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Sewage sludge train cars in Birmingham to be moved after odor complaints
(Source: www.al.com, March 6, 2018) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Several dozen train cars loaded with what appears to be sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in New York and New Jersey will be pulled back into a rail yard and off the tracks in north Birmingham,...
Transportation giants show interest in Van Buren port
(Source: Times Record, March 6, 2018) BOONEVILLE, Ark. — Two of the nation’s largest players in the transportation arena — Union Pacific Railroad and Ports America — are interested in Van Buren for an inland intermodal facility. Full story: Booneville...
Hoffa: Case is cover for anti-union advocates
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, March 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Workers in Michigan and across the nation have repeatedly come under attack from corporate interests looking to tamp down on wages so they...
CP says service improves daily after extreme winter conditions
(Source: CP Rail press release, March 7, 2018) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited continues to deliver overall for the grain supply chain with our year-to-date shipments, through Week 31, up 3 percent, or approximately 400,000 metric tonnes. While...
CN to invest C$250 million to clear Western Canada grain backlog
(Source: Reuters, March 7, 2018) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co said on Wednesday it would invest more than C$250 million ($193 million) this year to improve its infrastructure to ease grain supply issues in Western Canada. Full story: Reuters
CSX: ‘Extreme wind gusts’ led to freight train derailment
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2018) PERRYVILLE, Md. — CSX is attributing "extreme wind gusts" to the derailment of a freight train on a river bridge in Maryland during last week's nor'easter. Full story: ABC News
W.Va. teachers prove unity brings more pay
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of West Virginia teachers are again hopeful about their future thanks to the announcement today that state lawmakers agreed to raise their pay by five percent,...
Canada’s western ports clogged as slowdown in crop shipments by rail weighs
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 7, 2018) OTTAWA — The backlog of crop shipments that has raised tensions between the railways and grain industry has clogged West Coast ports with ships waiting to be loaded. Full story: Globe and Mail
Trump seeks to block Gateway railroad tunnel to New York, Chao says
(Source: Bloomberg, March 6, 2018) NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is trying to kill federal funding for a new commuter railroad tunnel under the Hudson River, saying New York and New Jersey must pay more, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said....
Train crew injured as train collides with tanker hauling hydrochloric acid solution
(Source: Observer-Reporter, March 6, 2018) FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. — On March 6 near Fredericktown, Pa., a train broadsided a tanker truck hauling some 4,400 gallons of a corrosive solution of hydrochloric acid as the rig’s driver crossed the tracks about 10:30 a.m....
Rutgers leading rail safety research and education in NY, NJ
(Source: Rutgers Today, March 5, 2018) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Millions of commuters and goods worth billions of dollars rely on the safety and efficiency of railway systems in the region, including NJ Transit, Amtrak, PATH, New York City subways, CSX Corp., Norfolk...
UP ordered to pay for 2015 fuel spill
(Source: WAND, March 5, 2018) SIDNEY, Ill. — The Union Pacific railroad company has been ordered to pay more than $80,000 in connection with a spill that dumped thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into a Sidney river in 2015. Full story: WAND
Both sides of Texas high-speed rail issue put their comments on record at Houston meeting
(Source: Houston Public Media, March 6, 2018) HOUSTON — The Federal Railroad Administration is getting input on a draft environmental impact study of the train’s proposed route. Texas Central Railway says it’ll use private funds to build the $15 billion high-speed...
Japan’s $80 billion train project caught in scandal
(Source: Bloomberg, March 5, 2018) NEW YORK — A widening scandal that has led to arrests of executives from two construction companies threatens to put the brakes on Japan’s plan to build the world’s fastest train. To surpass the nation’s famous bullet train, the...
Two trains derail in Centralia, Wash.; no injuries
(Source: KGW, March 5, 2018) CENTRALIA, Wash. — Two trains derailed in a Centralia rail yard Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. A BNSF train was slowly moving in reverse when it collided with a Union Pacific freight train entering the Centralia rail yard, according to...
Metro-North safety officer says PTC on target for completion
(Source: Connecticut Post, March 2, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — MTA’s chief safety officer told a Senate panel this week that the commuter line is on track to meet the federally imposed year-end deadline for installing Positive Train Control, the GPS-like system designed...
STB modifies ex parte communications
(Source: Railway Age, March 1, 2018) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board has updated its long-standing rules on ex parte communications. The modified regulations will permit ex parte communications, subject to disclosure requirements, in informal rulemaking...
Editorial: Don’t block the tunnel, Mr. President
(Source: Editorial in the New York Post, March 5, 2018) NEW YORK — President Trump’s transition team wisely put the Gateway tunnel at the top of its list of “Emergency & National Security Projects,” and the need for it has only grown. So why would Trump oppose it now?...
NJ Transit crew member suspended after falsely announcing ICE agents were on train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — A NJ Transit crewman was suspended without pay Monday after announcing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security agents were on his morning rush-hour train to New York, the transit...
Crude by rail shipments could more than double to 390,000 barrels per day: IEA
(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) OTTAWA — Crude-by-rail shipments could more than double over the next two years from historic highs as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives, said the International Energy Agency Monday. Full...
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