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Texas bullet train and Amtrak routes to be connected
(Source: Houston Chronicle, May 4, 2018) HOUSTON — Passengers on the proposed Texas bullet train would have access to connections with Amtrak's national routes as part a new agreement between the national train service and Texas Central. Full story: Houston...
CSX CEO Foote buys 5,000 shares of company stock
(Source: Stock News Times, May 5, 2018) NEW YORK — CSX Co. CEO James M. Foote purchased 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 2. The stock was acquired at an average price of $59.91 per share, for a total transaction of $299,550.00. Full...
Cars separate from CSX train in Dayton, Ohio
(Source: Dayton Daily News, May 6, 2018) DAYTON, Ohio — Some of the train cars separated from a train passing through Dayton. The train is more than two miles long. Full story: Dayton Daily News
NTSB publishes preliminary report on April 5 LIRR passenger fatality
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 4, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 5, 2018, about 8:12 p.m. eastern daylight time, a passenger who was walking eastward on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Lynbrook Station platform came into contact...
Brightline, FEC at risk of missing PTC deadline, FRA says
(Source: www.tcpalm.com, May 4, 2018) STUART, Fla. — Brightline and Florida East Coast Railway are "at risk" for not meeting deadlines for installing important safety upgrades — known as positive train control — according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Full...
Canadian rail workers to vote on CP Rail offer from May 14-23
(Source: Reuters Canada, May 1, 2018) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd conductors and locomotive engineers will vote from May 14 to 23 on the company’s latest contract offer, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said on Tuesday, but added the union could still...
Texas drillers find too few rail cars for their oil and sand
(Source: Bloomberg, May 5, 2018) HOUSTON, Texas — Oil producers may be getting in their own way in the race to pump crude from the fertile Permian Basin. Railcars full of sand have helped producers unlock record amounts of crude in the Permian Basin, pushing regional...
Railway records document more than a century of seismic labor shifts
(Source: Cornell Chronicle, May 2, 2018) ITHACA, N.Y. — Railroads transformed the world and sped the pace of social change. Newly organized and now available to researchers, the Kheel Center’s railroad collections tell stories about the seismic shifts, catalyzed by...
CN to purchase 350 new lumber cars from Hamilton’s National Steel Car
(Source: Canadian Press, May 2, 2018) TORONTO — CN Rail says it will purchase 350 lumber cars to meet growing demand in forest products business. The new cars will be manufactured by National Steel Car Ltd. at its assembly plant in Hamilton, Ont., with deliveries...
Alberta turns to trains to move its crude
(Source: Oil Price, May 3, 2018) CALGARY — Alberta will discuss shipping more crude oil by rail across province borders with railways companies, Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd told media in Calgary. The talks will begin tomorrow, with executives from the...
California agencies OK funds for major grade separation project
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 3, 2018) The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) yesterday approved a $76.7 million joint funding agreement for a grade separation project in Santa...
CSX derailment in Indiana may have been due to weather
(Source: Associated Press, May 4, 2018) NAPPANEE, Ind. — A freight train that derailed in northern Indiana, injuring two crew members and leaving a trail of damage, occurred after a wave of severe thunderstorms had swept the area, CSX said Thursday. Full story: The...
Engineering giant Bechtel named project manager for Texas bullet train
(Source: Corsicana Daily Sun, May 2, 2018) CORSICANA, Texas — Texas Central, developers of the high-speed train between North Texas and Houston, announced an agreement Wednesday, May 2, with Bechtel to work together on project management services. Full story:...
Work to repair Northeast Corridor tracks damaged in derailment could take months
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 4, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — Work to repair tracks damaged by a freight train derailment on the Northeast Corridor in Delaware County late Wednesday is continuing to disrupt service on Amtrak and SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line trains and...
NJ Transit to cancel some trains to catch up on PTC
(Source: www.northjersey.com, May 3, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Facing increasing difficulty meeting a year-end deadline to install a collision-avoidance system, NJ Transit plans to discontinue some trains through the beginning of 2019. The changes, which will begin...
AAR reports rail traffic for April and the week ending April 28, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 2, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 28, 2018, as well as volumes for April 2018. U.S. railroads originated...
More Amtrak trains between Charlotte and Raleigh to begin in June
(Source: Associated Press, May 2, 2018) RALEIGH, N.C. — Train travelers between North Carolina's capital and its largest city will have more options beginning next month. The N.C. Department of Transportation says a fourth daily round trip between Raleigh and...
Sen. Manchin announces tentative agreement regarding New River train service
(Source: The Register-Herald, May 2, 2018) BECKLEY, W.Va. — Progress has been made in discussions between Amtrak and the Collis P. Huntington Society to re-establish the New River Train service and officials hope to reach a concrete deal soon. However, further...
Editorial: NJ Transit hiding bridge inspection reports is a violation of public trust
(Source: Editorial at www.nj.com, May 3, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — This is not exactly a news bulletin, but when it comes to safety, New Jersey Transit still has a public trust issue. So when the nation's third-largest commuter railroad receives public records inquiries...
Exporting gasoline by rail to Mexico may recreate dangers of explosive Bakken oil trains
(Source: DeSmog Blog, May 2, 2018) NEW YORK — The oil industry learned an important lesson from its rush to move by train the highly flammable oil drilled in North Dakota's Bakken Shale. The lesson wasn't that those oil trains were unsafe and even dubbed “bomb trains”...
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