Rail Industry News
The day South Carolina passenger trains ran out of steam
(Source: The Post and Courier, December 1, 2018) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Some railroad enthusiasts this week will commemorate a bittersweet milestone that marked a turning point for a bygone era of the travel industry. Full story: The Post and Courier
Strasburg museum may house famous Philadelphia Amtrak board
(Source: Lancaster Online, November 30, 2018) STRASBURG, Pa. — The iconic, ever-moving status board at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia is getting closer to its final split-flap, and it may be heading to Lancaster County. Full story: www.lancasteronline.com
Amtrak ridership down in Missouri
(Source: News Tribune, November 30, 2018) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Although Amtrak saw an increase in ridership over the Thanksgiving holiday, overall ridership for this fiscal year is down on the Missouri River Runner, according to figures from the Missouri Department...
Georgia to open $90 million rail hub tying Gainesville to Savannah port
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 3, 2018) GAINESVILLE, Ga. — State officials unveiled plans Monday to build a $90 million inland port — on land connected to one of Gov. Nathan Deal’s top allies — that’s designed to improve access to Savannah’s booming...
CSX on board, but huge funding gap for Baltimore tunnel project
(Source: Railway Age, December 3, 2018) NEW YORK — The Maryland Ports Administration is short $263 million, according to a new report, to start construction to clear doublestack trains through Baltimore’s 122-year-old Howard Street Tunnel, to eventually reach inland...
California Prop 6 proponents introduce anti-high-speed rail initiative
(Source: Streetsblog California, December 3, 2018) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Carl DeMaio just won’t go away quietly. After the trouncing of his Proposition 6, which would have repealed the recent increase in gas taxes and caused other mayhem with California’s...
Ottawa warns of dangerously exhausted train crews as Alberta ramps up oil by rail
(Source: CBC News, December 2, 2018) OTTAWA — An internal Transport Canada document warns of the safety risks posed by exhausted crew members on trains, even as Alberta pursues a plan to ratchet up already-booming shipments of oil-by-rail. Federal work rules in the...
CSX is not ruling out a merger
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, November 30, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced they would implement "principles" of the PSR model, one question loomed large: Who would lead the charge? Full story: Supply Chain Dive
Texas A&M and Union Pacific announcements regarding Thursday’s procession for Bush funeral
(Source: Radio station WTAW, December 3, 2018) BRYAN, Texas — Texas A&M has announced parking and viewing areas for the funeral train carrying George H.W. Bush Thursday afternoon. Union Pacific locomotive No. 4141 is scheduled to leave Spring at 12:30. The train, also...
Here’s the history behind the special UP locomotive and train that will transport George H.W. Bush
(Source: Corpus Christi Caller Times, December 3, 2018) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Former President George H.W. Bush will travel to his final resting place in a one-of-a-kind train. The Union Pacific Locomotive No. 4141 was made to honor the 41st president, who died Nov....
George H.W. Bush will journey to his final resting place on a UP train whose locomotive is named for him
(Source: CNN, December 3, 2018) George H.W. Bush's journey to his final resting place will be aboard a train whose engine was specifically built to honor his life. Full story: www.cnn.com
Mexican government says train project, oil refinery backed by vote
(Source: Reuters, November 26, 2018) MEXICO CITY — The incoming Mexican government said on Monday that a weekend public consultation vote had approved 10 major policy proposals ranging from a new rail line connecting states in eastern Mexico and a new oil refinery in...
Grain-shipping season off to a strong start, say CN and CP
(Source: iPolitics.ca, November 27, 2018) OTTAWA — Top executives from Canada’s commodity transporters told the House agriculture committee that this year’s grain shipments are moving well so far, but wouldn’t guarantee this season will be immune from the delays that...
UP cuts 60 jobs in Little Rock area as part of nationwide layoffs
(Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette, November 27, 2018) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific Corp. eliminated about 60 jobs in the Little Rock area Monday, the Omaha, Neb.-based railroad operator said. The jobs were in Union Pacific's locomotive and car-repair facilities,...
General Motors to lay off 15 percent of workers, shutter 5 plants in North America
(Source: ABC News, November 26, 2018) NEW YORK — General Motors is laying off 15 percent of its salaried workers and shuttering five plants in North America, the Detroit automaker announced on Monday. Full story: ABC News
Texas bullet train expected to break ground in late 2019
(Source: Television station WFAA, November 27, 2018) TOKYO — Texas Central said it will break ground late next year on the first bullet train line in the United States, which will connect Dallas to Houston, and the train, technology and much of the know-how is coming...
In California, man killed by Amtrak train while placing flowers on tracks for man previously killed by train
(Source: Associated Press, November 27, 2018) MOORPARK, Calif. — Authorities say a man hit and killed by an Amtrak train in Southern California had been placing flowers on the tracks for another man fatally struck by an Amtrak train days earlier. The Ventura County...
Keolis says wheel came off MBTA commuter rail train, causing derailment
(Source: CBS Boston, November 27, 2018) WALTHAM, Mass. — An MBTA commuter rail train derailed near the Belmont-Waltham line Tuesday morning. Fitchburg line train 404 left Wachusett around 6:20 a.m. and then partially slipped off the tracks near Waverly Square around 8...
Railroads make headway on PTC, but some may miss Dec. 31 deadline
(Source: Engineering News-Record, November 26, 2018) NEW YORK — As a yearend deadline draws near, U.S. railroads are making gains in putting federally mandated automatic train control systems in place, but a few carriers are in danger of failing to do all the work...
NTSB says broken rail probable cause of 2017 UP ethanol train derailment in Graettinger, Iowa
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 27, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 10, 2017, about 12:50 a.m., Central Standard Time, eastbound Union Pacific Railroad unit ethanol train, UEGKOT-09, with 3 locomotives, 98 loaded tank cars, and...
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