Power failure on aged tracks shows rail frailty

What’s shaping up as a weeks-long service interruption on the Metro-North Railroad near New York shows how dependent the busiest U.S. passenger-rail corridor is on electric power and how easily a breakdown in single component can paralyze U.S. infrastructure. “The demand for [...]

Members rally in support of Indiana Amtrak lines

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. (WLFI) – In less than three weeks, Amtrak’s Hoosier State Line will stop operating. That is unless Indiana spends millions of dollars to keep it from getting derailed. Dozens of supporters of the Hoosier State Line gathered Thursday afternoon at [...]

FAA to ease back on electronics use

An FAA advisory committee decided Thursday that passengers should be allowed to use electronic devices during takeoffs and landings on airplanes. WASHINGTON — A Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that airline passengers be allowed to use s [...]

Magazine names UP best veteran-friendly company

OMAHA – U.S. Veterans Magazine named Union Pacific Railroad among the nation’s top veteran-friendly companies. The results were announced in the publication’s 2013 “Best of the Best” list, created to encourage diversity-inclusion practices among indust [...]

Regulators look at Northwest oil train safety

SEATTLE – Environmental regulators from the Northwest deliberated Wednesday about the dramatic changes in the way oil and other energy products are carried through the region. At a task force meeting of West Coast states, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis of the Washington Department of Ec [...]

3 BNSF trains in collision near Amarillo, 4 hurt

Four people were injured in a three-train collision about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 and Farm-to-Market Road 1912 east of Amarillo, the Potter County Sheriff’s Office said. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesman Joe Faust said a stopp [...]

Three BNSF trains collide, four hurt

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) – A Texas Panhandle collision involving three freight trains has left four BNSF Railway crewmembers hurt – two critically – and derailed up to 30 cars. The Department of Public Safety says the accident happened before dawn Wednesday just [...]