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Feds reject industry challenges to oil train safety rule
(Source: McClatchy News Service, November 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation has rejected several appeals by industry groups to its rule issued in May on the safety of trains carrying large quantities of crude oil and ethanol. Full...
Opinion: Savings may get CP-NS deal across the line
(Source: Reuters opinion column by Robert Cryan, November 10, 2015) NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific Railway may yet manage to cross the border. The $22 billion railroad company may try to buy slightly larger Norfolk Southern. If CP can boost its U.S. rival’s operating...
BNSF CFO sees challenges to CP-NS merger
(Source: Bloomberg, November 10, 2015) NEW YORK — Julie Piggott, the chief financial officer of the railroad at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said government watchdogs may be reluctant to allow more consolidation of major companies in her industry. Full...
Analyst: Potential CP-NS rail merger ‘highly unlikely’
(Source: Business News Network, November 10, 2015) OTTAWA — A merger between Canada’s CP Rail and Norfolk Southern is “highly unlikely,” although not impossible, one rail analyst tells BNN. Full story: Business News Network
Japan, U.S. to set up high-speed rail conference
(Source: Japan Times, November 9, 2015) TOKYO — Japan and the United States agreed Monday to set up a bilateral conference to exchange information about advanced train technology as Tokyo steps up its efforts to export Japanese high-speed rail systems. Full story:...
NS loses out on federal grant to expand Rickenbacker hub
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, November 10, 2015) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has lost out on a federal grant that the company was counting on to help expand its transportation hub at Rickenbacker Airport. Full story: Columbus Dispatch
DOT announces $10 million TIGER grant for Barnum Station project in Connecticut
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, November 9, 2015) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $10 million for the Barnum Station Project in...
Dump truck driver killed in train crash went around lowered crossing arms
(Source: www.al.com, November 9, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The driver of a dump truck killed when his vehicle was hit by an Amtrak train went around another car and lowered crossing arms, authorities said today. Full story: www.al.com
Crews work to clean up Wisconsin train derailments
(Source: Associated Press, November 9, 2015) NEW YORK — Crews worked Monday to clear freight cars from rail tracks and contain spilled crude oil, ethanol and coal after two trains derailed in Wisconsin over the weekend and another derailed in Iowa on Monday. Full...
FRA study provides 3 new visions for Northeast Corridor
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — A look at the future of rail on the East Coast produced some pretty radical ideas for revamped Amtrak service in Philadelphia. Some of these proposals may seen unlikely to materialize, but they're part...
BNSF reports higher 3Q 2015 profit even as revenue declines
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 9, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — Declining shipments of oil and frac sand due to the falloff in drilling associated with lower oil prices contributed to lower revenue at BNSF Railway in the third quarter, but improved service...
CP Rail-NS merger would run through STB, which has scorned big deals
(Source: Bloomberg, November 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s quest for a record merger depends on a blessing from the same U.S. agency that thwarted the last effort to build a transcontinental railroad. Full story: Bloomberg
CP Rail takeover of NS would fulfill Harrison strategy
(Source: Globe and Mail, November 9, 2015) TORONTO — A takeover of Norfolk Southern Corp. by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. would give Hunter Harrison his dream: a railway that reaches three coasts. The chief executive officer of Calgary-based CP could be a step closer...
Canadian Pacific said to weigh deal for Norfolk Southern
(Source: New York Times, November 9, 2015) NEW YORK — If at first Canadian Pacific could not succeed in buying a fellow railroad operator, it looks prepared to try again with another target. Canadian Pacific has held preliminary discussions with Norfolk Southern, one...
Amtrak adding trains, capacity for holiday season
(Source: Travel Pulse, November 7, 2015) NEW YORK — As people all over the United States prepare to travel for the holiday season, Amtrak is also getting ready by adding extra trains and additional capacity on several routes in the Northeast, the Midwest and on the...
Spikes in soot found in air at Chicago’s Union Station
(Source: Associated Press, November 6, 2015) CHICAGO — A federal report says air quality testing found soot concentrations were higher on the platforms at Chicago's Union Station than on the streets outside the commuter station. Full story: State Journal-Register
One dead as Amtrak train carrying LSU fans hits dump truck in Alabama
(Source: WAFB, November 6, 2015) BESSEMER, Ala. — An Amtrak train filled with dozens of LSU football fans collided with a dump truck near Birmingham, Alabama Friday afternoon, killing the driver of the truck. The fans left Louisiana Friday morning to attend Saturday’s...
Rural Colorado, Kansas and N.M. have saved Amtrak’s Southwest Chief
(Source: Denver Post, November 8, 2015) ABOARD THE SOUTHWEST CHIEF — Along a blustery section of rural Kansas farmland some 60 miles east of Colorado, a small army of railroad workers last week laid Pueblo steel as part of a project to keep a pillar of the Southwest's...
Hoffa: Safety can’t be compromised as part of transportation funding bill
(Source: Huffington Post column by James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President, November 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is on the cusp of doing something it hasn't done in more than a decade -- approving a long-term highway bill. A bipartisan collection of...
Politicians hammering out framework for new Hudson rail tunnel
(Source: Politico New York, November 6, 2015) NEW YORK — NEW YORK — In August, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the region to create a separate "development corporation" to build a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey commuters to their jobs in midtown Manhattan....
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