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N.J. bill bans train, bus operators from texting
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N.J. bill bans train, bus operators from textingThe Assembly passed legislation today that prohibits train operators and bus drivers from text messaging while driving, Web site www.nj.com reported. The bill (A-407) stems from a commuter train crash in California that killed 25 people. Investi...
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Switchman’s heart attack leads to diagnosis of sleep apnea
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Switchmans heart attack leads to diagnosis of sleep apnea (The following story by Elizabeth Barrett appeared on the Gothenburg Times website on February 25, 2010.) GOTHENBURG, Neb. Stu Simmons isnt necessarily a night owl. But his job as a switchman for Union Pacific Railroad keeps him up most nig...
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NTSB asks photo & audio crew monitoring
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NTSB asks photo & audio crew monitoring WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Feb. 23 officially recommended to the Federal Railroad Administration that it "require installation, in all controlling locomotive cabs and cab-car operating compartments, of crash...
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Rails ordered to compensate fired whistle-blower
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NTSB to meet on “Most Wanted” safety improvements for federal agencies
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NTSB to meet on Most Wanted safety improvements for federal agencies (The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on February 12, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting Thursday, February 18, at 9:30 a.m., in its Boar...
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Another Fallen Brother
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BLET member found murdered in Eugene, Ore. CLEVELAND, February 8 Police in Eugene, Ore., are investigating the murder of a BLET member who was found shot to death outside of his locomotive. Police are reporting that a co-worker found Ron Langlois dead of a gunshot wound at West 2nd and Cleveland Stre...
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Obama proposes fee for rail inspections
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Obama proposes fee for rail inspectionsPresident Obamas budget proposes to have the Federal Railroad Administration start charging for some of its safety inspection services, to bring in $50 million in fee income during the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, the Journal of Commerce reports. The rai...
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Injured conductor wins $1.65 million
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Injured conductor wins $1.65 millionBUFFALO, N.Y. - A Niagara Falls man whose career as a train conductor came to a halt when a CSX freight train slammed into him in the Frontier Yard six years ago was awarded $1.65 million by a Buffalo jury, the News reports. David Canazzi, 56, was struck when a train b...
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Glimpse of the Future
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Video cameras watching train crews. Needed for safety? Or going too far? Oh yeah, this'll be GREAT!
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FRA urges: Comply with safety rules
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FRA urges: Comply with safety rulesShocked that 16 railroad employees were killed in on-duty accidents during 2009 -- eight of them UTU members -- Federal Railroad Administrator Joe Szabo has issued a strong plea that all employees "think about rules compliance and consider its impact on e...
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Class Is set 2010 capital spending budgets
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Class Is set 2010 capital spending budgetsWhile the Class Is report their fourth-quarter financial results this month, they're also announcing their planned 2010 capital spending budgets, Progressive Railroading reported. Today (Jan. 28), Canadian Pacific announced it plans to spend betwe...
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BLET spokesman testifies on roadside memorials
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BLET spokesman testifies on roadside memorials (The following story by Nancy Hicks and JoAnne Young appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star website on January 29, 2010. Randy Meek is Chairman of the BLETs Nebraska State Legislative Board.) LINCOLN, Neb. The legality of roadside memorials on Nebras...
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FRA chief Szabo learned from ballast up
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FRA chief Szabo learned from ballast upRIVERDALE, Ill. - Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo remembers his family's vacation days at the lake with other Riverdale families in the 1960s, according to the Northwest Indiana Times. (Szabo is the former Illinois state legislative director...
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KCS continues rebound, beats estimates
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KCS continues rebound, beats estimatesKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern beat analyst estimates in the fourth quarter in both earnings and revenues, Web site economy.kansascity.com reported. For the three months ended Dec. 31, the railroad company earned $32.0 million, or 33 cents a shar...
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$8 billion for 13 high-speed rail projects
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$8 billion for 13 high-speed rail projectsWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will give $8 billion in economic stimulus money to 13 U.S. rail corridors today, Jan. 28, mostly for high-speed passenger service, reports Angela Greiling Keane for Bloomberg News. The funds, the biggest single U.S...
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NTSB: Put cameras, voice recorders in all cabs
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NTSB: Put cameras, voice recorders in all cabsWASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials called for railroads to install cameras and voice recorders in every locomotive cab in the nation as they publicly warned Jan. 21 that cellphone texting by engineers and conductors was a growing and lethal dange...
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In Indiana, hard times still ride rails
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In Indiana, hard times still ride rails (The following story by Marty Schladen appeared on The Journal Gazette website on January 26, 2010.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. Officially, the recession likely is over, but the trains that haul the freight that chugs through the economy still arent burning up the trac...
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Wisconsin & Southern calls on feds, state to provide funds for 'shovel-ready' projects
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Wisconsin & Southern calls on feds, state to provide funds for 'shovel-ready' projects (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 25, 2010.) The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) is promoting a plan to federal and state lawmakers that calls for sol...
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Railroads, utilities clash over dust from coal trains
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Railroads, utilities clash over dust from coal trains (The following story by Josh Voorhees of Greenwire appeared on the New York Times website on January 25, 2010.) NEW YORK An effort by railroad companies to control dust blowing from coal trains has drawn the wrath of electric-power generators a...
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Worker deaths close D.C.'s Red Line
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Worker deaths close D.C.'s Red LineWASHINGTON - Two Metro workers were struck and killed by a piece of track equipment just north of the Rockville Metrorail station early Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series of serious incidents that have plagued the system over the last year. The worker...
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Train, engine service numbers plunge
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Train, engine service numbers plungeU.S. Class I railroads cut 14,464 jobs between December 2008 and December 2009, with total employment dropping from 161,189 to 146,725, a decline of 8.97 percent, reports railwayage.com, citing Surface Transportation Board data. The biggest employment c...
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FRA fills key rail safety post
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FRA fills key rail safety postWASHINGTON -- A civil engineer with an extensive railroad engineering background is the Federal Railroad Administrations new deputy associate administrator for safety, regulatory and legislative affairs. Dr. Magdy El-Sibaie succeeds Grady Cothen in the post,...
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Railroads signal tepid recovery
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Railroads signal tepid recoveryOMAHA, Neb. - The nation's railroad operators expect a tepid recovery for the U.S. economy in 2010, as both businesses and consumers continue to wrestle with the effects of the recession, the Associated Press reports. The severe economic slump cut shipping demand...
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Weener nominated for NTSB seat
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Weener nominated for NTSB seatWASHINGTON President Obama has nominated Earl F. Weener to the National Transportation Safety Board, the Journal of Commerce reports. Weener is a fellow at the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va. He worked on runway safety, ground accident prevention, app...
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NTSB to wrap up Metrolink accident investigation
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NTSB to wrap up Metrolink accident investigation (The Associated Press circulated the following story by Kevin Freking on January 21, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. A federal panel is wrapping up its 16-month investigation into a commuter train crash in a Los Angeles suburb that killed 25 people and inj...
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