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Posts published in “Day: January 26, 2019”

STB reveals four Class Is were ‘revenue adequate’ in 2017

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 12/27/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation STB reveals four Class Is were 'revenue adequate' in 2017 The Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced last week that the Class Is that achieved "revenue adequacy" for 2017 were BNSF Railway Co., Norfolk Southern Corp.'s combined railroad subsidiaries, Canadian Pacific's Soo…

FRA provides grants for 11 PTC projects

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 12/26/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA provides grants for 11 PTC projects Amtrak’s first host-owned territory that was implemented with PTC involved BNSF subdivisions. Photo – Amtrak The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced late last week it awarded $46.3 million in grants for 11 positive train…

U.S. Rep. Lipinski to chair House rail subcommittee

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/25/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation U.S. Rep. Lipinski to chair House rail subcommittee U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) Photo – congress.gov The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) announced yesterday that U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) will chair its Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous…