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Senate bill would delay deadline for Positive Train Control
(Source: Hearst Newspapers, July 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Language buried in a massive Senate transportation funding bill would extend the deadline for railroad implementation of a crucial safety mechanism from the end of 2015 to the end of 2018. Full story:...
Turning the tide on voter suppression
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Voting rights is a key issue of our time, challenging democracy and the ability of the American people to participate in the electoral process as guaranteed under U.S....
Google Express workers file for Teamster representation
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 27, 2015) SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Teamsters Local Union 853 announced today that workers at Palo Alto-based Google Express Services filed for a representation election. The more than 140 warehouse and...
CSX bridge over NJ reservoir to be replaced
(Source: www.nj.com, July 27, 2015) HAWTHORN, N.J. — The CSX railway company plans this summer to replace the wooden deck of an 86-year-old bridge that carries trains hauling millions of gallons of crude oil over the Oradell Reservoir, the Record reported. Full story:...
CP Rail asks to appeal $430 million Lac-Megantic settlement fund
(Source: Globe and Mail, July 27, 2015) MONTREAL — The $430-million settlement fund in the Lac-Mégantic train disaster is illegal because the Quebec judge who approved it did not have the authority to do so, Canadian Pacific Railway said in its official leave for...
Opinion: Why Positive Train Control should not be delayed
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News column by Adam Schiff, July 27, 2015) LOS ANGELES — We are now at the point where all train systems should have implemented PTC, or at the very least, begun the process. And to their credit, some have. More distressing still, even as...
Connecticut governor discusses Metro-North improvements
(Source: Connecticut Post, July 28, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday hailed the state’s final purchase of new M8 rail cars for Metro-North, marking an end to the first phase of improving the commuter railroad. Full story: www.ctpost.com
SEPTA logged record rail ridership in FY2015
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 27, 2015) During fiscal-year 2015, ridership along the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's (SEPTA) Regional Rail system increased 2 percent versus FY2014 to 37.4 million trips, marking a new record for the...
Commuting woes in New York a sign of bigger infrastructure problems nationwide
(Source: Yahoo Finance, July 27, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — And there’s the problem. Infrastructure, not just in the north east, but coast to coast, costs money. Lots of it. The problems in and around the country’s largest city are just a few of the many examples of...
NJ Transit files formal complaint with Amtrak about delays
(Source: www.nj.com, July 27, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials filed a formal complaint on Friday with Amtrak's executive vice president, saying that the railroad is not meeting it's responsibilities to provide a well maintained facility under its lease...
DOT Secretary Foxx seeks meeting with NY, NJ governors over Hudson River rail tunnels
(Source: New York Times, July 27, 2015) NEW YORK — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, hoping to spur action on long-stalled plans for new Hudson River rail tunnels, sent a letter on Monday to the governors of New York and New Jersey urging them to meet with him in...
Government investigates 5 airlines for possible price gouging after May Amtrak crash in Philly
(Source: Associated Press, July 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday that the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving five airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after a deadly Amtrak...
Santa Teresa Southern RR shipping massive turbine blades
(Source: Las Cruces Sun-News, July 27, 2015) LAS CRUCES, N.M. — They have been sitting in the southern New Mexico desert for some time, spread out across some 70 acres like gleaming white pieces spilled out of a giant's Erector Set. Now the gargantuan turbine blades...
Man to stand trial for murder of BNSF worker in Tehachapi
(Source: Kern Golden Empire, July 24, 2015) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Jonathan Hearn will stand trial for the murder of Robert Limon last August. Prosecutor David McKillop presented testimony in the preliminary hearing over the last two days that shows Hearn, 24, was...
Installing Union Pacific’s made-in-Japan ribbon rail
(Source: The Record, July 26, 2015) STOCKTON, Calif. — Tucked away on the west end of Rough and Ready Island, behind the row of Port of Stockton warehouses facing Humphreys Road, a one-of-a-kind plant is turning out quarter-mile lengths of steel rail. The so-called...
Schererville man dies in accident while working at CN rail yard in Illinois
(Source: The Times, July 26, 2015) MUNSTER, Ind. — A Schererville man died Saturday after he was dragged by a slow-moving train while working at a Canadian National Railway yard in East Hazel Crest, officials said. Ryan D. Edwards, 27, suffered multiple injuries in...
Amtrak’s Boardman says he feels frustration of NJ Transit riders, but lacks funds to fix infrastructure
(Source: www.nj.com, July 24, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — Amtrak President Joseph Boardman empathized with NJ Transit riders who've endured delays due to four days of problems with aging infrastructure and said while the agency has the solutions, it lacks the funding to...
Blame swirls after week of nightmare commutes for N.J. rail passengers
(Source: The Record, July 24, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — For hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents who commute to New York by train, this past week was the week from hell. On four weekdays out of five, capped by problems on Friday morning, electrical failures...
Aging infrastructure plagues nation’s busiest rail corridor
(Source: New York Times, July 26, 2015) NEW YORK — Delays because of aging infrastructure have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on...
Norfolk Southern declares quarterly dividend
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 24, 2015) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation announced the regular quarterly dividend of 59 cents per share on its common stock, payable on Sept. 10 to stockholders of record on Aug. 7. Since its inception in...
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