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2 big sections of Calif. high-speed rail line face delays
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state agency behind California's proposed $43 billion high-speed rail line has recommended delaying the environmental impact report on segments running through two densely populated areas until at least next year. California High-Speed Rail...
Worker productivity in the U.S. accelerates in 2010 4Q
The productivity of U.S. workers unexpectedly increased in the fourth quarter at a faster rate as companies sought to contain costs. The measure of employee output per hour rose at a 2.6 percent annual rate, compared with a revised 2.4 percent gain in the previous...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic remains up over 2010
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on February 3 that weekly rail traffic was up over 2010 levels for the week ending Jan. 29, 2011, with U.S. railroads originating 291,147 carloads, up 4.7 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal...
Mica announces sites for transport funding public meetings
Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is keeping his word to go on the road to collect ideas for a new multiyear transportation bill, while at the same time educating new House members on transportation issues....
Railroads seek delay of STB competition hearing
The railroad industry is asking the Surface Transportation Board to put off its scheduled May 3 hearing on whether regulators should order freight railroads to give their shippers greater access to competing rail service. Shipper groups, in reply, are telling the STB...
DOT issues strong intermodal rail endorsement
The Department of Transportation has sent the Surface Transportation Board a strong endorsement of intermodal service at major railroads, appearing to weigh in against a possible expansion of STB regulatory power to that type of cargo. The Jan. 31 filing by DOT...
Injured BNSF worker airlifted from rail yard in Willmar, Minn.
Emergency responders used hydraulic jacks to free a man pinned under a 221,000-pound grain car Thursday morning in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway yard in Willmar. According to a statement issued by BNSF Thursday afternoon, “a BNSF Railway employee sustained...
Rail depot time capsule unearthed in California
If it hadn’t been for the intervention of a Watsonville historian, a bit of history would likely have been lost forever. After Jane Borg, an archivist with the Pajaro Valley Historical Association, learned that the Union Pacific station on Salinas Road was to be torn...
NS facilitates $2.5 billion in industrial investment along rail lines in 2010
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on February 2, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 67 new industries and the expansion of 28 existing industries along its rail lines in 2010. New plants and expansions...
Recycled plastic ties coming to some U.S. railroads
Axion International has won a $15 million contract to make railroad ties made from recycled plastic, the company announced yesterday (February 2). The railroad ties will specifically be made of Recycled Structural Composite (RSC), the signature recycled plastic...
CN reaches agreements to improve supply chain efficiencies for container traffic
(CN issued the following press release on February 3, 2011.) MONTREAL — CN, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) and the two companies that operate the port's three key container terminals announced today two level of service agreements (LSAs) that will drive a strong...
What will become of Amtrak if it’s left out of high-speed rail plans?
Stimulus money for high-speed rail will create jobs and build needed rail improvements in this country, no matter who builds it. But if Amtrak runs it, it could help strengthen the struggling public company by adding new lines that are generating significant buzz. But...
APTA: Businesses predict revenue losses, layoffs if transportation bill action is delayed
A recent American Public Transportation Association (APTA) survey shows that private-sector business leaders in the public transportation industry are concerned about potential revenue losses, hiring freezes and employee layoffs if Congress delays passage of a...
In Missouri, Amtrak weathers the storm, gets passengers home
When the airports closed and portions of the Missouri interstate system shut down during the storm, one mode of transportation was still on track — Amtrak. Rod Massman is the Rail Administrator for the Department of Transportation. He says the tracks and the trains...
Weather strands Amtrak passengers in Macomb, Ill.
Macomb police say that a disabled Amtrak train has left two dozen passengers stuck in Macomb until at least Thursday. According to reports, the passenger train from Chicago went out of service at the Macomb train depot Tuesday night. Approximately 27 passengers exited...
Metra schedules begin to get back on track after storm
Metra plans to operate a normal weekday schedule Thursday on seven of its lines but only a "modified" weekday schedule on the remaining four lines. This will particularly affect riders on BNSF and UP West, North and West lines, Metra said. Metra advised riders to...
Winter storms disrupt trucking, rail traffic
The massive winter storm hitting a broad swath of the U.S. is delaying or stopping truck and train transport, as states shut icy highways or impose truck limits. The worst of the snow and ice hit the Midwest, from Kansas and Oklahoma to Chicago on Tuesday and was...
Historic blizzard wreaks havoc on air, ground travel
The historic blizzard of 2011 brought transportation chaos that left virtually no corner of the nation untouched, from canceled flights and stranded airline passengers, to closed interstate highways, motorists trapped in their cars, and rail passengers stuck on the...
Norfolk Southern Foundation awards nearly $5.6 million to charity in 2010
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 1, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern Foundation, the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), announced today that it awarded nearly $5.6 million in grants during 2010 to...
Suicide was conclusion in 6 of 20 subway train victims, according to new report
About a third of people killed or injured by subway trains jumped in apparent suicide attempts, reports by state investigators show. Of the 20 people who were struck by trains from March to June of last year, six launched themselves from the platform to the tracks and...
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