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What Started the Fire Near Lytton, B.C.? The cause of the wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia, is now under investigation. The  Vancouver Sun is reporting that Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has received information from the RCMP and B.C. Wildfire services that a freight train may have been the source of the fire, and has begun an investigation. Some residents of Lytton reported seeing a wheel on a freight train shooting sparks as it went by, but neither CN or CP have reported this. In addition, the TSB does not know which company’s train was generating the reported wheel s...

New Orleans port, rail associations join Alabama in call for more studies before Amtrak return Updated 8:38 AM; Today 8:04 AM TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE With the city skyline in the background, containers stack up at the Port of New Orleans. Facebook Share Alabama officials are not the only ones opposing or raising concerns about Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast. The Port of New Orleans and railroad associations in Mississippi and Louisiana, in separate letters filed to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, are urging federal authorities to require Amtrak to complete a Rail Traffi...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: Anticipating, Avoiding Unintended Consequences Photo by Nathan Cervantes The digital disruption doesn’t have to be disruptive. Here’s how to recognize and address volatility. Digital disruption, the transformation caused by emerging digital technologies and business models, is a reality across industries worldwide, including railroading. It is a paradigm shift that is here to stay, with bone-deep effects for all organizations. Organizations are now challenged to think about their operating principles. They must realize that while strategy is of paramount importance...

Amtrak requests federal ruling requiring freight operators to allow Gulf Coast service Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 The Amtrak inspection train pulls into downtown Mobile in February 2016.(photo courtesy of Marc Glucksman/Amtrak) Facebook Share Federal regulators with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board will determine the fate of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast. Amtrak, in a news release Tuesday, indicated it was initiating a process before the STB to require the freight operators along the rail line – CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern – to permit the nation’s ...