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Foxx announces grant to expand rail service in Boston
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced a $996 million federal grant agreement to extend Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail service from East Cambridge to Somerville and Medford. The extension will provide [...]Two dead in train-school bus crash in N.D.
LARIMORE, N.D. – A school bus failed to yield to railroad crossing and stop signs and collided with an empty freight train Monday in North Dakota, killing the bus driver and a 17-year-old student and injuring 12 other people, the Highway Patrol said. The accident happened at [...]Calif. leaders set for high-speed rail groundbreaking
California on Tuesday will break ground in Fresno on its ambitious but controversial high-speed rail project, marking another milestone for Governor Jerry Brown and for foreign manufacturers waiting to bid on lucrative train contracts. The United States lags behind Europe and [...]Low oil prices unlikely to hurt railroads much
OMAHA, Neb. – The stunning collapse in oil prices won’t derail the railroads’ profit engine, even if it does slow the tremendous growth in crude shipments seen in recent years. Carloads of crude oil spiked well over 4,000 percent between 2008 and last year — from [...]NTSB safety alert highlights improving visibility
WASHINGTON– The National Transportation Safety Board issued a Safety Alert that focuses on the visibility of railroad signals. On railroads, light-emitting diode (LED) railroad signals may mask nearby incandescent signals, preventing incandescent signals from being visible to [...]Our life at work: Jerry Anderton
Thirty years with men operating trains and yard engines. For the past 30 years I have been closely involved with men who operate trains and yard engines in Tennessee and neighboring states. The main portion of my service to the Norfolk-Southern was in Debutts Yard in Chattano [...]Union criticizes cuts in railroad maintenance crews
BISMARCK, N.D. – The union representing maintenance workers says cuts by Canadian Pacific Railway could exacerbate delays in rail shipping in the region. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says CP has eliminated or moved some workers who build and maintain track [...]