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Transit spending gets boost in congressional spending bill
(Source: Curbed, March 22, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The $1.3 trillion spending bill Congress unveiled last night offered renewed hope for transit advocates, who feared the steep cuts initially put forth in the president’s budget proposal. Full story: Curbed
How Congress got around Trump’s threat to veto Gateway tunnel funding
(Source: www.nj.com, March 23, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Funds in the federal spending bill for Amtrak and a special account controlled by the governors of New Jersey and New York will provide $540 million for the Gateway Tunnel even though the project is not mentioned by...
Fight over funding for Gateway tunnel doesn’t end with spending bill
(Source: Bloomberg, March 23, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The battle over designating money for the Northeast Corridor rail project is finished, but the war over funding it goes on. Full story: Bloomberg
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference reaches tentative agreement with CN for locomotive engineers
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) press release, March 22, 2018) LAVAL, Que. — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Canadian National (CN) announced today that the parties have reached a tentative agreement to renew the labor contract for...
Circle tour on Amtrak provides coast-to-coast look at U.S.
(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2018) WESTLAKE, La. — After more than a day of train travel across the desert Southwest, the green woods in Louisiana outside our sleeping compartment's windows were a pleasant change. But we weren't moving. For hours. Full story:...
Amtrak will rename Rochester Station in honor of Rep. Louise M. Slaughter
(Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2018) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester's new train station will be named after U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, the recently deceased western New York Democrat who helped secure federal funding for the project. Full story: www.usnews.com
Runaway CP rail car in Saskatoon highlights need to improve safety
(Source: CBC News, March 20, 2018) SASKATOON, Sask. — Two years ago, an empty rail car detached from a string of cars in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighborhood and rolled for a kilometer and a half through two public crossings in the east-side suburb. The Transportation...
New orders stoke the fortunes at GE Transportation Fort Worth locomotive plant
(Source: Dallas Innovates, March 21, 2018) DALLAS, Texas — GE announced this week that it secured orders for 225 refurbished locomotives from several unidentified railroads this year. The company also will deliver 80 modernized locomotives to Canadian Pacific Railway...
LIRR to test upgraded signal system, perform Port Washington Branch PTC tests
(Source: MTA press release, March 20, 2018) LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Long Island Rail Road crews will perform testing on a new signal system this weekend, March 24-25, at Harold Interlocking, an important step furthering progress on the East Side Access project that will...
Begeman officially becomes STB chair
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 21, 2018) President Donald Trump has designated Ann Begeman as chair of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the White House announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Union Pacific CFO sells $3.4 million in company stock
(Source: The Lincolnian, March 21, 2018) NEW Y ORK — Union Pacific Co. CFO Robert M. Knight, Jr. sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 20. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.39, for a total value of...
Norfolk Southern CEO’s total pay for 2017 rose nearly 42 percent, proxy states
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, March 21, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — James Squires, chairman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern, saw his total compensation package in 2017 rise nearly 42 percent, to $11.93 million from $8.42 million. The total pay calculation encompasses an...
No guaranteed funds for NY-NJ rail tunnel in U.S. budget
(Source: Reuters, March 21, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A deal to fund the U.S. government through the end of September released late Wednesday will not include any directed funding for building a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New York City and New...
FRA: PTC operating on 56 percent of freight route miles
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 21, 2018) Positive train control (PTC) systems are operating on about 56 percent of freight railroads' route miles that are required to be governed by PTC systems, up from 45 percent in third-quarter 2017 and 16 percent on Dec....
Amtrak gets nearly $2 billion in federal spending bill
(Source: USA Today, March 21, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak gets nearly $2 billion in federal funding, rather than a steep cut that President Trump proposed, under a broad spending measure released Wednesday. The spending bill provides $1.3 billion for the...
CSX work will disrupt some Amtrak services in Va.
(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2018) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Amtrak train riders will see major changes to rail schedules next week because of track work. Full story: www.newsplex.com
Amtrak trains will soon begin stopping at Raleigh’s Union Station
(Source: News & Observer, March 20, 2018) RALEIGH, N.C. — Union Station, the city's new downtown train station and future transit hub, will open later this spring. Full story: News & Observer
Pacific Harbor Line marks 20th anniversary
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 20, 2018) NEW YORK — The Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of railroad services in the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles area. Officials said the company recognized the milestone Feb. 27 by...
BRS, Amtrak sign tentative agreement
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2018) The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) and Amtrak have reached and signed a tentative agreement covering wages and benefits. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Canada’s grain farmers demand changes to transportation bill
(Source: www.ipolitics.ca, March 19, 2018) OTTAWA — Cash-strapped Prairie farmers want the Liberal government to amend its planned overhaul of Canada’s transportation system to ensure another grain shipping season isn’t lost, warning current transportation delays...
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