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Storm halts some SEPTA service
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Storm halts some SEPTA servicePHILADELPHIA -- A powerful thunderstorm that rolled through the region with a hurricane-force gust knocked out power to at least 280,000, some SEPTA service, and, evidently, the heat wave, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The storm barreled along at a brisk 55 m...
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CP News
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CP and TSI sign container port productivity agreement Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Canadian Pacific and TSI Terminal Systems Inc. (TSI) announced Wednesday that they have entered into an agreement to speed the flow of containers through the Vancouver, British Columbia, gateway. This agreement m...
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Person Struck By Train in Camden County
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Jun 24, 2010 11:50 pm US/EasternPerson Struck By Train In Camden CountyLAUREL SPRINGS, N.J. (CBS 3) CB1 of 1 A person was airlifted to a nearby hospital after being struck by a train in Camden County. Chopper 3 HD was over the scene in Laurel Springs just before 8 p.m. where the victim was struck by a trai...
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S&P gives Kansas City Southern 2-notch boost amid debt cuts
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S&P gives Kansas City Southern 2-notch boost amid debt cuts (Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on June 23, 2010.) NEW YORK Standard & Poor's Ratings Services gave a two-notch upgrade to junk-level Kansas City Southern (KSU), citing the regional railroad's recent debt reduct...
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Intermodal news
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 Intermodal volume on U.S. freight railroads for the week ended June 19, 2010, reached its highest level since the 45th week of 2008, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, up 21.2% over the comparable week in 2009. Intermodal also still trailed the compar...
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Obama admin. names UTU's Bates to panel
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Obama admin. names UTU's Bates to panelWillie Bates, an Amtrak conductor (UTU Local 1933, Washington), and UTU's District of Columbia legislative director, has been named by the Obama administration to a newly created Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS). Transportation Secret...
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Senate confirms 5 to NLRB, Amtrak boards
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Senate confirms 5 to NLRB, Amtrak boardsThe Senate confirmed Tuesday two of President Barack Obama's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board and three nominees to the Amtrak board of directors, reports The Wall Street Journal reports. Brian Hayes, a top staffer on labor issues for Senate...
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STB to hold July 7 public hearing in Maine on MMA abandonment
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STB to hold July 7 public hearing in Maine on MMA abandonment (The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on June 22, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The federal Surface Transportation Board announced today that it will hold a public hearing in Presque Isle, Maine, on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, t...
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Rail foamers flock to Scranton
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Rail foamers flock to ScrantonSCRANTON, Pa. - Mike Bischak works as a locomotive engineer for the Reading & Northern Railroad but took this week off to volunteer at the annual convention of the National Railway Historical Society in Scranton, the Times-Tribune reports. "So I'm on my vac...
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Around 60 killed in Congo train crash
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Around 60 killed in Congo train crashBRAZZAVILLE, Congo -- A train derailed and plunged into a ravine in Congo Republic, killing around 60 people and injuring hundreds on a deadly rail link in the oil-producing Central African state, Reuters said Tuesday. The accident happened late on Monday nigh...
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2 sent to hospital after MARC train loses power
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2 sent to hospital after MARC train loses power (The following report by Allene Moody appeared at WJLA.com on June 22, 2010.) CHEVERLY, Md. Hundreds of MARC passengers are upset after they were stranded on a train for hours in sweltering heat, which sent two people to the hospital. The disabled train...
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Former SP owner to operate luxury tour trains
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Former SP owner to operate luxury tour trainsNAPA VALLEY, Calif. -- The current owner of Silverado Resort has announced plans to offer luxury train trips from Napa to the Grand Canyon, the Napa Valley Register reports. Beginning in summer 2011, American Railway Explorer will operate rail tours th...
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Intermodal Gains on '09!
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Thursday, June 17, 2010 The Association of American Railroads reports that for the week ended June 12, intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads totaled 223,075 trailers and containers, up 17.7% from last year and down only 2.3% from pre-recession 2008.U.S. carriers originated 288,973 carloads...
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Amtrak considers new N.E. tunnel
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Amtrak considers new N.E. tunnel (The following story by the Associated Press appeared on The Washington Post website on June 17, 2010.) CHICAGO, Illinois Amtrak is studying whether there's a need to build a second rail tunnel to handle a growing number of passengers between New Jersey and New York...
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Harassment confirmed at Iowa Interstate
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Harassment confirmed at Iowa InterstateCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Federal officials say their investigation concludes that the Iowa Interstate Railroad retaliated against a train conductor for reporting a work-related injury, reports Bloomberg news. The Department of Labor's Occupational Saf...
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UP outpacing rival BNSF
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UP outpacing rival BNSFUnion Pacific, which transports Asian auto imports, expects an "elongated" economic recovery, Chief Executive Officer Jim Young said, reports Angela Greiling Keane for Bloomberg News. "We've still got a ways to go," he said in an interview at Bloom...
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There was a bridge...and then there wasn't
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Train fire ties up R5 rail traffic
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Train fire ties up R5 rail traffic (The following story by Dan Sokil appeared on The Reporter website on June 15, 2010.) NORTH WALES - Commuters coming into North Wales, Lansdale and all points northwards were delayed Monday afternoon, by an apparent electrical fire on a SEPTA car as it pulled into th...
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Employers to see 2011 medical costs jump
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Employers to see 2011 medical costs jumpINDIANAPOLIS -- Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chunk of the expense, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report, the Associated Press r...
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Pull a page from the CSX playbook
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Displace everyone to avoid paying holiday pay. NCCC carriers set July 5 for holiday payAs Independence Day this year falls on a Sunday, major railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee will observe July 5 as the formal holiday for pay purposes. This follows provisions in...
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Four congressmen unveil 'rail-car enhancement act'
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Four congressmen unveil 'rail-car enhancement act' (The following story by Jeff Stagl appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 9, 2010.) Today, U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and John Tanner (D-Tenn.) introduced the Green Rail...
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Judge orders N.Y. MTA to rehire workers
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Judge orders N.Y. MTA to rehire workersNEW YORK -- A Manhattan judge Tuesday ordered New York City's transit agency to restore hundreds of jobs to its payroll and reopen dozens of customer service booths that had closed because of budget problems, the Associated Press reports. State Supreme Court...
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FRA: Rails can discipline camera disabling
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FRA: Rails can discipline camera disablingThe Federal Railroad Administration, following disciplinary action by Los Angeles Metrolink against two operating employees who disabled an inward facing camera in the locomotive cab, said that while the agency does not now regulate cab-installed i...
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Intermodal at highest volume in 19 months!
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Thursday, June 03, 2010 The Association of American Railroads said Thursday that intermodal volume on U.S. railroads for the week ended May 29 was the highest since November 2008. The 225,111 trailers and containers hauled in the latest week wasup 35.5% from last year and 10.3% from 2008. Unlike 20...
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Virginia facing payment to Amtrak for rail service
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Virginia facing payment to Amtrak for rail service (The following story by Peter Bacque appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on June 4, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. Virginia faces having to come up with millions of dollars to pay for some of Amtrak's passenger rail service in the state. By 2013,...
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