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MBTA board prepares $2 billion-plus budget for final vote
(Source: Boston Herald, March 15, 2016) BOSTON — Management Control Board will vote tomorrow on a $2.02 billion fiscal year 2017 budget that will close the T’s structural deficit and use money from a fare increase for capital maintenance. Full story: Boston...
Canada’s TSB chair denies air brakes could have prevented Lac-Megantic
(Source: Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News, March 15, 2016) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and Transport Canada (TC) have responded to a pair of recent Globe and Mail reports, which cited “an expert source” working in the rail sector...
BNSF: Operational changes could impact Sheridan
(Source: Sheridan Press, March 15, 2016) SHERIDAN, Wyo. — As the coal industry continues to get battered, railroad companies are also feeling the pinch. Officials at BNSF Railway said the company has initiated discussions with local employees and union representatives...
CSX cuts operations, 101 jobs in Russell, Ky.
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, March 15, 2016) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX Transportation Inc. will cut 101 union and management jobs at its Russell operation, continuing a trend of cutbacks in the region over the past two months. Full story: Herald-Dispatch
Operation Lifesaver hails drop in 2015 crossing collisions, notes increase in trespass deaths
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, March 15, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vehicle-train collisions and deaths at highway-rail grade crossings fell in 2015, along with injuries to pedestrians trespassing on train tracks, Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) President...
Judge sides with Teamsters in fight to review WVU right-to-work emails
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 15, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Teamsters Union today is lauding a court ruling that will require West Virginia University (WVU) to make available seven previously redacted emails about a report...
NTSB: Feed truck shifted track before Amtrak accident in Kansas
(Source: USA Today, March 16, 2016) WICHITA, Kan. — A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an...
Unions set to begin voting on NJ Transit contract
(Source: www.nj.com, March 16, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Members of some NJ Transit rail unions will start voting Tuesday night on the proposed agreement that averted a rail strike. Full story: www.nj.com
Connecticut lawmakers applaud Metro-North turnaround
(Source: Hartford Courant, March 15, 2015) HARTFORD, Conn. — When Metro-North Railroad President Joseph Giulietti met with legislators last week, he got something only slightly short of a hero's welcome Full story: Hartford Courant
Teamsters demand NetJets cease targeting dispatchers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 14, 2016) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Teamsters Airline Division and Teamsters Local 284 demanded today that NetJets, a Columbus, Ohio-based luxury air carrier...
KCS experiences service disruptions due to heavy rainfall, severe flooding
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, March 14, 2016) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today that The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) network is experiencing service disruptions in east Texas and significant portions of...
Mass transit expansion goes off the rails in many U.S. cities
(Source: Forbes, March 14, 2016) NEW YORK — Journalists in older cities like New York, Boston or San Francisco may see the role of rail transit as critical to a functioning modern city. In reality, rail transit has been a financial and policy failure outside of a...
Cheap oil, new pipelines end rail transport boom, EIA says
(Source: Houston Chronicle, March 14, 2016) HOUSTON — Declining prices and extra pipeline capacity have shrunk U.S. crude by rail shipments, according to an analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Full story: www.fuelfix.com
Hoffa: Nation’s water crisis extends beyond Flint
(Source: Huffington Post column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, March 14, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Flint, Michigan residents are in crisis, placed in a situation no one in this country should have to face. Their water is contaminated with lead, putting...
Lac-Megantic safety advocates optimistic despite inaction from Ottawa
(Source: CBC News, March 14, 2016) MONTREAL — Advocates for rail safety in Lac-Mégantic say their meeting with federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau was "positive" despite emerging with no clear timeline for their demands. Full story: CBC News
Track where Amtrak train derailed in Kansas was scheduled for repairs
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 14, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s Chicago-bound Southwest Chief derailed early Monday on a stretch of track in western Kansas that had deteriorated so badly that the railroad was close to reducing train speeds in some spots...
NTSB on scene of Amtrak derailment in Kansas: Will review condition of track
(Source: Associated Press, March 14, 2016) CIMARRON, Kan. — An official with the National Transportation Safety Board says the condition of the track will be the focus of the investigation into an Amtrak derailment in Kansas. Full story: www.kxxv.com
FRA proposes minimum of two person crews for freight trains
(Source: Associated Press, March 15, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trains would have to carry a minimum of two crew members under rules proposed Monday by federal regulators. The move is partly in response to a deadly 2013 crash in which an unattended oil train caught fire...
BNSF announces sites for rail-served development
(Source: BNSF Railway press release, March 10, 2016) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announces a new Site Certification Program aimed at identifying optimal rail-served sites for customer development along BNSF’s network. To launch the new...
KCS promotes Songer to EVP and COO
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, March 10, 2016) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today the promotion of Jeffrey M. Songer from senior vice president engineering and chief transportation officer to executive vice president and chief...
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