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Six former MMA employees plead guilty to federal charges in Lac-Megantic disaster

February 7, 2018

(Source: Progressive Railroading 02/07/2018) Six former employees of the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Canada Co. and the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Canada Railway Ltd. (MMA) pleaded guilty to violations of the Railway Safety Act in connection with the July 2013 train disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Transport Canada announced Monday. Charges were brought against the individuals, including senior…

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UPDATED: Amtrak Silver Star wreck claims two, injures 116

February 6, 2018

(Source: Railway Age 02/05/2018) Written by  William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief The engineer and conductor of Miami-bound Amtrak train 91, the Silver Star, were killed and 116 people on board were injured early Sunday morning, Feb. 4, when the train entered a siding at Cayce, S.C., on CSX’s Columbia Subdivision and struck a stationary CSX autorack train. The National…

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BNSF joins BiTA to help set technology standards

February 6, 2018

(Source: Progressive Railroading 02/06/2018) BNSF Railway Co. recently became the first Class I to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). The alliance is composed of more than 200 freight transportation companies working to develop blockchain standards for the logistics industry and the supply chain as a whole, BNSF officials said in a press release. BNSF and the…

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Sound Transit to hold hearings for West Seattle, Ballard light-rail extensions

February 6, 2018

(Source: Progressive Railroading 02/06/2018) Sound Transit has scheduled three open houses this month as part of its early scoping work for light-rail extensions to West Seattle and Ballard, Washington. The hearings will allow residents to offer opinions on the extensions’ proposed route and station locations. The meetings will be held Feb. 13, 15, and 20. Through…

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