Bull Sheet Newswire. Bull Sheet Newswire. MOUNT HOOD RAILROAD TRAIN DERAILS IN OREGON Authorities say no one was injured late Dec. Columbia River Gorge in Oregon derailed. Qatar row Trump backs Saudi banned nation ready for talks US President Donald Trump urged Gulf unity Tuesday in remarks released just hours after he. The derailed cars remained upright, sheriffs office said. U. S. News World Report, 1. OCEANSIDE TRANSIT CENTER UPGRADES COMPLETED Crews have completed 2. Oceanside Transit center in California. Included are new and longer platforms, a third track, new crossovers, signs, seating and shelters. Travelers board Coaster, Sprinter, Metrolink and Amtrak trains at this location. Rail Passengers Assn. MIAMI DADE TRANSIT INTRODUCES NEW HITACHI TRAIN Miami Dade Transit has placed its first new four car Hitachi Rail train into service. The train, part of a 1. E803jo' alt='Indian Railway Announcement Software Release' title='Indian Railway Announcement Software Release' />Progressive Railroading website report, 1. BNSF IDENTIFIES THREE NEW SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BNSD has awarded certified site designations to three properties. They are located in Minot, North Dakota Avard, Oklahoma and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Chennai Metro, officially Chennai Metro Rail Limited CMRL, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The system commenced. INDY Tech Sonos One New smart speaker might have spoiled the release of Apples HomePod The new Sonos speaker is a little more square, but is otherwise remarkably. Sophie Turner, best known as Sansa Stark in the hit HBO show Game of Thrones, has a lot of followers on social media. And according to Turner, producers take that. The program identifies rail served sites available for immediate development. Progressive Railroading website report, 1. FEDS EXTEND DEADLINE FOR PASSENGER RAILROADS TO CREATE SAFETY PROGRAMS The Federal Railroad administration has once again delayed a requirement for commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop a system safety program. They now have until Dec. Progressive Railroading website report, 1. CHICAGO ISSUES REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXPRESS TRAIN TO OHARE AIRPORT Chicago has issued a request for qualifications to identify teams interested in developing a high speed rail service from downtown to OHare International airport. Progressive Railroading website report, 1. RATIFICATIONS MAKE RAIL STRIKE LESS LIKELY The probability of a national railroad strike has likely been reduced to single digits with ratification of a new national agreement by four rail unions comprising more than half of unionized rail workers. Railway Age website report, 1. BOMBARDIER CHOSEN FOR DUISBURG LRV ORDER Duisburg Transport has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder to supply 4. Duisburg Stadtbahn network. International Railway Journal website report, 1. Internet Organizer Deluxe 3.5 here. LIRR TO TO PERFORM SWITCH INSTALLATION AT ATLANTIC TERMINAL The Long Island Rail Road is preparing to conduct switch installation work near its Atlantic terminal in Brooklyn as part of its Vanderbilt yard reconfiguration project. The work is expected to boost efficiency by allowing trains to access the yard directly into or from the terminal. Railway Track Structures website report, 1. WEEKLY U. S. RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC REPORT Combined carload and intermodal traffic on U. S. railroads in the week ending Nov. Association of American Railroads. Calculated separately, carloads increased 0. Progressive Railroading website report, 1. METRA TRAIN DERAILS AT CHICAGO UNION STATION A derailment involving. Metra train at Chicagos Union Station late Nov. Amtrak and Metra trains. Three cars of an eight car train left. No injuries were reported. Fusionfall 2015 on this page. The incident. is under investigation. NBC Chicago website report, 1. PROTESTERS BLOCK RAILROAD TRACKS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON Authorities. Olympia. Washington, early Nov. No injuries. were reported. The protest was said to be over fracking. KIRO7 website. report, 1. WEEKLY AMTRAK LONG DISTANCE TRAIN PERFORMANCE Forty one percent. Amtraks named long distance trains arrived at their final destination. November 2. 