Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/22/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Brightline steps up safety initiatives in response to rail-crossing deaths Brightline President and COO Patrick Goddard held a press conference last week to announce additional safety initiatives on the passenger-rail service's route. Photo – Brightline Brightline executives are expanding safety outreach…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/26/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation NTSB: Amtrak engineer missed speed-limit sign before train derailed Derailed passenger cars on Interstate 5. Photo – NTSB The engineer of the Amtrak Cascades train missed seeing a speed-limit sign before the train derailed from an overpass in Washington state last…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/26/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA slates hearings on environmental report for Texas bullet train A rendering of the proposed Brazos Station in Grimes County, Texas. Photo – Texas Central Railway The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Jan. 29 will begin a series of 10 public…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/30/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Report: FRA chief counsel Reyes serving as acting administrator Juan Reyes Photo – fra.dot.gov Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Chief Counsel Juan Reyes has become the agency's acting deputy administrator, according to a Politico report.Reyes is filling the role while current deputy…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/1/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers hits truck at grade crossing NTSB investigators look over the scene of yesterday's crash in Crozet, Virginia. Photo – NTSB's Flickr account The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched an investigation into what caused an…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/2/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation House railroad subcommittee schedules PTC hearing The U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials will host a Feb. 15 hearing on positive train control (PTC) implementation.The committee anticipates it will receive testimony from Amtrak, the National Transportation Safety Board,…
(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) * Chartbook: http://tmsnrt.rs/2DB9aLY LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Freight movements in the United States and around the rest of the world are growing at some of the fastest rates this decade, which should provide a big boost for diesel consumption in 2018.…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific reported $6.1 billion jump in fourth-quarter profit thanks to a sweeping change in U.S. tax laws, but the profit growth was a more modest $60 million when that one-time benefit is stripped away. The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad on Thursday reported a profit of $7.28 billion, or $9.25 per share.…
(Adds senator calling for urgent rail safety hearing) WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - As investigators sift through the wreckage of this week's Amtrak train crash in Washington state, critics have begun questioning President Donald Trump's recent efforts to roll back or delay finalizing U.S. rail safety regulations. Making American railroads safer drew renewed attention after…