Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/23/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Canadian panel OKs funds to improve access to CN line The Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) has awarded CA$847,378 in funds to develop a transshipment center in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Mekinac.The center will be located in…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/22/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation NTSB: Truck was on tracks, gates were down before Amtrak crash The front axle of the lead locomotive derailed as the train continued moving. Photo – NTSB A garbage truck involved in a fatal Amtrak accident late last month had entered…
(Recasts to focus on NAFTA, adds operating ratio) Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kansas City Southern, a U.S. railroad with extensive operations in Mexico, sought to ease investor fears on Friday over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, touting forecasts of solid freight volumes and a stronger economy in 2018. Uncertainty over the…
The locomotives previously were used on Amtrak's West Coast routes. Photo – Metra Metra's board yesterday approved the purchase of up to 21 used F59PHI locomotives for $1.3 million apiece. Built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in 1998, the units will enable the railroad to quickly supplement its locomotive fleet and continue a longer-term…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FTA: Commuter-rail corridor improvements may qualify for grants Commuter railroads may qualify for a portion of the $73 million in federal grant funding that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) made available last week for positive train control (PTC), grade-crossing improvement and…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation TSB: More rail accidents reported last year in Canada In 2017, 1,090 railway accidents were reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), a 21 percent increase over 2016 but close to the five-year average of 1,028, the board reported…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/15/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Trump nominates Drake to serve as FTA administrator Thelma Drake Photo – President Donald Trump has nominated former U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake to serve as administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).Drake is an assistant director of public works for Norfolk,…
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to install an anti-crash technology called positive train control after a series of recent crashes. "I think the American public is tired of excuses," Representative Jeff Denham, a Republican who chairs…
Amtrak is considering suspending service on tracks that don't have sophisticated speed controls by a Dec. 31 deadline, the railroad's top executive said Thursday, threatening to disrupt operations across the U.S. in a push to strengthen safety after a series of deadly wrecks. President and CEO Richard Anderson told a House subcommittee that Amtrak is…
ATTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A freight train carrying automobiles has derailed in rural western New York, sending up a plume of black smoke but apparently posing no public danger. Norfolk Southern Corp. spokesman Jon Glass says a train pulling 43 autorack cars derailed in rural Wyoming County near the village of Attica late Thursday afternoon.…