Rail Industry News
Norfolk Southern announces private exchange offer
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 17, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation announced today the commencement of an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all outstanding 7.90% Notes due 2097 (the “Existing Notes”) for 5.30%...
Amtrak replacing faulty railroad ties in Rhode Island, across Northeast
(The following story by Bruce Landis appeared on the Providence Journal website on September 17, 2010.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak is working on its railroad, spending tens of millions of dollars replacing thousands of the concrete ties that hold up its tracks because...
Cargo security program wasted $2 billion, says Senator
(The following story by R.G. Edmonson appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 16, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A failure to communicate between two Department of Homeland Security agencies on advanced supply chain security technology was a factor in the...
Shipper group says rail study could affect Obama plan
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 16, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Activist rail shippers who want Congress to toughen freight rail oversight say a new Senate committee study of rail finances should make...
STB’s Elliott plans three-pronged rail reform strategy
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 15, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board is poised to mount a three-pronged regulatory reform effort that could expand its activism on railroad-shipper...
Rockefeller vows rail reform through law or regulation
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 15, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A national rail plan envisioned by the Obama administration must be preceded by shipper-supportive changes in rail competition rules either...
Rails challenge Senate study, attack on railroad profits
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on September 15, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad industry sharply rejected criticisms of railroad finances by a new report from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation...
AAR: Rail traffic slows during holiday week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on September 16, 2010.) WASHINGTON , D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported weekly rail traffic slowed during the Labor Day holiday with U.S. railroads originating 277,530 carloads...
Acting for impaired Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board’s policy is that every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairments make a railroad...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, September 13 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
RRB: Summary of annual financial report to Congress
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system and the railroad...
Test run for two of SEPTA’s new Silverliner V train cars
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on The Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 16, 2010.) Philadelphia, P.A. — Humming along at 90 miles an hour as it approached Norwood on Tuesday, SEPTA’s newest train was quiet and steady. And it still had that...
Norfolk Southern’s Heartland Corridor: Good News for the U.S.
(The following story appeared on the PR-USA website on September 16, 2010.) A combined wrongful death suit and personal injury suit against Union Pacific Railroad began in earnest Tuesday as jurors heard opening statements and the beginning of the plaintiffs’ case....
Norfolk Southern’s plan to alter railroad crossings in Antrim Township draws complaints
(The following story by Marcus Rauhut appeared on the Public Opinion website on September 16, 2010.) ANTRIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Two Antrim Township residents told the state they have concerns about Norfolk Southern's plan to alter rail crossings. Norfolk Southern wants to...
NJ Transit was right to can Koran-burning creep Derek Fenton, says Gov. Chris Christie
(The following story by Pete Donohue appeared on the New York Daily News website on September 16, 2010.) New York, N.Y. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday backed the controversial firing of a transit worker who burned pages of the Koran outside a planned...
NJ Transit chief knows of riders’ frustrations
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the APP website on September 16, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — The 464 people who listened to NJ Transit’s live chat Wednesday afternoon learned that even Executive Director James Weinstein gets delayed on the train, just like...
Megabus strikes SEPTA work truck
(The following story by Creighton Rabs appeared on the Philadelphia Metro Transportation Examiner website on September 16, 2010.) Philadelphia, P.A. — On the heels of a fatal accident in Upstate New York this past weekend, a double-decker coach owned by Coach USA...
Historic Union Pacific steam locomotive plans to pull circus train as part of regional tour
(The following story was posted by the Associated Press website on September 16, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. - One of Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotives will help deliver the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Denver later this month as part of a...
CSX blames maintenance crews for falling railroad spikes
(The following story by Barry M. Horstman appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on September 15, 2010.) CINCINNATI - CSX Transportation officials said Wednesday they hope that "better housekeeping" by their railroad maintenance crews will eliminate the recent...
CN aims to improve efficiency with suppliers
(The following story by Robert Gibbens appeared on the Montreal Gazette website on September 15, 2010.) MONTREAL - Claude Mongeau, CEO of Canadian National Railway Co., urged supply chain partners Wednesday to work more closely together and with the company to deliver...
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