November 19, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2015) CHICAGO — The federal government is warning the nation’s railroads, including Chicago’s Metra, that it intends to “aggressively enforce” a new deadline for installation of a high-tech safety system....
November 16, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age, November 13, 2015) NEW YORK — BNSF has tested a UAS (unmanned aerial system, better-known as a drone) supplied by Boeing Co. subsidiary Insitu Inc. in east-central New Mexico, on approximately 132 miles of main line track. Full story: Railway...
November 13, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, November 13, 2015) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Consider this blatant contrast: When people miss the deadline for a bill payment to a credit card company, a medical group or a utility, they still have to pay up and usually are socked with...
November 11, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Technology
(Source: www.nj.com, November 10, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — New York City to Washington D.C. in under an hour? That’s what one U.S. train maker hopes to bring to the East Coast by utilizing the technology from Japan’s magnetic bullet trains. Full story:...
November 9, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Hartford Courant, November 8, 2015) HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is on track: Congress should be tougher in getting the nation’s railroads to comply with a deadline for implementing technology that can prevent fatal accidents....
November 6, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Promising an “aggressive posture,” the head of the agency overseeing railroads urged them Thursday to install a mandated safety system as soon as possible, even after Congress last week pushed the...
November 5, 2015 | Headlines, Legislation, Technology
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — How do you get a controversial plan through Congress with little fuss and few fingerprints? Lawmakers showed one way last week as they raced to give railroads a reprieve, allowing them three to five more...
November 4, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, Technology
(Source: New York Times, November 3, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1981, while traveling on a corporate jet, Richard M. Bressler, the chairman of the Burlington Northern Railroad, hit on an idea: What if the technology used by airlines to track the location of planes...
November 4, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Reuters, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, under pressure from companies including Buffett’s BNSF Railway Co, which has spent more money lobbying Congress this year than any other railroad, U.S. legislators passed, and President Obama...
November 3, 2015 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Altoona Mirror, November 3, 2015) ALTOONA, Pa. — Plans by the Norfolk Southern Corp. to install positive train control components through its 22-state network include a 63-foot tower in Snyder Township, planning documents show. Full story: Altoona...
