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More than 30 injured in Conn. bus crash

TimesUnion.com reported that a snowstorm caused a charter bus to flip last night on Interstate 95 in Conn., leaving more than 30 passengers injured. Read the complete article here.   

Train crash in Germany causes 10 fatalities

CBC News reported that at least ten people were killed and 89 injured Tuesday morning when two commuter trains crashed head-on near Bad Aibling, in the German state of Bavaria.  Read the complete story here.

SMART Grows In Florida

On January 26, 2016, SMART Sheet Metal General Committee 1 signed 17 new members that work for Bombardier at TriRail in Miami & West Palm, FL. After a long organizing campaign that lasted months, followed by a long round of negotiations, a five (5) year agreement was reac [...]

2016 rail traffic down

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that as a consequence of a warm winter, lower demand for energy products and low oil and gas prices, the nation’s rails are experiencing sharp declines in shipments.  Read the complete story here.

NTSB releases details of Amtrak crash

?WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board opened Monday the accident docket and publicly released more than 2,000 pages of information as part of the NTSB’s ongoing investigation of the May 12, 2015, Amtrak passenger train derailment in Philadelphia. Amtrak passe [...]

BNSF idles train cars in Wyo.

The Wyoming Business Report has stated that as a consequence of decreased demand from the coal industry, BNSF is idling train cars and locomotives in Wyoming.  Read the entire article here.

Dem calls for Senate hearing re: CP proposal

The Hill.com reported yesterday that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is requesting a Senate hearing to investigate Canadian Pacific’s proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern. The Hill quoted Manchin as describing the proposal as a “Wall Street takeover.” Read the c [...]