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UP plan may boost economy in Cheyenne, Wyo.
(Source: Wyoming Tribune Eagle, August 14, 2011) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Officials in Cheyenne, Wyo., are hopeful that Union Pacific's plans to bring rail service to an industrial park in their city will add jobs and help boost the local economy. BNSF Railway already...
Pullback creates buying opportunity at CN, CP Rail
(Source: Financial Post, August 15, 2011) OTTAWA — A pullback in stock prices has created a buying opportunity for investors in Canada's two largest railways, CN and CP Rail. Full story: Financial Post
California receives additional $55 million for passenger rail projects
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, August 12, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has received $55 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration for safety and...
Small bomb found on NS tracks in Conneaut, Ohio
(Source: Television station WKYC, August 14, 2011) CONNEAUT, Ohio — A small bomb about the size of a package of cigarettes was found on Norfolk Southern tracks in Conneaut, Ohio, this past weekend. While it likely would not have caused damage to a train, it could have...
Opinion: California high-speed rail on track to better travel
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2011) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The San Francisco Chronicle published an opinion column by Thomas J. Umberg, Chairman of the Board of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, on August 14. In it, Mr. Umberg writes that the...
Failures on aging Northeast Corridor spur delays, worries
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2011) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Train delays throughout the summer caused by aging power lines, equipment troubles, congested tunnels and other malfunctions have highlighted the fragile condition of the Northeast Corridor,...
OSHA orders Metro-North to pay more than $141,000 to rail worker who reported injury
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 10, 2011) BOSTON, Mass. — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that the Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. discriminated against an employee by...
OSHA fines Norfolk Southern $122,000 for whistleblower violations
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2011) GREENSBORO, N.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to pay a former employee $122,199 in compensatory and...
Amtrak launches free iPhone application
(Source: Amtrak press release (PDF), August 11, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak passengers can now plan trips, purchase tickets, modify existing reservations, check train schedules and status, and view station information from the convenience of an iPhone with the...
Man gets probation for false statements in Amtrak sabotage case
(Source: The Post-Journal, August 12, 2011) BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying to the FBI during an investigation into the attempted derailment of an Amtrak train in New York state. Full story: Post-Journal
China recalls bullet trains due to malfunctions
(Source: CNN, August 12, 2011) ATLANTA, Ga. — CNN reported today that China's second-largest train manufacturer will recall 54 bullet trains running on the new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line after a series of malfunctions. Full story: www.cnn.com
Fact-checking website corrects Florida governor’s high-speed rail falsehood
(Source: www.PolitiFact.com, August 5, 2011) MIAMI, Fla. — Fact-checking website PolitiFact.com recently clarified an outlandish falsehood spread by Florida Governor Rick Scott, who is desperately trying to defend his decision to turn down $2.4 billion in federal...
Pan Am Railway loses its appeal
(Source: Nashoba Publishing, August 12, 2011) BOSTON — At $500,000, it was touted as the largest corporate criminal fine in Massachusetts state history. An appeals court upheld the ruling this week against Pan Am Railways and its subsidiaries, Springfield Terminal...
Survey sees major shift of truck freight to intermodal
(Source: Journal of Commerce, August 11, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shippers are shifting freight from all-truck modes to railroad intermodal shipments at the fastest rate in the past eight years, according to a shipper survey analyzed by the Journal of Commerce....
AAR: Railroad report modest gains in weekly rail traffic
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 11, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported modest gains in weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads originating 287,321 carloads for the week ending August 6,...
CP Rail, Parks Canada work to keep grizzlies off rail tracks
(Source: Globe and Mail, August 9, 2011) CALGARY, Alberta — Parks Canada is working with the Canadian Pacific railway in an effort to curb the deaths of grizzly bears on railroad tracks. In the past 12 months, 13 grizzlies have been killed on CP Rail tracks west of...
Sentencing today in NY train track vandalism case
(Source: Associated Press, August 11, 2011) BUFFALO, N.Y. — A western New York man faces sentencing today for lying to investigators after someone tried to derail a passenger train last summer. James Phillips admitted to lying about who'd been at a party on the...
Sen. Harry Reid urges California not to abandon high-speed rail
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, August 10, 2011) SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that it would be "short-sighted" to abandon high-speed rail plans in California. Some lawmakers are showing...
Pacific Surfliner gets funding for Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, August 10, 2011) SAN DIEGO — The California Department of Transportation says it has received nearly $25 million in federal funding to install Positive Train Control safety equipment on the Pacific Surfliner rail line in San Diego County....
CN inks deal to ship lumber to China
(Source: Canadian National press release, August 10, 2011) VANCOUVER, B.C., Aug. 10, 2011 — CN and China's CNBM Forest Products Trading Ltd. announced today that they have reached an agreement to use CN's new lumber transload facility in Vancouver to increase the...
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