Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/20/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation APTA leaders question Trump plan to cut funds for transit capital projects APTA President and CEO Paul Skoutelas Photo – APTA [Editor's note: This story was updated with new figures from APTA at 3:45 p.m. today.] President Donald Trump's proposed funding…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/19/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation NY officials seek to rename Rochester Amtrak station after Slaughter U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter Photo – louise.house.gov New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have called on Amtrak to rename its intermodal station in…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/16/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Operation Lifesaver 'alarmed' at hike in rail trespass, crossing deaths Fatalities caused by railroad trespassing soared 22.3 percent and deaths at grade crossings climbed 7.4 percent in 2017 over the previous year, Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI) announced yesterday.Citing recently released Federal…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/8/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation USDOT issues $46 million in TIGER grants for rail projects in Maryland, Indiana and New Mexico The USDOT expects to officially announce the complete list of the latest TIGER grant awards by week's end. Photo – Progressive Railroading file photo [Editor's…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/5/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Trump nominates Fuchs, Schultz to serve on STB President Donald Trump last week nominated Patrick Fuchs and Michelle Schultz to serve five-year terms on the Surface Transportation Board (STB).Fuchs, of Wisconsin, is a senior professional staff member working on surface transportation…
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — Yevgeny Solozhnin, a 61-year-old welder and Vladimir Putin supporter, is looking for a telephone number to call the Russian president and complain about the harsh wage cuts that halved his paycheck at the state tank and railroad car plant. Solozhnin doesn't blame Putin for this, he just wonders if Putin…
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — Yevgeny Solozhnin, a 61-year-old welder and Vladimir Putin supporter, is looking for a telephone number to call the Russian president and complain about the harsh wage cuts that halved his paycheck at the state tank and railroad car plant. Solozhnin doesn't blame Putin for this, he just wonders if Putin…
Scotland@ * Red weather warnings in Scotland, Ireland and England * Worst weather in Britain since 1991 * Flights delayed, trains cancelled, roads blocked * Ireland braces for worst snow since 1982 * National grid say buying extra gas as demand soars (Updates with cancellations, closures, details from Europe) EDINBURGH/DUBLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Snow…
(Recasts, adds details on CSX cuts to jobs, rolling stock, paragraphs 10-11) March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on Thursday at its first investor day since the death of former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison that more cuts to jobs, rail cars and locomotives were key to its three-year plan for boosting…
(Adds share price) March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on Thursday at its first investor day since the death of former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison that more cuts to jobs, rail cars and locomotives were key to its three-year plan for boosting profitability and streamlining operations. Harrison, cherished by investors for…