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More Wednesday morning rail news: Short line derailment, bridge collapses closes Pennsylvania highway A train derailment and bridge collapse have closed a state highway in Indiana County, Pa. The Indiana Gazette reports the derailment has occurred near Starford, Pa., closing State Route 1014. The location is on the R.J. Corman Pennsylavania lines. Photos on the […]
Wednesday evening rail news: Transport Canada makes major revisions to crew work rules Transport Canada has updated its rules regarding fatigue rules for railroad workers, placing new limits on the length of a work period and the number of hours that can be worked in a week or month, while increasing the length of […]
Wednesday morning rail news: Moving DC Metro train separates, prompting removal of cars from service Two cars of a DC Metro train separated Tuesday while the train was in motion, the second such uncoupling incident in two months. The Washington Post reports the train separated inside a Red Line tunnel about 1 p.m.; 12 passengers […]
WASHINGTON — Continuing long-running trends, Association of American Railroads rail traffic statistics for the week ending Nov. 21 shows intermodal volume lifting overall traffic ahead of the level for the same week in 2019, while carload traffic remains down. The year-to-date gap between 2019 and 2020 levels is decreasing, however. For the week, total traffic […]
NEW YORK — An independent report released Monday contends Amtrak’s Hudson River tunnels can be repaired while the tunnels remain in service, contrary to a longstanding belief that the tunnels cannot be fully refurbished until they can be taken out of service following the construction of the proposed Gateway Project tunnel between New Jersey and […]
Cleanup continues of a CSX derailment Monday night in North Baltimore, Md., although one track of the rail line was reopened as of 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. The Capital Gazette reports 21 cars of the 109-car train, en route from Avon, Ind., to Philadelphia, derailed about 6:30 p.m. Monday night. There were no injuries and […]
Tuesday midday rail news: NS train derails near Cincinnati, blocking route Norfolk Southern is reporting to shippers that a derailment of a manifest train west of Cincinnati this morning has blocked a single-track main line and resulted in track and switch damage. The railroad estimates service will be restored by 5 p.m. today. The accident […]
Tuesday morning derailment news: No injuries reported as NJ Transit train derails Traffic on NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line is expected to be suspended into New York City through this morning’s commute after an early-morning derailment. NJ.com reports train No. 3292, due to arrive at New York Penn Station at 1:18 a.m., derailed about […]
Tuesday morning transit news: Labor groups ask Bay Area agency to use capital funds to prevent layoffs A coalition of labor groups are asking the agency which coordinates transit planning in the San Francisco Bay Area to set aside $100 million to prevent layoffs to hundreds of employees. The Marin Independent Journal reports the Metropolitan […]
Top executives from Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern last week touted the industry’s growth prospects and the ways they are working to make railroads better able to compete against trucks. Their remarks, made at the RailTrends 2020 conference, came a day after consulting firm Oliver Wyman released a survey that showed […]
DENVER — Canadian rail tour operator Rocky Mountaineer will utilize its glass-topped single-level coaches and introduce a lounge car as part of a new SilverLeaf Plus class when it begins operation from Denver to Moab, Utah, next August. The “Rockies to Red Rocks” cruise operation announced last week [see “Digest: Rocky Mountaineer to launch Colorado-Utah […]
MANITOU, Colo. — New railroad snowfighting equipment is relatively rare, but there’s a new snow clearing tool on its way to Colorado. The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway has ordered a new snow blower as part of its $100 million renovation project. The new snow blower, produced by Zaugg in Eggiwil, Switzerland, will […]
