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AAR: Railroads report incremental gains in weekly traffic
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on June 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported incremental gains in weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads originating 290,181 carloads for the week ending...
Reward is offered in Iowa rail switch tampering incident
(The Iowa Interstate Railroad issued the following press release on June 17, 2011.) MENLO, Iowa — Today, the Iowa Interstate Railroad announced a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for tampering...
Florida’s congressional leaders split over privatizing Amtrak
(The following appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on June 16, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two senior members of Florida's congressional delegation are fighting over a plan to privatize rail service in the Northeast. On Wednesday, Republican U.S. Rep. John...
RRB Informational Conferences on June 17 in Colorado
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences for elected officers of all railroad labor unions throughout 2011. Registration for each informational conference begins at 8 a.m. The programs begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:30...
STB won’t block Tongue River Railroad to Otter Creek coal tracts
(The following appeared on the Billings Gazette website on June 16, 2011.) BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal panel has rejected an attempt by conservationists to halt the construction of a 130-mile coal railroad that would open a new area of Montana to mining. Wednesday's...
Agreement rescues Empire Builder from rising Devils Lake
(The following appeared on The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead website on June 16, 2011.) FARGO, N.D. — Although the funding is not yet in place, it appears Amtrak’s Empire Builder may be rescued from the flooded Devils Lake Basin. BNSF Railway, Amtrak and a federal-state...
Railroads steaming ahead to a better fuel
(The following appeared on the Bio Diesel Magazine website on June 14, 2011.) Some railroads are beginning to recognize the benefits associated with employing a renewable fuel in their operations. In fact, Amtrak and BNSF Railway Co. are each participating in...
Railroad fights fines over Mexican drugs hidden on trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 16, 2011.) EL PASO, Texas — A border security program to X-ray every train rolling into the US has prompted as much as $400 million in fines against US railroads, which are held responsible for bales of marijuana,...
Would airport-style train security make us less safe?
(The following appeared on the Infrastructurist website on June 15, 2011.) After intelligence gathered at Osama bin Laden’s compound raised fears of a terrorist attack on America’s trains, Senator Chuck Schumer called for Amtrak to embrace airport-style security...
Sen. Hutchison probes threats to rail security at Congressional hearing
(The office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison issued the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) called for greater emphasis on rail security and pressed John Pistole, the...
Amtrak chief: Trains more vulnerable than planes
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak President Joseph Boardman says he wants to step up security patrols of the passenger rail network and explore new technologies able to provide advance warning of track...
Editorial: Passenger rail service essential to America
(The following editorial appeared on the Independent Record website on June 15, 2011.) HELENA, Mont. — Lots of folks are fond of saying that government needs to be run more like a business, and we agree — to a point. When it comes to finding efficiencies, streamlining...
Hoffa: ‘We will not be silenced’
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said the Wisconsin Supreme Court set a dangerous precedent by stripping government workers of their collective bargaining...
Investors could take stake in Amtrak under proposal
(Reuters issued the following on June 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation proposed on Wednesday would open ownership of Amtrak's Northeast operations to private investment as a catalyst for developing high-speed service on the heavily used route. U.S....
Third set of M-8s goes into service on Metro-North
(The following appeared on the Stamford Advocate website on June 14, 2011.) STAMFORD, Conn. — A few more New Haven Line riders got a surprise Tuesday morning when the latest six-car set of new M-8 cars went into service during morning rush hour, the first new group of...
RailAmerica reports May 2011 monthly carloads down 1.7%
(RailAmerica issued the following press release on June 14, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. reported that its total freight carloads for the month ended May 31, 2011 were 69,776, down 1.7% from 70,967 in May 2010. The Company had increased shipments in...
Genesee & Wyoming reports May 2011 traffic up 12.7%
(Genessee & Wyoming issued the following press release on June 13, 2011.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) today reported traffic volumes for May 2011. GWI’s traffic in May 2011 was 82,319 carloads, an increase of 9,262 carloads, or 12.7 percent,...
Metra’s on-time statistics called into question
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on June 14, 2011.) CHICAGO — A Tribune analysis of more than 200,000 Metra train runs in 2010 found that while Metra's overall record is the equivalent of one late trip per 20 rides — or once every two weeks for a...
NS slows Amtrak speeds on Detroit-Chicago line
(The following appeared on the Detroit News website on June 15, 2011.) DETROIT, Mich. — Railway passengers may face delays of up to 90 minutes on trains running between Ypsilanti and Kalamazoo due to a decision by the Norfolk Southern railway to decrease speeds on...
For investors, Canadian National beats Canadian Pacific
(Bloomberg News circualted the following on June 15, 2011.) NEW YORK — Canada’s two biggest railways are under pressure from government and customers to reduce delays, with investors profiting from Canadian National Railway Co.’s performance and losing on Canadian...
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