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Sen. Schumer: Use federal money to fix Amtrak tunnels damaged by Hurricane Sandy
(Source: New York Daily News, August 24, 2015) NEW YORK — An insurance legal snafu that leaves $550 million for Hurricane Sandy repairs to commuter rails in limbo should be fixed with federal aid, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Monday. Full story: www.nydailynews.com
Christie, feds vow to build new Hudson rail tunnel
(Source: www.nj.com, August 18, 2015) TRENTON, N.J. — A meeting on Tuesday between Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey's two U.S. senators and the head of the federal transportation department that was described as "substantive and productive" yielded a joint vow from the...
Inside the Hudson rail tunnel: Decay, water and a power puzzle
(Source: Bloomberg, August 21, 2015) NEW YORK — Fixes aren’t quick in a commuter-rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. Not when the crew is diverted to a more pressing repair. Not when 300 feet of faulty power cable is pulled from its housing and another 100 feet...
Aging tunnels under Hudson River threaten to disrupt transport, commerce
(Source: National Public Radio, August 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The workweek got off to a rough start for New Jersey rail commuters recently. A disabled train blocked one of the two rail tunnels under the Hudson River to Penn Station during the Monday morning rush...
Worker dies after accident at Amtrak maintenance facility in Beech Grove
(Source: Television station WTHR, August 24, 2015) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Amtrak says a worker has died after an accident at the maintenance facility in Beech Grove Saturday morning. Full story: www.wthr.com
Two person crew bill heads to California governor’s desk
(Source: Times-Herald, August 22, 2015) VALLEJO, Calif. — Legislation to protect communities along rail lines and railroad workers by requiring trains and light engines carrying freight within California to be operated with an adequate crew size received support from...
Via Rail sues City of Ottawa for $4 million in latest train-bus crash crash claim
(Source: CBC News, August 14, 2015) OTTAWA — Via Rail is suing the City of Ottawa and the estate of OC Transpo bus driver Dave Woodard for $4 million in damages for "negligence" in the latest lawsuit following the fatal bus-train crash nearly two years ago. Full...
Feds agree to let Amtrak police communicate with cops, firefighters on emergency radio networks
(Source: New York Daily News, August 14, 2015) NEW YORK — The feds have agreed to let Amtrak police communicate with cops and firefighters with access to emergency responder radio networks, Sen. Chuck Schumer said. Full story: www.nydailynews.com
Freight train derailment causes 14-hour ordeal for Chicago-to-St. Louis Amtrak passengers
(Source: Suffield Times, August 13, 2015) CHICAGO — What used to be to be a five-hour commute between Chicago and St. Louis become a 14-hour ordeal for passengers aboard an Amtrak teach because of a truck twist of fate and the derailment of a freight teach. Full...
Port of Vancouver celebrates completion of rail trench project
(Source: The Columbian, August 13, 2015) VANCOUVER — The Port of Vancouver on Thursday shined a spotlight on the completion of a $30 million project — a new rail entrance to the port dubbed the “trench” — that’s part of a larger effort to relieve congestion and to...
Teamsters Local 104 continues strike against Sun Tran
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 14, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters Local Union 104’s Unfair Labor Practice strike against Sun Tran is now nearing the end of its eighth day with the striking employees and their supporters...
Reduced oil train volume in Albany amid oil glut, price collapse
(Source: Albany Times Union, August 13, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — As crude oil prices continue to plunge this year, the flow of oil trains coming into the Port of Albany from the oil fields of North Dakota appears to be slowing down a bit. Full story: Albany Times Union
Cuomo has no plan to attend Gateway tunnel meeting with Foxx
(Source: Bloomberg, August 13, 2015) NEW YORK — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won’t attend a meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss reviving Amtrak’s Gateway tunnel project under the Hudson River. Full story: Bloomberg
Can transportation alliance get Gateway project going?
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 2015) NEW YORK — As the governors of New Jersey and New York struggle to head off urgent calls to prevent an interruption of cross-Hudson rail travel, a U.S. senator and a prominent transit advocate are proposing that the...
Blumenthal: Push railroads to install Positive Train Control
(Source: Hartford Courant, August 13, 2015) HARTFORD, Conn. — With most railroads telling the federal government that they won't meet the deadline for installing crash-avoidance systems, Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants to try more than simply issuing fines and new...
‘Transportation armageddon’ is coming to the Northeast Corridor
(Source: City Lab, August 13, 2015) NEW YORK — In January 2011, Senator Chuck Schumer warned that disinvestment in rail infrastructure between New York and New Jersey could cause a decline in the region’s economic viability. That was shortly after New Jersey Governor...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic down 0.9 percent compared to 2014 for week ending August 8
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Aug. 8, 2015. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 562,884...
Florida high-speed rail project challenged by archaeologist
(Source: Reuters, August 12, 2015) MIAMI — A prominent Florida archaeologist says crews working on a high-speed rail project to connect Miami and Orlando failed to tell regulators about plans to dig near an ancient Native American site that he complains has disturbed...
Shipping oil through pipelines safer than by rail, report says
(Source: Globe and Mail, August 13, 2015) TORONTO — Oil shipments by rail are 4 1/2 times more likely to have a spill or incident than those pumped through a pipeline, says a report from the Fraser Institute, which examined data from Canada’s Transportation Safety...
MARC replacing electric locomotive fleet with high-speed diesels
(Source: Railway Age, August 12, 2015) NEW YORK — The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has decided to phase out its 10-unit fleet of AEM7 and HHP8 electric locomotives used for MARC regional/commuter rail service and replace them with eight new 125-mph “Charger”...
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