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Ontario’s high-speed rail project gets CA$11 billion boost

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 4/9/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Ontario's high-speed rail project gets CA$11 billion boost The funding will come from the province's 2018 budget. Photo – Ontario's high-speed rail feasibility report The province of Ontario will invest more than CA$11 billion to build the first phase of a…

Trump-era transportation project more focused on rural areas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about bike-share stations in Chicago or pedestrian walkways in Oakland. That's so Obama-era. In the Trump administration, a popular $500 million transportation grant program is focused more on projects in rural areas that turned out for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. That means more road and rail projects in GOP…

Federal Legislation & Regulation For Railroad Career Professionals From Progressive Railroading magazine

Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Norfolk Southern responds to STB on service issues CP, CSX, UP respond to STB's rail-service concerns FRA seeks input on railroad industry automation Transit, rail programs get funding boost under FY18 omnibus bill CAGTC: More than half of TIGER IX awarded to freight STB to hold meetings on directed…

UPDATE 1-CP rail conductors and locomotive engineers authorize strike -union

(Adds context, comment from statement) MONTREAL, April 6 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway conductors and locomotive engineers on Friday voted to authorize a strike action that could have the 3,000 workers walk off the job as early as April 21, Teamsters Canada said in a statement. The workers, whose collective agreement expired late last year,…

Federal Legislation & Regulation News

Federal Legislation & Regulation News http://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_regulation/ Federal Legislation & Regulation NewsCopyright 2018 Trade Press Media Group http://www.progressiverailroading.com/bnsf_railway/news/BNSF-addresses-STBs-service-concerns--54271Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:30:00 CST http://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_national/news/CN-responds-to-STBs-railservice-concerns--54264Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:00:00 CST http://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news/Begeman-officially-becomes-STB-chair--54232Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:30:00 CST http://www.progressiverailroading.com/ptc/news/FRA-PTC-operating-on-56-percent-freight-route-miles--54229Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:30:00 CST http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/APTA-leaders-question-Trump-plan-to-cut-funds-for-transit-capital-projects--54226Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:45:00 CST http://www.progressiverailroading.com/class_is/news/STB-seeks-Class-Is-response-to-rail-service-complaints--54218Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:30:00 CST http://www.progressiverailroading.com/amtrak/news/NY-officials-seek-to-rename-Rochester-Amtrak-station-after-Slaughter--54207Mon, 19 Mar…

UPDATE 2-Canada trade deficit jumps as rail problems cut grain exports

(Recasts leads, adds analyst comment) OTTAWA, April 5 (Reuters) - Canada's trade deficit in February jumped to C$2.69 billion ($2.10 billion) from C$1.94 billion in January as rail transport problems slashed exports of wheat and canola, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The deficit was larger than the C$2.00 billion shortfall predicted by analysts in a…

BNSF addresses STB’s service concerns

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/27/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation BNSF addresses STB's service concerns BNSF Railway Co.'s $3.3 billion capital investment plan will put the railroad in a position to meet customers' growth and service expectations this year, President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Ice told the Surface Transportation Board…

CN responds to STB’s rail-service concerns

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/26/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation CN responds to STB's rail-service concerns JJ Ruest Photo – CN CN President and Chief Executive Officer JJ Ruest has informed the Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the railroad's plan to speed up its service in response to recent shipper complaints.Earlier…

FRA: PTC operating on 56 percent freight route miles

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA: PTC operating on 56 percent freight route miles FRA Administrator Ronald Batory Photo – fra.dot.gov Positive train control (PTC) systems are operating on about 56 percent of freight railroads' route miles that are required to be governed by PTC systems,…