Sunday rail news: No one hurt as UP locomotive explodes in Utah’s Echo Canyon No injuries were reported after North Summit, Utah, firefighters were called to a reported explosion of a Union Pacific locomotive in Echo Canyon early Saturday morning. The North Summit Fire District said in a Twitter post that the incident was reported about 3 […]
Saturday morning rail news: NS to lay off 17 at Juniata Locomotive Shop Norfolk Southern will furlough 17 mechanical workers at its Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa., the Altoona Mirror reports. Ten carmen, six boilermakers, and one laborer will be laid off, the newspaper reports, citing information from a shop employee. A report last […]
CHICAGO – The Chicago interchange dispute between Canadian National and Canadian Pacific is heading to a new venue: Federal court. CN, through its Wisconsin Central subsidiary, is seeking to have the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a Surface Transportation Board declaratory order. The STB’s order, issued in October, said that CN could […]
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific will write off half the value of the aborted hump yard it was building in Hearne, Texas, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday morning. UP in April 2019 stopped construction of the $550 million Brazos Yard, which the railroad had described as the largest single capital investment […]
Additional Friday morning rail news: NTSB releases initial report on October CSX employee death at Richmond’s Acca Yard A CSX employee killed in an October accident in Richmond, Va., died when the train he was operating by remote control struck three standing cars on an adjacent track, according to a preliminary report from the National […]
More Friday morning rail news: Amtrak test trains to run on Point Defiance Bypass Jan. 16-17 Amtrak will begin running test trains on Jan. 16-17 in preparation for the start of service on Washington state’s Point Defiance Bypass, idle for more than three years after a fatal derailment of the first Amtrak train to use […]
Friday morning rail news: Federal grant will allow construction to begin on South Shore double track project The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District has received a $173 million federal grant for its Double Track project, which will add a second main for South Shore Line commuter service between Gary and Michigan City, Ind. The 26.6-mile […]
MIAMI — Although a planned private activity bond sale to help finance Brightline’s proposed Southern California-Las Vegas, Nev., route has been delayed, long-term investors weren’t deterred from snapping up $950 million in the company’s Florida bond offering just before Christmas. The bond sale for the western project — and the project itself — have been […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has resigned, effective Monday, Jan. 11, in the wake of Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol, which she calls “a traumatic and entirely avoidable event” in a letter addressed to Department of Transportation colleagues. “It has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.” […]
Thursday morning rail news: TSB of Canada begins investigation after worker dies at CN yard in Montreal The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has begun an investigation after a Canadian National employee died Wednesday in an accident at the railroad’s Pointe-St-Charles yard in Montreal. CTV News reports the accident occurred about 12:50 p.m., and that […]
WASHINGTON — Thanks to continued intermodal strength, overall U.S. Class I rail traffic in December increased by 4.4% over December 2019, with a total of 2,435,819 carloads and intermodal units, according to statistics released by the Association of American Railroads. The 1,101,324 carloads in the month represented a decrease of 3.7%, while the 1,334,495 containers […]
More Thursday morning rail news: Bill funding major MBTA projects goes to Massachusetts governor A late-night compromise allowed Massachusetts legislators to pass a $16.5 billion transportation bond bill which would fund several major rail projects. State House News Service reports the bill sent to Gov. Charlie Baker includes funding for a connector for the Massachusetts […]