6, 2. The remaining 5. 9. MORE. Bull Sheet Statistical Dept., 1. CSX TRAIN CARRYING MOLTEN SULFUR DERAILS IN FLORIDA Four cars. CSX. train near Lakeland, Florida, early Nov. The incident prompted officials. Several. cars are believed to have leaked. No injuries were reported. NPR website. report, 1. PLANNED NASHVILLE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR GETS EXPANSION Nashville. Charlotte avenue light rail. West Nashville. Railway. Track Structures website report, 1. U. S. RAIL FATALITIES ROSE IN 2. The number of people killed. U. S. railroad accidents increased in 2. National Transportation Safety board has reported. Progressive Railroading website report, 1. CN WRAPPING UP OLIVER BRIDGE PROJECT Canadian National says strengthening. Oliver Bridge over the St. Louis River between Duluth. Minnesota, and Oliver, Wisconsin, will wrap up prior to the end of the year. Railway Track Structures website report, 1. BOMBARDIER COMPLETES FINAL ELECTROSTAR EMU A ceremony was held. Bombardiers Derby plant Nov. Electrostar electric multiple unit vehicle. The final train is. Great Western Railway. International. Railway Journal website report, 1. CUBA TAKES DELIVERY OF SEVEN TGM8. KM LOCOMOTIVES FROM RUSSIA Cuba. Type TGM8. KM Sinara diesel hydraulic. Russia. Railway Gazette website report. KCS HOLIDAY TRAIN TO VISIT SIX STATES A festive Kansas City Southern. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Kansas and Missouri, ending Dec. Kansas City Union Station where it. Dec. 1. 9. The train features a smiling tank. Rudy, a gingerbread boxcar, a flatcar carrying Santas sleigh. U. S. News World Report, 1. CSX APOLOGIZES FOR TRAINS BLOCKING CROSSINGS IN OHIO CSX trains. Saybrook. Ohio, prompting complaints from residents. CSX has issued an apology, and. By law, the railroad. Star Beacon website report. CSX DISPATCHERS IN LIMBO AS JOB MOVES FROM ALBANY DELAYED Recent. CSX to consolidate its dispatching operations in Florida have been. Selkirk, N. Y., and elsewhere, in limbo. The. planned consolidation has been described by one employee as a disaster,. Jan. or Febr. the company had told the dispatchers to. Indianapolis. That move never happened. Then, in June. the dispatchers were told they would be moved to Jacksonville, Fla., along. Relocation was. to begin Aug. Oct. 1. 5. But a notice posted Oct. Jan. 2. 01. 8, and would. The railroad, in turn. Albany Times Union website report, 1. WEEKLY U. S. RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC REPORT U. S. railroad freight. Nov. 1. 8, 2. 01. Association of American Railroads. Calculated separately, carload. Railway. Age website report, 1. CSX TO SLAP HEFTY FEES ON SOME CUSTOMERS IN 2. CSX will charge. new fees for freight shipments to Mexico and hike charges for customers. Jan. 1, 2. 01. 8, the company said. Reuters. website report, 1. NEW PRESIDENT NAMED FOR N. Y. CITY TRANSIT Andy Byford has been. New York City Transit effective Jan. The agency. is responsible for subways, buses, paratransit services and the Staten Island. Railway. Railway Track Structures website report, 1. CSX UNABLE TO EXPLAIN ERRONEOUS RELOCATION NOTICE CSX is mystified. June notice on a bulletin board in Atlanta stating that train dispatchers. September to relocate to Jacksonville. The company does, however. Jacksonville. The company has no jobs readily. Only a limited number of employees. CSX said, and the company is working to assist them in the. Florida Times Union website report, 1. CSX REVERSES DECISION TO CUT RAIL SERVICE TO GENERAL MILLS PLANT IN. BUFFALO CSX has put the brakes on a plan to reduce rail service to. General Mills Buffalo plant, according to two elected officials. CSX had. planned to cut back its service to one time per day, rather than twice. For now, the railroad will maintain its twice daily service. Buffalo. News website report, 1. MAYOR LOOKS TO FEDS TO HELP AFTER CSX BLOCKS CROSSINGS IN GEORGIA. TOWN After almost a year of getting the cold shoulder and no railroad. CSX, the mayor of Garden City, Ga., has had enough. He has placed a call to the Federal Railroad administration for help. In. the meantime, CSX issued a statement that it had met with Garden City leaders.