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Opinion: Amtrak should upgrade cars, trackside poles
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer opinion column by Paul H. Reistrup and Scott R. Spencer, November 5, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — While the official accident investigation and findings by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) could take a year or more to complete,...
Take a sneak peak at the new LIRR tunnels to Grand Central
(Source: New York Post, November 5, 2015) NEW YORK — These massive new train tunnels deep beneath Manhattan will one day make the lives of more than 150,000 Long Island commuters a whole lot easier. The MTA gave reporters a peek at the progress in the long-delayed,...
AAR: Carload traffic down 4.6 percent from 2014 for first 10 months of 2015; 3Q 2015 crude oil shipments down 23.5 percent from 3Q 2014
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported weekly U.S. rail traffic, as well as volumes for October 2015 and the first ten months of 2015. Carload traffic in...
Voters elect six Teamsters in NY, NJ
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was a good night to be a Teamster running for office yesterday, as six who have served their communities in New Jersey and New York were returned to office by local...
Vote shows how Congress delayed PTC safety plan
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — How do you get a controversial plan through Congress with little fuss and few fingerprints? Lawmakers showed one way last week as they raced to give railroads a reprieve, allowing them three to five more...
Dysfunction junction: India’s railways has country on a slow track to the future
(Source: Bloomberg, November 1, 2015) NEW YORK — Dysfunction in Indian Railways is not a surprise. The 162-year-old system is Asia's oldest. It is the nation's economic artery, employer of more than 1.3 million people, and the government's most intractable problem....
Opinion: On E.M. Frimbo and riding the Western rails
(Source: High Country News opinion column by Forrest Whitman, November 4, 2015) PAONIA, Colo. — People in the Western United States like their trains, or so E.M. Frimbo, The New Yorker magazine's great rail writer with the unusual name, liked to say. But Frimbo...
Heat caused Montana oil train derailments, BNSF says
(Source: The Dickinson Press, November 3, 2015) CULBERTSON, Mont. — Two July train derailments in eastern Montana, including one that spilled 35,000 gallons of Bakken crude, were caused by tracks that buckled in the heat, according to BNSF Railway Full story: The...
High-speed rail not the right solution for Canada, VIA Rail CEO says
(Source: Financial Post, November 3, 2015) OTTAWA — That the push for new high-speed train systems in Ontario and Alberta is gaining momentum just as the federal Liberals prepare to take office with plans to double infrastructure spending is surely more than a...
Attorneys take aim at confidential memo in California high-speed rail lawsuit
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 3, 2015) FRESNO, Calif. — A consultant’s internal memo to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, cited last week in a Los Angeles Times analysis on the likelihood of cost overruns for the state’s high-speed train project, is at the...
California high-speed rail agency reveals report on growing costs
(Source: Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2015) LOS ANGELES — The California high-speed rail authority bowed to pressure from California legislators and members of Congress late Tuesday and released a copy of a 2013 report showing a large estimated increase in the cost...
New York MTA board approves five-year capital plan
(Source: Railway Age, November 1, 2015) NEW YORK — The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved its 2015-19 Capital Program, the MTA reported on Oct. 30, 2015. Full story: Railway Age
Teamsters: Congress needs to solve stagnant wages
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. economic recovery is not what it seems. Yes, it is clear that the unemployment rate has fallen dramatically since the Great Recession ended. But the benefits...
Survey: U.S. shippers shifting more freight from truck to rail
(Source: Journal of Commerce, November 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in nearly a year, more U.S. shippers say they are shifting freight from truck to rail than the other way around on improved intermodal service, according to a survey of roughly 600...
Rail freight traffic falls compared to 2014 as industrial economy struggles
(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2015) LONDON — Freight carried by major U.S. railroads fell by 7 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, confirming that large parts of the industrial economy are in recession. The major Class 1...
Rail industry had PTC-like safety technology decades ago
(Source: New York Times, November 3, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1981, while traveling on a corporate jet, Richard M. Bressler, the chairman of the Burlington Northern Railroad, hit on an idea: What if the technology used by airlines to track the location of planes...
BNSF the top spender in the lobbying effort to delay PTC
(Source: Reuters, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, under pressure from companies including Buffett's BNSF Railway Co, which has spent more money lobbying Congress this year than any other railroad, U.S. legislators passed, and President Obama signed, a...
Remnants of Missouri’s worst track wreck may now be visible 160 years later
(Source: Fox 2 Now, November 2, 2015) GASCONADE, Mo. — A railroad bridge collapsed beneath a train in Gasconade County 160 years ago. The wreck on November 1, 1855, was the worst in Missouri history. When the Gasconade River is low, something is unveiled on the river...
How marketing the Canadian Pacific Railway built, and branded, a nation
(Source: Financial Post, October 30, 2015) OTTAWA — When the last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, the company that had connected Canada from coast to coast faced a whole new challenge: generating traffic on the line. Full story: Financial...
China approves $9.2 billion high-speed rail line for 2022 Winter Olympics
(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2015) SHANGHAI — China has approved plans for a 58.41 billion yuan ($9.22 billion) high-speed rail project which will be used during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a local government said on Monday Full story: The Economic Times
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