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Section: News Wire
BNSF cited under Oklahoma blocked-crossing law NEWSWIRE
EDMOND, Okla. — Police in Edmond have cited BNSF Railway under a new state law allowing tickets and fines for blocking a grade crossing. KOKH-TV reports that police issued two tickets under the law which allows fines of $1,000 for blocking a crossing for more than 10 minutes. Exceptions are allowed for emergencies, waiting for another […]
Branson Scenic Railway purchases cars from Amtrak NEWSWIRE
BRANSON, Mo. – The Branson Scenic Railway has acquired three cars from Amtrak in its latest sale of retired equipment. They are Amtrak baggage cars 1204 and 1245, and dining car 8521. The two baggage cars were built by Budd in 1953 for Santa Fe as Nos. 3533 and 3534 respectively. They were assigned to […]
CN promotes grain handling prowess, establishes ‘Agricultural Advisory Council’ NEWSWIRE
MONTREAL — As part of its commitment to enable the growth of Canadian natural resources supply chains, Canadian National is pleased to announce that it has published its 2019 to 2020 Grain Plan and that it has established a CN Agricultural Advisory Council. The Grain Plan reviews CN’s performance during the previous crop year, which […]
Connecticut’s Shore Line East to resume full schedule Aug. 5 NEWSWIRE
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — CTRail’s Shore Line East commuter service will resume a full schedule on Monday, Aug. 5, following more than a year of reduced schedules and bus substitutions during a major track-work project. The service between New Haven and New London, Conn., was curtailed beginning April 23, 2018, the CT Examiner reports, with […]
Former Soo Line Shoreham roundhouse, diesel shop being demolished NEWSWIRE
Remains of Soo Line Shoreham roundhouse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2019. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Canadian Pacific this week began work to demolish the former Soo Line Shoreham roundhouse and diesel shop in Minneapolis. The buildings had been in ruins for decades, and were fenced off from the rest of yard, which is used […]
Gas explosion damages Norfolk Southern main line in Kentucky NEWSWIRE
DANVILLE, Ky. — A busy Norfolk Southern main line in central Kentucky is out-of-service after a deadly natural gas explosion damaged the track. According to media reports, the explosion occurred in the Moreland community near Danville, Ky., early Thursday, killing a 58-year-old woman and injuring five others. The site of the explosion is adjacent to […]
Georgia Ports Authority credits railroads with intermodal container volume gains in 2019 NEWSWIRE
Port of Savannah Georgia Ports Authority SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rail intermodal is credited for record Port of Savannah container volume for its fiscal year ending June 30. The port moved 4.5 million 20-foot equivalent container units in fiscal 2019, a 7.3% increase, port officials say. Terminal employees “and our two Class I rail providers — […]
Maryland withholding funds from DC Metro in ongoing dispute NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Maryland is withholding $56 million for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in an ongoing funding dispute, the Washington Post reports. DC Metro General Manager has sent Maryland officials a letter asking them to release the funds, saying the agency’s credit rating could be damaged. The money was supposed to be released July […]
Protesting miners allow CSX diesels to leave mine without loaded train NEWSWIRE
LOYALL, Ky. — A group of out of work coal miners in Eastern Kentucky have allowed a pair of CSX locomotives to leave a mine on the condition the railroad leaves behind the loaded coal train they were leading. According to a statement from CSX Transportation, out-of-work and unpaid coal miners protesting at Blackjewel Mining’s […]
Three trains on three railroads derailed within 30 hours of each other this week NEWSWIRE
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Two collapsed bridges and an unknown number of freight cars are on the ground after a spate of derailments on three Class I railroads within 30 hours of each other on Tuesday and Wednesday. First, on Tuesday afternoon, a Manitoba derailment sent several cars of a Canadian Pacific train off the rails, […]
West Virginia’s New River excursion to return under new management NEWSWIRE
The 2015 New River Train at Hawks Nest, W.Va. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – One of the east’s most legendary main line excursion trains is coming back this fall. On Friday, Rail Excursion Management Co. will announce that it is bringing back the annual passenger excursion along the New River between Huntington and Hinton, West […]
