Rail Industry News

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 2, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union is asking all of our Las Vegas members to donate blood at their earliest convenience to assist the community in this time of need. With Sunday...

(Source: Canadian Press, October 2, 2017) MONTREAL — Train driver Thomas Harding knows he's partly responsible for the Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 people, but he did what he was told to do and the tragedy flowed from bad company policy, his lawyer said...

(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, August 31, 2017) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement benefits are based on months of service and earnings credits. Earnings are creditable up to certain annual maximums on the amount of compensation subject to railroad...

(Source: Philly Voice, September 29, 2017) PHILADELPHIA — Three years have passed since former President Barack Obama signed a U.S. House resolution directing Amtrak to rename 30th Street Station after a late congressman. Full story: Philly Voice

(Source: Railway Age, September 29, 2017) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is looking to revisit and modify its longstanding rules on ex parte* communications in informal rulemaking proceedings, which up until recently have mostly been prohibited....

(Source: Associated Press, September 29, 2017) CHICAGO — Prosecutors want a tough prison sentence of 11 1/2 years for a Chicago street-gang member convicted of breaking into a train on the South Side and helping to carry away 100 new guns en route to a Washington...

(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, September 29, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a Tier I combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision...

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 29, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is working closely with Joint Council 16 in New York and the AFL-CIO to provide qualified volunteers to provide much needed...

(Source: The Daily Times, October 1, 2017) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge will decide whether two expert witnesses can testify at trial after hearing the pair criticize CSX Transportation Inc. and Union Tank Car Co. over a train derailment and chemical fire in...

(Source: La Crosse Tribune, October 2, 2017) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — The deluge of oil trains rolling through La Crosse three years ago has slowed to a trickle as the bulk of North Dakota’s oil production now moves through pipelines, helping the rail industry comply with...

(Source: De Smog Blog, October 1, 2017) NEW YORK — A new government report finds that only 9 percent of all the rail tank cars transporting flammable liquids last year met the stricter safety requirements of regulations set in 2015, which were meant to reduce oil...

(Source: Canadian Press, October 2, 2017) MONTREAL — A trial is set to begin today for three former railway employees charged in connection with the fatal 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que. A jury will decide the fate of former train driver Thomas Harding,...

(Source: www.phys.org, September 28, 2017) NEW YORK — The damsel in distress, tied up and left on the railroad tracks, is one of the oldest and most clichéd cinema tropes. Browsing YouTube late at night, Fermilab Technical Specialist Derek Plant found that this...

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 28, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters confronted Praxair’s CEO at a shareholder meeting in Danbury, Conn., about the company’s planned merger with German-based Linde and what it means for U.S....

(Source: Reuters, September 28, 2017) FRANKFURT/MONTREAL — Canada’s Bombardier Inc. missed out on a merger of its rail unit with Germany’s Siemens because of a reluctance by Siemens to cede control of its business, allowing France’s Alstom to clinch a deal with the...

(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2017) McKEESPORT, Pa. — CSX was working to remove 25 coal cars that derailed in a Pittsburgh suburb. CSX spokesman Rob Doolittle says 25 cars left the tracks about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, but 14 of the cars remained upright with...

(Source: www.nj.com, September 29, 2017) NEWARK, N.J. — Track 5 in Hoboken Terminal, where an overcrowded NJ Transit train barreled into a station platform one year ago Friday, killed a woman waiting in the concourse, barely shows evidence of that harrowing morning....

(Source: NGI’s Shale Daily, September 28, 2017) STERLING, Va. — Crude-by-rail as a transportation option could reduce the regulatory and political push back to building pipelines for U.S.-produced oil, according to a study by University of Chicago (UC) researchers....

(Source: Canadian Press, September 29, 2017) MONTREAL — The final step of jury selection begins today for the trial of those accused in the 2013 Lac-Megantic train derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of the town. Full story: CTV News

(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 28, 2017) CHICAGO — An Oak Brook woman was killed Thursday morning in Clarendon Hills when she attempted to catch a train stopped at the station and was struck by an inbound express train. Shortly before 8 a.m., a woman ran across...