WASHINGTON — The National Park Foundation announced this week that since 2011, it has engaged more than one million students in educational programs connecting them with national parks across the country. As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation raises support from generous individuals and dedicated partners for diverse […]
Section: News & Reviews
Toll of blockades includes huge cost for farmers, negative view of government
As one rail blockade remains in place in Canada, the political and financial toll of the three-week disruption to rail transportation continues. A poll taken in the wake of Canada’s series of rail blockades finds that only 27% of those responding feel Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has handled the situation well, while 45% approve of […]
Trains News Wire Digest for Friday, Feb. 28 NEWSWIRE
Friday morning rail news: — Norfolk Southern has informed customers that Pan Am Railways’ Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts is now expected to remain out of service until mid-March, following the partial collapse of a wall in the 145-year-old tunnel on Feb. 12. The closure affects the line between Mechanicville, N.Y., and Ayer, Mass.; NS […]
Analysis: Amtrak unveils $300-million ‘corridor development’ proposal NEWSWIRE
A Gulf Coast inspection train pauses at Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Feb. 18, 2016. Four years after the trip hosted by the Southern Rail Commission and Amtrak, there is still no firm cost estimate for what CSX Transportation will require to allow service to be reinstated. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Each year following the […]
FRA updates positive train control readiness NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of December 31, 2019, toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems as required by Congress. Based on Fourth Quarter 2019 PTC Progress Reports from the 42 railroads statutorily required to implement the […]
OmniTrax donates locomotive to Reading Railroad Heritage Museum NEWSWIRE
Stockton Terminal & Eastern No. 678 OmniTrax HAMBURG, Pa. – OmniTRAX Inc. and subsidiary Stockton Terminal & Eastern have donated SW1200 locomotive No. 678 to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg. It is one of just five such units built for the Reading Co. by EMD in 1963. The museum is affiliated with the […]
Trains News Wire Digest for Thursday, Feb. 27 NEWSWIRE
NJ Transit’s “Princeton Dinky” shuttle arrives in Princeton, N.J., on Aug. 6, 2019. NJ Transit will receive a record subsidy under the budget proposed by Gov. Phil Murphy. TRAINS: David Lassen Thursday morning rail news: — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed 2021 state budget would increase funding for NJ Transit by $132 million to […]
Transport minister warns Canadian rail recovery will take weeks (updated) NEWSWIRE
Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada’s freight rail system faces “many, many weeks” of delays as a result of protests by and in support of indigenous groups across the country. As of this morning, just one of the blockades that have appeared over the last three weeks is reported to remain in place. In a […]
UP coal traffic has hit bottom, CEO says NEWSWIRE
A Union Pacific coal train heads east through Glen Ellyn, Ill., on Feb. 23, 2020. The railroad’s coal traffic has hit bottom as low natural gas prices lead to shutdowns of coal-fired power plans, according to CEO Lance Fritz. TRAINS: David Lassen MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Union Pacific’s coal traffic — which is down 30% […]
AAR weekly traffic round-up for the week of Feb. 26, 2020 NEWSWIRE
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 22, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 482,690 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.6% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Feb. 22 were […]
Buffett says BNSF has improved profitability without adopting PSR NEWSWIRE
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett runs a BNSF Railway model train as BNSF CEO Carl R. Ice, right, looks on during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Neb., in 2019. BNSF Railway OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway has improved its profit margins without having to adopt Precision Scheduled Railroading, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett […]
New blockades appear in Ontario, Quebec NEWSWIRE
New blockades continued to appear on Canadian rail lines on Tuesday, extending the disruption of rail service which is approaching the start of its fourth week. In the Toronto area, a protest that blocked GO Transit’s Milton line, which runs west of the city, was broken up about 3 a.m. today by police. Three people […]
