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NTSB issues safety recommendations after five rear-end freight train collisions in 2011
(Source: NTSB press release, January 12, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today issued two safety recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) related to five rear-end collisions in which crewmembers failed to...
Class I diversity strategies help women break through the glass ceiling
(Source: Progressive Railroading magazine, July 11, 2012) Class I executives acknowledge railroads have a way to go to achieve a gender equity in the rail workforce, but say their companies have been successful at narrowing the gender gap through diversity initiatives...
RailAmerica reports December 2011 monthly carloads
(Source: RailAmerica press release, January 11, 2012) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. today reported that its total freight carloads for the month ended December 31, 2011 were 70,889 down 0.4% from 71,209 in December 2010. The Company increased shipments in...
Opinion: Proxy battle is good news for CP Rail shareholders
(Source: Globe and Mail column by Agnes T. Crane, January 11, 2012) TORONTO — A dose of investor activism rarely fails to invigorate a company’s managers. Canadian Pacific Railway ranks dead last among North America’s big six railways on a key measure of productivity,...
TCRC: CP Rail ownership fight must not impact public safety during treacherous winter months
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, January 10, 2012) OTTAWA — With millions of Canadians living within kilometres of CP Rail's main tracks and a preoccupied CP management team admitting its winter contingency plans fell short last winter,...
NFL players lobby against Indiana right-to-work legislation
(Source: Associated Press, January 12, 2012) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Quarterbacks Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears and Rex Grossman of the Washington Redskins are among six NFL players urging Indiana lawmakers to oppose right-to-work legislation. Full story: Sports...
Wisconsin governor accused of over 1,000 violations of campaign finance law, could face $557,500 fine
(Source: ThinkProgress, January 11, 2012) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) may have violated his state’s campaign finance law over 1,000 times in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign by failing to properly report contributions, according to a new report. Full story:...
Oil “pipeline by rail” planned in Colorado would interchange with UP, BNSF
(Source: Journal of Commerce, January 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Journal of Commerce, Musket Corp. plans to open a crude-oil export terminal at Windsor, Colo., for unit train shipments using a newly constructed four-mile loop on the Great Western...
Proposal seeks high-speed rail jobs for people from high unemployment areas
(Source: Fresno Bee, January 11, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. — If construction of California's high-speed rail project begins this year in the central San Joaquin Valley, employment advocates want to make sure it provides jobs for unemployed workers in the economically...
Amtrak forecasts signal, track upgrades in New York
(Source: Albany Times-Union, January 11, 2012) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Amtrak plans upgrades to the signal systems and tracks after it leases the CSX line from Poughkeepsie to Schenectady, Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman said Wednesday. Full story: Albany Times-Union
Amtrak to launch preliminary studies on Hudson River tunnel project, boost speeds on NEC
(Source: Bergen Record, January 11, 2012) HACKENSACK, N.J. — Amtrak this year will begin studying a proposal to construct a new pair of Hudson River rail tunnels that would connect North Jersey to New York Penn Station. The nation’s passenger railroad will also launch...
Amtrak to purchase new electric locomotives this year
(Source: Bloomberg News, January 11, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak will purchase the first of 70 planned electric locomotives and 130 long-distance cars this year to update its fleet under contracts valued at $764 million, Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman...
RRB names Karl T. Blank General Counsel
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, January 10, 2012) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Karl T. Blank as its General Counsel, effective January 2012 upon the retirement of the agency’s previous General Counsel, Steven...
STB announces appointments to railroad-shipper transportation advisory council
(Source: U.S. Surface Transportation Board press release, January 10, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board today announced the selection of new appointees to serve on the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC). RSTAC consists of...
CSX offers pre-certified, rail-ready sites for fast-track industrial development
(Source: CSX press release, January 10, 2012) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has introduced a new program, CSX Select Sites, offering customers an easy way to access certified, rail-ready properties for a variety of industrial uses. The company invites interested parties to...
Cleanup continues from acid spill at Herington rail yard
(Source: Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, January 11, 2012) HERINGTON, Kan. — Officials from the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Dickinson County and Herington were in Herington Monday following a sulphuric acid spill Sunday from a Union Pacific tanker car in the...
Hunter Harrison keen to take the reins at CP Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, January 11, 2012) TORONTO — In an exclusive interview with the Globe and Mail, famed railway leader Hunter Harrison said he is “excited” about the prospect of running another freight carrier, this time former rival Canadian Pacific Railway...
Ackman to propose minority slate of alternative directors in fight for CP Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, January 11, 2012) TORONTO — Bill Ackman plans to propose a minority slate of alternative directors for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. that will campaign for shareholder support by calling for the ouster of chief executive officer Fred Green....
Rail traffic boom shows Canada’s economic zest
(Source: Bloomberg News, January 11, 2012) OTTAWA — A boom in traffic at Canadian National Railways Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the country’s two largest rail companies, may mean Canada’s recovery will be buoyant even after economists and the Bank of Canada...
NW Indiana train crash responders sickened, possibly from food they were served
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, January 10, 2012) CHICAGO — Numerous emergency workers who responded to a three-train crash in Northwest Indiana Friday became violently ill over the weekend, and authorities said it might have been the food served to them — and not the...
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