March 16, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Effingham Daily News, March 15, 2018) EFFINGHAM, Ill. — One of the men charged with bombing a mosque in Minnesota allegedly melted a rail line in Effingham County in an attempt to cause a derailment, according to prosecutors in a federal case. Full story:...
February 28, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: CNBC, February 27, 2018) NEW YORK — The Transportation Security Administration and Amtrak are testing new technology to detect concealed explosives, the TSA said Tuesday. Full story: CNBC
February 27, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, February 27, 2018) NEW YORK — The Transportation Security Administration will begin testing new suicide vest-detection technology at New York City’s Penn Station starting Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said. Full story:...
February 14, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, February 13, 2018) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A former Canadian Pacific Railway information technology professional was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Tuesday after he intentionally damaged the railway’s computer network in...
February 14, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, February 13, 2018) LINCOLN, Neb. — The lawyer for a Missouri man accused of trying to disable or derail an Amtrak train says his client may not have been mentally aware of what he was doing. Full story: Omaha...
February 2, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 1, 2018) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A St. Charles, Missouri, man who is already facing two terrorism charges after allegedly stopping an Amtrak train in Nebraska is now facing four federal gun charges in St. Louis. Full story: Lincoln...
February 1, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Lexology, January 31, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been 14 years since the 9/11 Commission Report was issued, in which many recommendations were made to improve security in the U.S. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has still not yet...
January 19, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Nebraska Radio Network, January 18, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — An armed Missouri man who abruptly stopped an Amtrak train in southwestern Nebraska in October faces additional charges. The United States Attorney’s Office in Nebraska reports a grand jury has charged...
January 18, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Penn State University press release, December 20, 2017) MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Natural disasters have been a threat to railroads for almost two centuries, and terrorism since before World War II, when the Germans landed a party by submarine in the U.S. in a...
January 12, 2018 | CN, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, January 11, 2018) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Over the objections of prosecutors, a judge has sentenced a man to just five months in jail for cutting railroad safety wires in the Battle Creek area. Full story: www.usnews.com
