News Archive
Nominate a Short Line/Regional Railroad of the Year
The following letter was released yesterday, February 10, by Carolina Worrell, Managing Editor at RailWay Age Magazine: Dear Class II and Class III executives: As most of you may know, each year Railway Age accepts nominations for its annual Short Line/Regiona [...]Two CSX workers injured in Ohio train derailment
The Columbus Dispatch reported that yesterday, February 9, two CSX employees were injured when their train, bound for the Honda plant, collided with a stationary car. CSX has not yet issued a statement. Read the complete story here. 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.B&O Railroad Museum honors African American contributions to railroad
Click here to watch the video. Register now for SMART TD Treasurers' Workshop
SMART Transportation Division will be conducting a Treasurers’ Workshop at the International Headquarters located in North Olmsted, Ohio on March 8-10, 2016. Attendance will be limited to 35 registrants, so those interested in attending are instructed to contact Dora Wolf in [...]NJT Unions continue to negotiate as strike date looms
February 3, 2016 – Talks between the eleven unions in the NJT Rail Labor Coalition and negotiators from New Jersey Transit continued today, but no agreement was reached. Both sides pledged to continue negotiating. Today’s talks were the first since Presidential Emergenc [...]