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Gov. Walker vetoes repeal of railroad trespass law

Rail News: Safety 7/13/2015 Gov. Walker vetoes repeal of railroad trespass law Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vetoed a provision in the new, two-year state budget that would have repealed a law that prohibited people from trespassing on railroad property. The...

Metra kicks off platform project at Mayfair Station

7/10/2015   Rail News: Passenger Rail Metra kicks off platform project at Mayfair Station   Metra this week began work on a $500,000 platform extension project at its Mayfair Station in Chicago along the Milwaukee District Line. The station’s platforms...

PTC

  Getty Images By Keith Laing – 07/06/15 05:37 PM EDT A group of Democrats from Illinois are pushing Congress to increase funding for the installation of a system to automate the nation’s trains after a deadly Amtrak crash in May. Railroads currently have...

Oil train traffic down on BNSF lines in Illinois, Wisconsin

Oil train traffic down on BNSF lines in Illinois, Wisconsin June 29, 2015 Chris Hubbuch | La Crosse Tribune, Wis. New documents show BNSF Railroad is hauling fewer crude oil trains through Illinois and Wisconsin than it was last winter. BNSF now averages 25 unit...