Rail Industry News

(Source: Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad press release, August 21, 2017) MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad this week added 100 covered steel coil cars to support the shipping needs of ArcelorMittal, South Shore’s largest...

(Source: Daily Herald, August 16, 2017) CHICAGO — Metra directors chose a veteran employee to head the agency Wednesday. The railroad's chief mechanical officer, James M. Derwinski, 49, will take over from outgoing CEO Don Orseno when he retires in December. Full...

(Source: Timmins Press, August 21, 2017) TIMMINS, Ontario — CN has appealed a cost recovery order from Ontario’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to pay for the ministry’s expenses connected to the two oil-train derailments that occurred in the winter of...

(Source: American Shipper, August 21, 2017) LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican Customs (Servicio de Administracion Tributaria/Aduana Mexico or SAT) on Friday formally dedicated a new center at the Laredo, Texas, to allow both agencies...

(Source: Financial Post, August 22, 2017) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway is calling on the government to invest infrastructure funds in rail capacity to Vancouver’s export terminals as the company reports that it moved a record 21.8 million metric tons of grain...

(Source: Houston Chronicle, August 17, 2017) HOUSTON — Calling a planned high-speed rail connection to Dallas "an idea whose time has come," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner signed an agreement Thursday with the bullet train's backers that both sides said is the first...

(Source: The Journal News, August 18, 2017) NEW YORK — Metro-North’s biggest union is calling for the arrest of two MTA police officers who accused a conductor of assaulting them last week, claiming a surveillance video shows the officers tackling the conductor to the...

(Source: Associated Press, August 21, 2017) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Crews encountered air brake problems before a 178-car freight train derailed in Pennsylvania earlier this month, causing hazardous material to ignite and forcing nearby residents to evacuate, according to a...

(Source: Antioch Patch, August 22, 2017) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A midday accident at Nashville's Radnor Yard seriously injured a railroad employee Monday. An employee of CSX was reportedly hit by a railroad car, though it's unclear exactly when or how the accident...

(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 22, 2017) PHILADELPHIA — A SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line train carrying passengers ran into an unoccupied train early Tuesday inside the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby, injuring 42 people, officials said....

(Source: Casper Star-Tribune, August 20, 2017) CASPER, Wyo. — In the late nineteenth century, a total solar eclipse passed over the western United States, stretching from Montana Territory to Texas. The spectacle, in the summer of 1878, drew people from across the...

(Source: CBS Chicago, August 21, 2017) CHICAGO — The last time there was a total solar eclipse visible coast-to-coast in the United States was 1918, which might explain the hype for Monday’s eclipse. Hundreds of people from the Chicago area boarded a special Amtrak...

(Source: True Blue Tribune, August 19, 2017) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern Director Henry J. Maier bought 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 17. The shares were purchased at an average price of $106.19 per share, for a total...

(Source: Port Strategy, August 16, 2017) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham-Jefferson County Port Authority and Watco have launched plans to make Port Birmingham in Alabama into a worldwide centre for imports and exports, local news website AL.com has reported. The port,...

(Source: Canadian Pacific press release, August 14, 2017) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced the launch of the most direct rail transportation service between Vancouver and Detroit, a service that extends CP's reach and increases...

(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 15, 2017) The Gateway Program Development Corp. (GDC) has issued a request for information (RFI) from private-sector leaders who have planning ideas for the Hudson Tunnel and the final section of the Hudson Yards concrete...

(Source: Albany Times-Union, August 18, 2017) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak's chief operating officer said Friday he expects New York City's Penn Station to be back in full service on the Tuesday morning following Labor Day. Full story: Albany Times-Union

(Source: Bradenton Herald, August 16, 2017) BRADENTON, Fla. — Shippers across the country are bemoaning changes made by CSX Railroad’s new CEO Hunter Harrison, who initiated sweeping operational changes when he took charge. But if those changes are affecting Tropicana...

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 18, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on the efforts of thousands of Missourians to repeal SB 19, the destructive...

(Source: Daily Nonpareil, August 18, 2017) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. said Wednesday it would cut about 500 management and administrative jobs and about 250 non-management jobs by mid-September, most of them at the company’s Omaha headquarters, to reduce costs....