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AAR reports rail traffic for January and the week ending February 3, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 3, 2018, as well as volumes for January 2018. U.S. railroads...
NS Chairman James Squires sells $1.5 million in company stock
(Source: Week Herald, February 7, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. Chairman James A. Squires sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 1. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.10, for a total value of...
Teamsters support creation of bipartisan House-Senate committee to solve pension crisis
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union applauds today’s announcement of the formation of a bipartisan, House-Senate Joint Select Committee to find a solution to the nation’s growing...
UP says PTC to be ready in 2020
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says it expects to finish installing and testing a new automatic braking system on the railroad by the end of 2020. Full story: www.usnews.com
No one injured after cars separate on Acela train
(Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2018) HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — Amtrak officials say that no injuries have been reported after two cars separated from an Acela Express train in Maryland. Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said in a statement that the incident occurred...
Editorial: Fatal train wrecks demand attention
(Source: Editorial in the News & Record, February 8, 2018) GREENSBORO, N.C. — After four fatal crashes in two months involving Amtrak passenger trains, rail safety demands more national attention. Full story: News & Record
What’s going on with Amtrak? High-profile crashes spark concerns
(Source: USA Today, February 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A spate of fatal Amtrak accidents in recent months is focusing renewed attention on the passenger railroad and its safety record. The latest deadly incident occurred Sunday in South Carolina. The crashes appear...
Proposal would fine railroads that don’t use PTC
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lawmaker wants to fine rail companies that don't implement a safety system investigators say could have prevented a deadly weekend crash, complaining that delays and extensions have dragged...
Sen. Blumenthal blasts withdrawal of sleep apnea policy
(Source: Transport Topics, February 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The determination by federal investigators that two high-profile train collisions in New York and New Jersey were the result of undiagnosed sleep apnea prompted a member of the Senate Commerce Committee...
Fatal S.C. train crash shouldn’t have happened, father of Graniteville victim says
(Source: The State, February 7, 2018. Christopher Seeling was a member of BLET Division 85 in Columbia, S.C. He was 28 years old.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thirteen years after a horrifying train wreck killed his son, Steve Seeling awoke Sunday morning to television images of...
Rail industry: Positive Train Control not due till 2020
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end of the year....
NTSB cites undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea in two recent commuter rail crashes
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday determined that two commuter railroad terminal accidents in the New York area were caused by engineer fatigue resulting...
All charges reinstated against engineer in fatal 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — In a decision certain to reignite debate over one of the most consequential events in recent city history, a Philadelphia judge on Tuesday reinstated all criminal charges against the engineer in the...
BNSF joins blockchain alliance
(Source: Railway Age, February 5, 2018) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Company announced it recently became the first Class I railroad to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), comprising more than 200 freight transportation companies working to develop blockchain...
Experts say deadly S.C. Amtrak crash unlikely to deter riders
(Source: Post and Courier, February 6, 2018) CHARLESTON, S.C. — The deadly collision Sunday of an Amtrak passenger train and an unmanned freight train in Cayce is unlikely to shake consumer confidence in American rail service, experts say, as Amtrak's ridership is...
Completion of Penn Station track may aid NJ Transit riders
(Source: www.nj.com, February 2, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit riders could start using Track 15 in Penn Station New York again next month as work on Amtrak's winter track project in Penn Station New York is on-schedule despite some construction problems, officials...
Truck driver in last week’s GOP train crash was going around closed crossing gates, Amtrak president says
(Source: ABC News, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Amtrak copes with having two fatal crashes within five days, its president, Richard Anderson, asserted Monday that the truck driver involved in the first of the pair of accidents hit a train by "trying to...
MMA, six former employees fined in Lac-Megantic case
(Source: Railway Age, February 6, 2018) NEW YORK — Six former employees, including the chief executive of the defunct Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday in connection with the deadly derailment that killed 47 and destroyed the...
Charges dropped against Metro-North conductor accused of assaulting police
(Source: The Journal News, February 5, 2017) NEW YORK — Metro-North conductor Thomas Moran spent the past six months fearing he’d be locked up for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Full story: www.lohud.com
Amtrak crash adds to CSX’s rising accident toll
(Source: Bloomberg, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weekend’s fatal crash of Amtrak and CSX trains raises concerns about whether the freight railroad’s massive operations overhaul might have compromised safety and contributed to a rise in accidents. Full...
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