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Amtrak Pacific Surfliner works with Major League Baseball to raise awareness of rail safety
(Source: Amtrak press release, September 5, 2018) ORANGE, Calif. — In recognition of September Rail Safety Month and U.S. Rail Safety Week, the Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® will highlight the importance of safety around train tracks with public education and outreach...
New grain mega-terminal opens on CP Rail line in Canada
(Source: Railway Age, September 5, 2018) NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific Railway will provide service for a new, mammoth grain terminal in Alberta province. Paterson Grain opened the Foothills Terminal, the latest addition to its provincial network, in Bowden, Alberta on...
Norfolk Southern, Amtrak adjust service to avoid Gordon
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 5, 2018) Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak yesterday announced service alerts for trains operating in Gulf Coast areas that potentially could be affected by Tropical Depression Gordon. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Body of missing railroad worker found in Louisiana
(Source: WAFB, September 5, 2018) BALDWIN, La. — The body of a missing railroad worker who reportedly fell into a canal Tuesday night has been found, authorities report. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office says the body of Joshua Crocram, 26, of Zachary, was...
Report says LIRR has worst on time performance in 19 years
(Source: ABC 7 New York, September 6, 2018) NEW YORK — A new report is revealing what Long Island Rail Road commuters know all too well: the agency's on-time performance has not been good. Full story: www.abc7ny.com
Hoffa: Americans recognize union value
(Source: Statement by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News, September 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most workers this week received an extra day off for Labor Day, which honors hardworking Americans who for generations have fought...
Canadian crude by rail expected to break volume records in 2019
(Source: www.jwenergy.com, September 5, 2018) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian crude by rail volumes are expected to continue breaking records all through next year as production exceeds pipeline export capacity. Trainloads of Canadian crude have reached new records in the...
10 years later: Remembering the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 6, 2018) CAMARILLO, Calif. — Silver linings were the last thing on Claudia Souser's mind that tragic day 10 years ago when a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, killing 25...
Protesters rally against proposed diesel vent for rail tunnel project that would be located outside elementary school
(Source: Baltimore Sun, September 4, 2018) BALTIMORE — crowd gathered Tuesday morning outside the new Dorothy I. Height Elementary School building in West Baltimore to protest Amtrak’s plans to replace the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel with a new tunnel under the city...
Amtrak completes upgrade of Empire line to Penn Station
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 4, 2018) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak trains are running to Penn Station again, following millions of dollars in infrastructure work on the Empire Connection, a former freight line now used to connect Penn to Amtrak's Empire Corridor....
Amtrak to cancel, curtail North Carolina runs due to track work in September
(Source: Associated Press, September 4, 2018) RALEIGH, N.C. — Amtrak is canceling or curtailing some of its North Carolina service this month because of track work. Full story: www.lmtonline.com
Southwest Chief rolls on
(Source: BC Democrat, September 4, 2018) LA JUNTA, Colo. — City Manager Rick Klein of La Junta was one of the local leaders invited to the special meeting of Amtrak officials, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad, and local officials in Raton last week. Klein was out...
CN orders 60 more locomotives from GE Transportation
(Source: CN press release, September 5, 2018) CHICAGO — GE Transportation announced today that CN will acquire 60 additional locomotives, expanding the class I’s 200-unit order placed in December 2017. “With strong demand across our business, we continue to invest for...
Walt Disney World Teamsters reach tentative agreement
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 31, 2018) ORLANDO, Fla. — A tentative agreement has been reached for members of Teamsters Local 385 who work as bus drivers, laundry workers, characters, parking attendants and ranch hands at Walt...
Gov. Murphy says NJ Transit delays will continue into 2019
(Source: www.nj.com, September 5, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy pulled no punches when he warned commuters that NJ Transit's problems with canceled trains will continue into next year. Full story: www.nj.com
Demand for oil by rail could surge 200 percent without pipeline progress
(Source: Yahoo Finance Canada, September 4, 2018) MONTREAL — Moving oil by train could get 200 per cent more popular by the mid-2020s unless at least two pipeline projects are completed, according to an analyst who sees an “acute crisis” over getting oil to market...
UP to provide crude by rail service for Vista terminal in Texas
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 31, 2018) Vista Proppants and Logistics LLC has entered into a definitive agreement with JupiterMLP LLC for transloading crude oil from truck to rail at its facility in Pecos, Texas. Full story: Progressive Railroading
A look at what’s ahead for the proposed Houston-Dallas bullet train
(Source: Dallas News, September 1, 2018) DALLAS — The Texas Bullet Train still only exists on paper. Yes, it can be built. The technology exists. But the money isn't there yet to build it. Texas Central Partners, which wants to build the train, doesn't yet have all...
Diverted Amtrak service to switch back to NY Penn Station
(Source: Associated Press, August 31, 2018) NEW YORK — Amtrak train service that had been diverted to Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal over the summer will return to New York Penn Station after the holiday weekend. Full story: www.usnews.com
BNSF investments mirror footprint in Oklahoma
(Source: Tulsa World, September 2, 2018) TULSA, Okla. — An objective of President Abraham Lincoln, who never lived to witness its completion, the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was finished in 1869. Full story: Tulsa World
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