Kevin Desmond (at podium) made the announcement at a Feb. 23 press conference. Photo – TransLink's 'Buzzer' blog TransLink late last week announced plans to accelerate the delivery of 28 new SkyTrain cars for the Expo and Millennium lines.To be built by Bombardier, the units now are slated to arrive by the end of 2019,…
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transport costs@ SEATTLE/BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb 26 (Reuters) - The drive for cost cuts and higher margins at U.S. trucking and railroad operators is pinching their biggest customers, forcing the likes of General Mills Inc and Hormel Foods Corp to spend more on deliveries and consider raising their own prices as a way to pass…
WASHINGTON (AP) — On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly in a herky-jerky backup ahead of an Interstate 75 construction zone in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Barreling toward them: an 18-ton tractor-trailer going about 80 mph. Despite multiple signs warning of slow traffic, the driver, with little or no braking, bashed…
President Donald Trump says his administration has ended more unnecessary regulations than any previous administration. In response to his orders, the Transportation Department has withdrawn, repealed, delayed or put on the back burner at least a dozen significant safety rules, according to an Associated Press review of the department's regulatory actions over the past year.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is putting the brakes on attempts to address dangerous safety problems from speeding tractor-trailers to sleepy railroad engineers as part of his quest to roll back regulations across the government, according to a review by The Associated Press of Transportation Department rule-making activities. A dozen transportation safety rules under…
transport costs@ (Repeats to additional customers with no changes to text) SEATTLE/BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb 26 (Reuters) - The drive for cost cuts and higher margins at U.S. trucking and railroad operators is pinching their biggest customers, forcing the likes of General Mills Inc and Hormel Foods Corp to spend more on deliveries and consider…
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…
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…