February 27, 2014 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chief of a federal agency tasked with improving the safety of crude oil shipments by rail declined Wednesday to give lawmakers a date for new tank car rules that railroads and safety...
February 27, 2014 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: USA Today, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads warned Congress again Wednesday they wouldn’t meet a 2015 deadline for automatic braking on trains, but engineers and safety officials urged adoption of the technology that might have...
February 26, 2014 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(Source: Bradenton Herald, February 26, 2014) PORT MANATEE, Fla. — By next month, two new, high-efficiency railroad engines will be at work at Manatee County’s port. They’ll use up to 65 percent less diesel fuel than the port’s previous engine,...
January 30, 2014 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Bloomberg, January 30, 2014) NEW YORK — Regulators proposed a streamlined process for American Indian tribes to complete reviews that railroads have said make it difficult to meet deadlines for finishing the biggest rail-safety project in U.S. history....
January 24, 2014 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2014) LOS ANGELES — Southern California’s Metrolink commuter rail agency plans to replace a key subcontractor Friday in an attempt to keep on schedule a $211-million, state-of-the-art collision avoidance system. Full...
January 23, 2014 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: Associated Press, January 23, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — The diesel-burning locomotive, the workhorse of American railroads since World War II, will soon begin burning natural gas — a potentially historic shift that could cut fuel costs, reduce pollution and...
December 23, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Sun Sentinel, December 22, 2013) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tri-Rail is moving forward with Positive Train Control (PTC), a sophisticated collision avoidance system designed prevent a catastrophe due to human error. But it’s unclear whether it will...
December 9, 2013 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Technology
(Source: CNN, December 8, 2013) TOKYO, Japan — With the fastest speed of Shinkansen trains at a “mere” 320 km/h (200 mph) — and some of its technology decades old — Japan is now facing intense rivalry not only from European train giants France...
December 6, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Chicago Tribune, December 5, 2013) CHICAGO —Sen. Dick Durbin today is calling on Metra to clarify its position on implementing a safety system that experts say would have prevented two serious Metra derailments in 2003 and 2005 and possibly the fatal crash...
December 6, 2013 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: Nebraska Watchdog, December 5, 2013) LA VISTA, Neb. — There is no indication that Union Pacific Railroad will meet a federal deadline for installing Positive Train Control (PTC), a safety system aimed at preventing tragedies like the weekend derailment in New...
