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BNSF plans temporary layoffs across its system as freight declines
(Source: Associated Press, May 27, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — BNSF Railway Co. says it's planning employee furloughs due to slipping freight shipping demand across its rail network. Full story: Salt Lake Tribune
Nebraska man identified as BNSF worker killed in Minneapolis
(Source: Beatrice Daily Sun, May 28, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Nebraska man has been identified as a BNSF Railway employee killed in a rail yard accident in Minneapolis. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office identified the man Wednesday as 29-year-old...
CN train derails as wooden trestle collapses, burns along rail line near International Falls
(Source: Duluth News Tribune, May 27, 2015) DULUTH, Mich. — A Canadian National Railway trestle near International Falls caught fire early Wednesday, damaging several railroad cars that were caught on the burning span before it collapsed. There were no reports of...
Amtrak crash quells railroads’ efforts to reduce crew size
(Source: Bloomberg, May 27, 2015) NEW YORK — The Amtrak crash that killed eight people this month raised questions of the safety of one-engineer trains, thwarting the idea of reducing freight crews for now, Union Pacific Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lance Fritz said....
150 years since Chinese workers were brought in to build the transcontinental railroad
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — The greatest engineering feat of the 19th century began in 1863, when the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads broke ground. Two years later, contractors began hiring large numbers of Chinese...
NASA Railroad reaches the end of its line
(Source: Florida Today, May 24, 2015) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The NASA Railroad has reached the end of its line. Last month, the Florida East Coast Railway pulled NASA locomotives No. 1 and No. 3 from Kennedy Space Center on their way to new homes. Their departure...
BNSF business car catches fire near Flagstaff
(Source: Arizona Daily Sun, May 27, 2015) FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A fire broke out in the kitchen area of a BNSF business train car near Flagstaff on the morning of May 26. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported. Full story: Arizona...
Planned bullet train route linking Atlanta to Chattanooga is derailed
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 26, 2015) ATLANTA, Ga. — A long-shot idea of a bullet train linking Atlanta and Chattanooga appears to have been derailed. Full story: www.ajc.com
Austrian court finds 14-year-old guilty of planning to blow up Vienna’s main railway station
(Source: Associated Press, May 26, 2015) VIENNA — An Austrian court has found a 14-year-old boy guilty of planning to blow up Vienna's main railway station after being radicalized by Islamic extremists. The court also found the defendant guilty of planning to join...
Four reasons why railroad stocks are down
(Source: Globe and Mail, May 27, 2015) TORONTO — After years of steady growth, railway share prices have been in a downward spiral, as the U.S. economy wobbles and shipments of coal and oil plunge. Full story: Globe and Mail
Al-Qaida operative who helped LIRR bomb plotter pleads guilty
(Source: NBC New York, May 27, 2015) NEW YORK — A Yemeni al-Qaida operative who helped a Long Island man who plotted to bomb the Long Island Rail Road has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Full story: NBC New York
Massachusetts Senate OKs fiscal control board for MBTA
(Source: State House News Service, May 26, 2015) BOSTON — The Senate shortly after midnight Friday morning unanimously passed a $38.1 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that begins in July after Democrats and Republicans came together over a compromise to put the...
Mudslide blocks Wyoming highway, railroad tracks
(Source: Television station KCWY, May 25, 2015) CASPER, Wyo. — Unusually heavy rains deliver a torrent of mud and rocks up to six feet deep in places onto Highway 20, and nearby railroad tracks in Wyoming's Wind River Canyon. Full story: NBC News
BNSF locomotive hit by gunfire in Byhalia, Miss.
(Source: Television station WREG, May 21, 2015) BYHALIA, Miss. — Someone fired a rifle at the locomotive of a BNSF freight train headed to Memphis. It happened in Byhalia, Mississippi where investigators and the public hoped the train’s on board surveillance camera...
Amtrak to install cameras in locomotives following deadly Philadelphia crash
(Source: Associated Press, May 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak officials announced Tuesday it will install video cameras inside locomotive cabs to record the actions of train engineers. This move follows a deadly derailment earlier this month in which...
Union Pacific vice president sells $1.6 million in company stock
(Source: Mideast Times, May 25, 2015) NEW YORK — Union Pacific EVP Diane K. Duren sold 15,500 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.39, for a total value of...
Colorado DOT approves $1 million for Southwest Chief
(Source: KVNF.org, May 22, 2015) PAONIA, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Transportation Commission voted unanimously to approve $1 million to help preserve the Southwest Chief rail line in southern Colorado. It's part of a route that stretches from Chicago to Los...
After a decade of conflict, utilities settle with BNSF
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, May 24, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — When the dispute with regional electric utilities began more than 10 years ago over rates charged to deliver coal to the Laramie River Station, the railroad was still known as the Burlington Northern and...
B&P Tunnel replacement new focus of Baltimore’s push for double-stacked trains
(Source: Baltimore Sun, May 22, 2015) BALTIMORE, Md. — Nearly 20 years ago, Gov. Parris N. Glendening had lunch with the chief executive of CSX to pitch the railroad chief on investing $40 million to expand the Howard Street Tunnel and another one in Harper's Ferry,...
Financial settlement nears for victims of Lac-Megantic rail disaster
(Source: Montreal Gazette, May 22, 2015) MONTREAL — Victims of the 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Mégantic will be consulted in the coming days on a $300-million financial settlement that is being proposed by the railway company that was involved. Full story: Montreal...
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