More Monday morning rail news: — Canadian National has withdrawn an application to expand yard facilities in East Chicago, Ind., to handle carloads of petroleum coke from BP’s Whiting, Ind., refinery, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. The application by CN’s U.S. subsidiary Wisconsin Central Ltd. would have allowed the railroad to fill in wetlands […]
Monday morning rail news: — Amtrak service to and from Canada was disrupted Sunday by the rail blockades in that country. The Maple Leaf originated and ended in Niagara Falls, N.Y., instead of Toronto; the northbound Adirondack terminated in Albany rather than Montreal, while the southbound train originated in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Some Amtrak Cascade trains […]
OTTAWA — Freight and passenger traffic on a large part of the Canadian rail system are at a standstill today as groups protesting the construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia continue to block rail lines from coast to coast. On Thursday, Canadian National announced it was shutting down all of its […]
Rail news for your Friday morning: — The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that Sound Transit may continue charging auto registration taxes, rejecting the argument in a class-action lawsuit that the taxes, known locally as car-tab fees, are unconstitutional. The Seattle Times reports the court ruled 7-2 for the transit agency. — LA-area commuter […]
WASHINGTON – The first of Amtrak’s 28 new Acela trainsets, scheduled to enter service throughout the Northeast Corridor in 2021, will be leaving from Alstom’s facility in Hornell, N.Y. on Monday, Feb. 17 for high-speed testing at the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, Colo. Nine months of dynamic testing will include the trainset’s pantograph, railway […]
A jury has awarded more than $10 million to a passenger injured in the December 2017 derailment of an ‘Amtrak Cascades’ train in DuPont, Wash. Steve Carter More Thursday morning rail news: — In the latest trial stemming from the fatal December 2017 crash of an Amtrak Cascades train at DuPont, Wash., a jury has […]
And still more rail news on a very busy Thursday: — Denver’s Regional Transportation District is threatening legal action against the contractor building its N Line commuter route to Thornton, Colo. In a notice posted on its website, the RTD says it is considering issuing a former notice of default against Regional Rail Partners after […]
Part one of your rail news roundup for Thursday: — Two CSX employees have been hospitalized after a CSX train derailed and caught fire this morning near Elkhorn City, Ky. WYMT-TV reports the train was carrying ethanol. CSX reports this afternoon that the train consisted of three locomotives, 96 loaded ethanol cars and two cars […]
A South Shore commuter train eases through trackwork in Michigan City, Ind., in August 2018. The project to double track the South Shore between Gary and Michigan City will advance after receiving a favorable government rating. TRAINS: David Lassen More rail news for your Wednesday morning: — The South Shore Line plan to double-track its […]
JIM THORPE, Pa. — The Reading & Northern Railroad has resolved its tax dispute with the borough of Jim Thorpe and will resume passenger rail service to and from the community, the railroad announced. The first trips resulting from the agreement will come Saturday, Feb. 15, as part of Jim Thorpe’s Winterfest. The R&N had […]
The first section of your rail news for Wednesday morning: — VIA Rail Canada has cancelled service through Thursday between Montreal and Toronto, and Toronto and Ottawa, because of the ongoing blockade of Canadian National Railway tracks at Belleville, Ontario. Service continues between Ottawa and Montreal, Montreal and Quebec City, and west of Toronto in […]
WASHINGTON — The two biggest New York-area infrastructure projects on Amtrak’s Northeast received mixed news on Monday, as the Federal Transit Agency upgraded the rating of the aging Portal Bridge replacement plan, while retaining the low rating for the Gateway Tunnel project between New York and New Jersey. NorthJersey.com reports that the Portal North Bridge […]
