Around 6 a.m. Mar. 31, an Amtrak train was stopped in South Carolina after an automatic detection device identified an overheated wheel, a problem that could cause derailment. ... It operates on more than 21,400 miles of routes between 500…
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP engineers and conductors, served strike notice late Tuesday, as did System Council No. 11 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), representing over 360 ...
"We plan to take full advantage of the construction season by making improvements where we can with our limited funding," said Jim Derwinski, Metra's CEO and executive director. "Our goal is to be as efficient as possible with the resources…
Union Pacific builds and maintains its track without taxpayer funds and its trains reduce traffic on Wisconsin's congested highways. ... from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the…
“Railways should start paying the freight” is how Coun. Fraser Laschinger phrased it in a summary of council's feelings on the railway tax issue. Treasurer Matt Armstrong told council in a report Monday that the Canadian National Railway owns 16.8…
