LONDON — Sir Roger Moore, the English actor who played secret agent James Bond in seven different films, died this week in Switzerland at the age of 89. The BBC reports the actor died following a brief battle with cancer. While film fans will remember Moore for his roles in “Live and Let Die” and […]
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Unusual Utah Railway units find new home on Kyle Railway NEWSWIRE
Utah Railway MK50-3 No. 5001 on the Utah Railway near Helper, Utah, in June 2015. Chase Gunnoe PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. — With the decline in coal traffic on the Utah Railway, Genesee & Wyoming has moved six Utah Railway units to its Kyle Railroad. BNSF Railway moved the MK50-3 units from Utah to Kansas this spring. […]
Watco opens rail training center in Alabama NEWSWIRE
Watco team members gather with local officials to celebrate the opening of the company’s employee training center in Birmingham, Ala., this week. Watco Cos. Watco’s new training center in Birmingham is equipped with locomotive simulators, classroom space, and other hands-on equipment. Watco Cos. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Watco has opened a new state-of-the-art employee training center […]
UPDATE: The numbers behind CSX Transportation’s hump shutdowns NEWSWIRE
CSX Transportation Yard hump map CSX Transportation NEW YORK — CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison has said that hump yards can justify their existence only when they classify more than 1,400 to 1,500 cars per day. One glance at the volume levels at CSX’s top 10 terminals shows why the railroad is quickly moving […]
New “Mustang” taconite pellet means steady ore business for Canadian National NEWSWIRE
United Taconite’s first train of “mustang” pellets on May 19. David Schauer FORBES, Minn. — Northern Minnesota railroaders are used to the “boom or bust” cycle of the iron ore business on the Mesabi Range. But in a sign of confidence in the region’s mining future, Cliff Natural Resources began shipping new “Mustang” flux taconite […]
Norfolk Southern to end Chattanooga hump yard operations NEWSWIRE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern will do away with its hump yard operations at its DeButts yard in Chattanooga, the Times Free Press reports. The decision to close down its hump yard operations will result cut about 74 of the 495 jobs assigned to the facility. The job cuts affect 42 car repair employees, 23 […]
CSX Transportation idles hump at Cumberland, Md. NEWSWIRE
Cumberland, Md. Google Maps CUMBERLAND, Md. — CSX Transportation this week converted its former Baltimore & Ohio hump yard in Cumberland, Md., to a flat-switching facility, the fifth such move since E. Hunter Harrison became the railroad’s CEO in March. Harrison’s view on yards is different than how CSX has historically viewed its terminals, Frank […]
Report: Medical condition often forces Hunter Harrison to work from home NEWSWIRE
CSX CEO E. Hunter Harrison Associated Press BOSTON — E. Hunter Harrison has an undisclosed medical condition that has frequently forced the 72-year-old CSX Transportation chief executive to work from home, The Wall Street Journal reports. The disclosure could complicate the advisory vote on Harrison’s request to be reimbursed for $84 million in salary and […]
Surfers get wish for board space on Metrolink NEWSWIRE
LOS ANGELES — To the cry of “All Aboard!” you can add “Surf’s Up!” as Metrolink now accommodates surfboards on all of its trains. After yielding to public requests to change its policies, Metrolink modified its bicycle cars to include mesh-wrapped carriers that can handle up to five boards on a first-come, first-served basis. The […]
UPDATE: Canada recommends mandatory inward-facing cameras on locomotives NEWSWIRE
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau filed legislation on Monday that would mandate the installation of voice and video recorders in locomotive cabs. The recommendation is a response to the February 2012 fatal wreck of a Toronto-bound VIA Rail Canada train in Burlington, Ont. Train 92 was going four times the posted track […]
UPDATE: Canada tweaks grain regulations and proposes expanded interswitching NEWSWIRE
A grain hopper on a unit grain train in Wisconsin. Brian Schmidt OTTAWA, Ontario – The Canadian government on Monday proposed updating regulations covering rail service, grain rates, and interswitching. The Transportation Modernization Act will promote transparency and balance the competing needs of shippers and railroads, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said in announcing the legislation. […]
CSX to possibly close Selkirk hump yard, convert to flat switching NEWSWIRE
CSX yard jobs serve Selkirk’s east end departure yard tracks in this May 7, 2017 view of Selkirk Yard. Gary R. Schermerhorn SELKIRK, N.Y. — CSX Transportation may be in the earliest stages of converting its Selkirk hump yard to a flat switching facility. Labor groups representing local train service workers sent out notices to […]
