Rail Industry News

(Source: Column by Teamsters President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, October 4, 2017) DETROIT — As governments continue to grapple with much-needed changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. and Canadian Teamsters have joined...

(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, October 3, 2017) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its third-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Quarterly earnings...

(Source: The Economic Times, October 3, 2017) BEIJING — The China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), which is making a strong bid to export its high-speed train technology, will get USD 30 billion in funding to sharpen its competitiveness in the overseas...

(Source: Curbed San Francisco opinion column by Matt Tinoco, October 2, 2017) SAN FRANCISCO — Not long ago, I thought the California bullet train shouldn’t be built. Yet I changed my mind. Where I once viewed the bullet train as a boondoggle of epic proportions, I now...

(Source: Transportation Today, October 3, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cutting Amtrak would negatively affect 45 percent of Americans, a report by the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) said. Full story: Transportation Today

(Source: Metro, October 3, 2017) BOSTON — The MBTA privatization debate may change course after lawmakers urged their colleagues Monday to start rolling back the privatization powers they granted the T after the disastrous 2015 winter. Full story: www.metro.us

(Source: Chicago Tribune, October 3, 2017) CHICAGO — Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, prolific train burglar Andrew Shelton understood firsthand the carnage caused by illegal guns. Full story: Chicago Tribune

(Source: CBC News, October 3, 2017) MONTREAL — A special crimes unit investigator for the Quebec provincial police told a jury at the Sherbrooke courthouse Tuesday he was the first uniformed officer to arrive at the scene of the devastating train wreck in Lac-Mégantic...

(Source: Independent, October 1, 2017) LONDON — A man survived clinging onto the side of a German high speed train for 15 miles, officials have said. The Romanian man, realizing he had left his luggage on the train in Bielefeld, north Germany, jumped onto a ledge on...

(Source: CTV News, October 2, 2017) MONTREAL — Drivers speeding or using a cell phone near Canadian National property, take heed: CN Rail police have new powers. Full story: CTV News

(Source: Container Management, October 3, 2017) SURREY, UK — The Port of Oakland has approved an $11 million rail connection for Cool Port Oakland, which will act as a key link in the US-Asia meat export chain. The two mile-long rail spur will connect Union Pacific...

(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 2017) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak has postponed its search for a developer to remake the area around 30th Street Station amid signals that city officials intend to pitch an adjacent swath of University City to Amazon as a potential...

(Source: National Mediation Board press release, October 2, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that Michael Kelliher has been selected as the Acting Chief of Staff, temporarily replacing Mr. Daniel Rainey who left the...

(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 2, 2017) Ending funding of Amtrak long-distance routes would disproportionately affect low income households in rural communities across the country, according to a report released today by the National Association of Railroad...

(Source: Tribune News, October 2, 2017) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Phillips 66 has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit challenging San Luis Obispo County’s denial of its plan to build a rail spur to transport crude oil to its Nipomo refinery, environmental groups said...

(Source: Associated Press, October 2, 2017) CHICAGO — A purported street gang member is set to be sentenced for the heist of 100 newly minted guns that put a focus on security at a major Norfolk Southern rail yard in a high-crime part of Chicago. Full story:...

(Source: Governing.com opinion column by Lee Saunders, President of AFSCME, October 2, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Government is not the politicians in Washington. It's not capitol domes or imposing buildings with marble halls. Government is hardworking people who...

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 2, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union denounces reports from online, anti-union sources that stated Teamster truck drivers in Puerto Rico have refused to move supplies from the port as...

(Source: Benzinga, October 2, 2017) NEW YORK — U.S. rail stocks may be losing their steam. On Monday, Morgan Stanley analyst Ravi Shanker downgraded CSX Corporation and Union Pacific Corporation and said investors should be hopping aboard Canadian rail stocks Canadian...

(Source: Market Watch, October 2, 2017) NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Transportation Average pulled back sharply Monday from the previous session's record close, to buck the rally seen in the broader stock market, amid weakness in railroad stocks after a downbeat note from...