Rail Industry News

(Source: Occupational Health & Safety, November 8, 2017) NEW YORK — Saying Canadians deserve the safest transportation system possible and should be confident that railroad workers are ready for duty and well rested, Marc Garneau, the government's minister of...

(Source: CBC News, November 7, 2017) MONTREAL — Taxi driver André Turcotte testified clouds of black smoke were billowing from the stack of the locomotive left running on the tracks at Nantes, Que., when he arrived to pick up engineer Tom Harding on the eve of the...

(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, November 6, 2017) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today that its 17th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $172,500 in gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the route. The gift...

(Source: The Hawk Eye, November 6, 2017) FORT MADISON, Iowa — The Fort Madison City Council on Monday approved Mayor Brad Randolph’s signature on three agreements regarding a $1.2 million project 10 years in the making to move the Amtrak passenger pick-up and drop-off...

(Source: Herald and News, November 6, 2017) KLAMATH FALLS, Iowa — A former BNSF rail yard employee who killed his supervisor in 2014 said he was defending himself and others from a boss who treated them unfairly and “had to be stopped.” Full story: Herald and...

(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Bruce E. Kelly, November 6, 2017) NEW YORK — As I stated in my blog about Hunter Harrison earlier this year, the numerical “success” he was credited with during his time at Canadian Pacific would not have been possible without...

(Source: www.nwitimes.com, November 6, 2017) MUNSTER, Ind. — A 60-day deadline has passed for Great Lakes Basin Transportation to appeal in federal court the rejection of its application to build a 261-mile freight railroad from LaPorte County to southeast Wisconsin....

(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, November 7, 2017) OTTAWA — The following is a statement from Roland Hackl, Vice-President of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), regarding the unprecedented challenges with rail operations on the Hudson Bay Railway...

(Source: DeSmog Blog, November 6, 2017) NEW YORK — An election in southern Washington could decide the fate of the country's largest proposed crude-by-rail terminal, and has recently come under heavy scrutiny as a rush of oil money has flowed into the campaign...

(Source: Baltimore Business Journal, November 1, 2017) BALTIMORE, Md. — Contractors seeking to work on a planned 300-mile-per-hour train from Washington, D.C., to New York will have to use union workers under a new agreement. Full story: Baltimore Business Journal

(Source: Chicago Magazine, November 6, 2017) CHICAGO — Few rail services have felt the urgency to address the issue as intensely as Metra, which tallied 23 confirmed or suspected suicides along its routes from January to late October of this year. That’s slightly...

(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 6, 2017) BNSF Railway Co.'s unit volume increases and higher revenue per car/unit helped drive growth in revenue, operating and net income in third-quarter 2017. BNSF's third-quarter 2017 total revenue rose 3 percent to $5.3...

(Source: Baltimore Sun, November 3, 2017) BALTIMORE, Md. — John Work Garrett, the legendary and visionary president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad whose tenure from 1858 to 1884 coincided with American expansion or what was commonly called in those days “manifest...

(Source: Associated Press, November 5, 2017) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is asking the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to run express commuter trains between Providence and Boston, but the agency says it would be difficult. Source:...

(Source: Radio station WCBC, November 4, 2017) CUMBERLAND, Md. — Maryland’s state and federal lawmakers pledged Thursday to explore how to move forward with a planned expansion of the Howard Street Tunnel under downtown Baltimore, after CSX Transportation, the...

(Source: CBC News, November 3, 2017) NEW BRUNSWICK — Irving-owned company New Brunswick Southern Railway is facing charges related to the transport of oil. The railway, a subsidiary of J.D. Irving Ltd., has been charged with 24 counts of violating the Transportation...

(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 3, 2017) Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE) partners yesterday submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking a $160 million Infrastructure For Rebuilding...

(Source: News & Observer, November 3, 2017) ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A major rail transportation center planned for Rocky Mount is now in doubt, due to a reassessment the company is doing of its traditional hub-and-spoke strategy. Full story: News & Observer

(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2017) Bad weather hurt Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc in the third quarter, as insurance losses tied to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and an earthquake in Mexico contributed to a 43 percent drop in profit. Profit rose at the...

(Source: Railway Age, November 3, 2017) NEW YORK — Nearly 11 months into the Administration of Donald J. Trump, leadership appointments at the three federal regulatory agencies of significant importance to railroads — the National Mediation Board, Federal Railroad...