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NTSB: Engineer in 2019 CSX collision in Ohio was intoxicated (updated)
WASHINGTON — The CSX Transportation engineer whose train ran through a stop signal and sideswiped an oncoming train near Carey, Ohio, last year had a blood alcohol level five times the legal limit, and also had traces of marijuana in his system at the time of the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said today. […]
Digest: San Diego transit agency seeks STB ruling on coastal maintenance work
Tuesday morning rail news: San Diego-area agency seeks STB order protecting maintenance work on eroding coastal bluffs The North County Transit District, which operates the San Diego-area Coaster commuter trains, has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board for an order to keep the city of Del Mar and the California Coastal Commission from regulating maintenance and […]
Digest: CP, Maersk announces plans for transload facility in Vancouver
More Tuesday morning rail news: CP, Maersk announce Vancouver transload, distribution facility Canadian Pacific and Maersk, the world’s largest container-ship operator, will build a new transload and distribution facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, expanding CP’s existing Vancouver Intermodal Facility. CP says the facility will apply Maersk’s container logistics strategy and will rely on substantial use […]
Digest: Tri-Rail to add trains
Monday morning rail news: Tri-Rail to add trains as of Sept. 16 South Florida’s Tri-Rail will increase commuter rail operations as of Sept. 16, and plans to reinstate fare collection as of Oct. 1. The agency announced the train will begin operating 35 trains on weekdays and 15 on weekends and holidays, increasing peak-period weekday […]
Digest: BNSF maintenance blitz will bring Metra schedule changes, crossing closures
More Monday morning rail news: BNSF maintenance to bring Metra schedule changes, grade-crossing closures Sept. 17-20 BNSF Line will see schedule changes, including some train cancellations, and closures of major grade crossings during a four-day maintenance project to replace 11,000 ties over a nearly 15-mile stretch of the three-track BNSF main line between Berwyn and […]
Boca Raton museum, former FEC station, is sold
Monday preservation and tourist railroad news: Boca Raton rail museum, former FEC station, is sold The Boca Raton Historical Society has sold the former Florida East Coast Railway train station that houses its Boca Express Train Museum for $2.1 million, Law.com reports. Mizner Arts LLC is listed as the buyer. The station was built in […]
BNSF names Kathryn Farmer as its next CEO
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway today named Kathryn Farmer as its next chief executive, effective Jan. 1. Farmer, who has been BNSF’s executive vice president operations since 2018, will become the first woman to lead a Class I railroad. She will replace Carl R. Ice, who will retire at the end of 2020 after […]
Digest: Judge rules builders can quit Maryland Purple Line project
Friday morning rail news: Judge rules construction group can quit Purple Line light rail project The consortium overseeing construction of Maryland’s Purple Line light rail project will be allowed to quit in mid-project over disputes with the state over cost overruns, a state judge ruled on Thursday. The Washington Post reports Judge Jeffrey M. Geller […]
After 118 years in Alaska, Climax locomotive heads back to Pennsylvania
A 1902 Climax Manufacturing Co. narrow gauge geared steam locomotive that has spent the last 118 years in Alaska is on its way back to the town where it was built — Corry, Pa. Disassembled and loaded in a container, the 3-foot gauge engine was shipped 1,400 miles from Whittier, Alaska, to the U.S. Lower […]
