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Why CSX doesn’t want high-speed passenger trains on its tracks
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on June 23, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Adding passenger trains traveling 110 mph to CSX tracks would cut the amount of freight traffic the railroad could handle, CSX Transportation officials...
NJ Transit returns $4 million from Hudson River tunnel study
(The following story by Mike Frassinelli appeared on The Star-Ledger website on June 22, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — A $4 million Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor Study for NJ Transit appeared on a list of Federal Transit Administration earmarks that were introduced and...
DOT announces new Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS)
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on June 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced members of the Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS), a newly formed advisory committee that will...
CP Rail: Flood waters receding in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan
(Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following service bulletins on June 23, 2010.) CALGARY — We continued to make progress restoring the southern mainline affected by washouts from the severe flooding in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. As water levels slowly...
$100 million pact could bring more trains to Boston’s western suburbs
(The following story by John Dyer appeared on the Boston Globe website on June 24, 2010.) BOSTON — The western suburbs of Boston wanted more commuter-rail trains. Now, they might get them. In their backyard. State and CSX officials say they are close to sealing a $100...
Union Pacific says EPA destroyed records it wanted
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. asked a federal judge Wednesday to order the Environmental Protection Agency to stop destroying records the railroad requested about lead contamination in Omaha. The...
NS extends Heartland Corridor to Columbus-Cincinnati line
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s long-awaited project to carve a double-stack intermodal train corridor through the Appalachian Mountains just got a bit...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, June 21 — 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....
New benefit year for railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 21, 2010.) CHICAGO — A new benefit year under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act begins July 1, 2010. Administered by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), this Act provides two kinds of benefits for...
CSX backs out of West Virginia festival; forces change of plans
(The following story by Kevin Spradlin appeared on the Cumberland Times-News website on June 23, 2010.) CUMBERLAND, Md. — An effort to celebrate 100 years of railroad in West Virginia lost steam when event organizers learned CSX had pulled its support from the...
Amtrak Service Workers Council approves five-year pact
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 22, 2010.) Amtrak Service Workers Council (ASWC) members recently ratified a new Amtrak contract by a 450-116 vote. The ASWC represents all Amtrak on-board service workers and includes three member...
Union Pacific makes track improvements from Grand Island to Gibbon, Neb.
(Union Pacific issued the following on June 22, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will improve Nebraska's transportation infrastructure with a more than $20 million investment to improve the rail line that runs from west of Grand Island, Neb., to Gibbon, Neb. Work on...
BNSF locomotives derail near Power, Mont.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23, 2010.) POWER, Mont. — Crews are fixing a section of track near Power northwest of Great Falls after two BNSF Railway locomotives derailed. The locomotives were at the end of a 125-car train carrying coal from...
Obama nominees confirmed by Senate
(The following appeared on the Washington Post website on June 22, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has confirmed the following nominations by unanimous consent through June 21, 2010, according to the Senate whip's office: -- Brian Hayes to be a member of the...
STB to hold July 7 public hearing in Maine on MMA abandonment
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on June 22, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Surface Transportation Board announced today that it will hold a public hearing in Presque Isle, Maine, on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, to allow interested persons to...
NTSB remarks on one-year anniversary of fatal D.C. Metro collision
(The The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on June 22, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting today to consider a final report on a motor coach accident in Arizona. At the opening of the meeting, NTSB...
Operation Lifesaver observes international crossing awareness day
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 22, 2010.) On June 22, Operation Lifesaver Inc. is observed International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) to raise awareness of grade crossing safety. ILCAD stresses educational measures and...
BNSF cites federal preemption, appeals $21.6 million verdict
(The following story by Paul Levy appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on June 22, 2010.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Was the jury that awarded a record $21.6 million to the families of four young people killed in a 2003 train-car accident in Anoka properly...
NRG and CSX reach accord on coal shipping rates
(The following story by Gib Snyder appeared on The Observer website on June 23, 2010.) DUNKIRK, N.Y. — The path has apparently been cleared for the resumption of coal shipments to the NRG Power Marketing LLC's Dunkirk generating station. An e-filing posted on the...
CP Rail says Canada traffic delayed by floods
(Reuters circulated the following on June 22, 2010.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) is rerouting freight traffic, some via other carriers, after flooding on the Canadian Prairies damaged its transcontinental line, a spokesman said on Tuesday....
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