Miller, best known for his role as the irrepressible software designer Erlich Bachman in the HBO comedy series “Silicon Valley,” was charged with phoning in a fake bomb threat while aboard an Amtrak...
April 11, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security, STB
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, April 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House overwhelmingly passed two bipartisan railroad data and information security bills: H.R. 4921, the “STB Information and Security Act,” and H.R. 4925, the “FRA Safety Data...
