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Inspectors find 3 critical defects on CSX tracks for oil trains between Kingston and Catskill
(Source: Associated Press, August 16, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — Rail inspectors report checking another 251 miles of track and 91 switches in the ongoing effort to reduce the danger from crude oil shipments across the state. Inspectors say they found three critical...
Teamster Ready Mix drivers ratify new agreement
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 15, 2016) OAKLAND, Calif. — After a contentious contract rejection of what was characterized as a last, best, and final offer two weeks ago, Northern California Ready Mix drivers working for Cemex...
Engineer hurt as Amtrak train his trailer in California
(Source: Stockton Record, August 15, 2016) STOCKTON, Calif. — An Amtrak San Joaquin train heading west from Stockton struck a truck trailer stuck on the tracks in the Delta near Whiskey Slough Marina on Monday afternoon. One member of the train crew was transported to...
Container falls from crane, crushes man to death at Jersey City rail yard
(Source: www.nj.com, August 15, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — A worker at a Jersey City rail and shipping facility died in an industrial accident this afternoon when a container crushed the machine he was operating. A source with knowledge of the situation said the victim --...
RRB: Dual benefit payments
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 15, 2016) CHICAGO — The payment of a railroad retirement annuity can be affected by entitlement to social security benefits, as well as certain other government benefits. Such dual entitlement, if not...
Frequent trains keep first responders from those who need help in Circleville, Ohio
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, August 15, 2016) CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Fire Chief Marc Zingarelli remembers sitting in the passenger seat of a fire truck stopped at a railroad crossing gate in his city as he and the rest of his crew waited for a train to pass, watching the...
Sideswipe incident at CSX Selkirk yard
(Source: Albany Times Union, August 14, 2016) SELKIRK, N.Y. — Eleven freight cars were back on the track Sunday afternoon after they were derailed at CSX Transportation's Selkirk yard in an incident caused by a train traveling from Chicago to New Jersey. Full story:...
Federal grant to help Twin Cities & Western RR install PTC
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Reps. Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison announced the grant Friday. The money will put in place and test a positive train control system, a technology that...
Teamsters, United Airlines reach agreement in principle for 9,000 technicians
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 12, 2016) CHICAGO — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Airlines announced jointly today that they have reached an agreement in principle for a joint contract covering the...
Judge upholds Oregon’s denial of coal export permit
(Source: Associated Press, August 14, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — An administrative law judge in Oregon on Friday found that state regulators acted within their authority when they rejected a proposed coal terminal on the Columbia River that would funnel millions of tons...
Texas high-speed rail protesters: ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’
(Source: Grist, August 12, 2016) SEATTLE, Wash. — A Texas company plans to build a high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston, turning a four-hour drive between two of the nation’s fastest growing cities into a 90-minute train ride. “Not so fast,” say the rural...
No movement yet on CP Rail coal train shift from Revelstoke, union says
(Source: Revelstoke Review, August 15, 2016) REVELSTOKE — There’s been little movement from CP Rail on plans to move coal train crews away from Revelstoke, says a union leader. Full story: Revelstoke Review
W.Va. workers strike back: Injunction suspends RTW
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two outs, bottom of the ninth, in a game too many had already called for the opposing team. This was the sentiment in West Virginia prior to Wednesday. The unions were...
Genesee & Wyoming to acquire Providence & Worcester Railroad
(Source: Providence & Worcester press release, August 15, 2016) WORCESTER, Mass. — Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (the “Company”) announced today that on Friday, August 12, 2016, upon completion of a process to assess strategic alternatives, its Board of...
AAR joins legal fray over on-time performance
(Source: Politico, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads sued the Surface Transportation Board this week over its final on-time performance rule for passenger trains. The freight railroads’ main lobby argues that the rule, which...
BNSF’s busy grain business good news for South Dakota
(Source: Capital Journal, August 15, 2016) PIERRE, S.D. — In another measure of grain trains booming, the number of train carloads of grain shipped in the week ended Aug. 6 was pegged at 24,120, up 12.1 percent over the same period in 2015, according to the...
Teamsters National Black Caucus celebrate 8th annual Women’s Day
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 11, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster brothers and sisters gathered in red attire to celebrate the 8th annual women’s day at the 41st Conference of the Teamsters National Black Caucus (TNBC)....
Central Texas officials ousted Lone Star, but not commuter rail
(Source: Austin-American Statesman, August 11, 2016) AUSTIN, Texas — In order to save commuter rail connecting Austin to San Antonio, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization had to destroy it. Full story: Austin-American Statesman
Old Lyme, neighbors plan pitch to stop bullet train
(Source: Hartford Courant, August 11, 2016) OLD LYME. Conn. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal and First Selectwoman Bonnie Reemsnyder are convening a meeting of residents, community leaders and business owners on Friday to prepare their arguments against building a high-speed...
KCS plans $13 million in improvements along Greenville Subdivision
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 11, 2016) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railway is performing approximately $13 million of construction and improvement projects in 2016 on its Greenville Subdivision, which runs between Louisiana and Texas. Full...
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