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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $291 Million in ‘State of Good Repair’ Grants to Improve the Reliability and Safety of America’s Rail Network
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced an investment of more than $291 million in grants for 11 intercity passenger rail projects in nine states through the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership Program).HQ-2019-1371
On November 21, 2019, at about 11:15 a.m., EST, a westbound Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) intermodal train 22AV121 (Train 1) struck an eastbound hi-rail dump truck, Roadway Maintenance Machine 310609, traveling on Main Track 1 at Milepost (MP) N250.3. The hi-rail dump truck was operating on...
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On September 10, 2019, at approximately 12:30 p.m. CDT, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) Train YDU51-10 (Train 1), derailed 14 cars on the UP Mid-America Service Unit, Chester Subdivision, at Milepost (MP) 5.79 in the UP’s Dupo Yard, Dupo, Illinois.