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Published
October 25, 2024

Maine gets $53 million to improve freight rail safety, reconnect former Millinocket mill site

The federal funding will be used to upgrade mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties and restore a rail service to the Great Northern Paper mill redevelopment site.
Published
October 10, 2024

Maine seeks new operator to revive Rockland Branch rail line

The Department of Transportation is seeking to restore freight service and that could help the Amtrak Downeaster resume its effort to add passenger service from Brunswick to Rockland.
Published
August 23, 2024

Canadian union issues 72-hour strike warning to freight railroad hours after it resumes service

The Canadian government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union late Thursday afternoon.
Published
August 22, 2024

Canadian freight trains to roll again as government forces arbitration of labor dispute

The railroads have said that once the dispute enters arbitration the trains will be able to get moving again.
Published
August 21, 2024

Canada’s 2 major freight railroads may stop if contract dispute isn’t resolved

As the Canadian contract talks were coming down to the wire, CSX broke with the U.S. freight rail industry’s longstanding practice of negotiating jointly for years with the unions.

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Published
July 27, 2024

Plan to bring remote-controlled trains to South Portland rail yard draws safety, labor concerns

Union officials are urging city councilors to consider banning the driverless trains from moving hazardous materials and operating on tracks that connect with Amtrak passenger service.
Published
July 5, 2024

Train derailment in Penobscot County spills about 1,200 gallons of diesel

A train engine collided with parked rail cars carrying paper products near the town line between Mattawamkeag and Winn, fire officials said.
Published
June 13, 2024

Railroad fined $16,500 for spilling 15,000 gallons of oil into Maine waterways

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with freight-railroad CPKC after 2 of its trains derailed with significant spillage that eventually flowed into the Atlantic Ocean.
Published
June 3, 2024

Truck collides with train in Waldo County

The driver was taken to the hospital with injuries he sustained when the truck was thrown into a ditch alongside a crossing in Prospect.
Published
May 30, 2024

Amtrak’s heat-delay altered schedules won’t impact Maine, rail authority says

There will likely still be delays on the Downeaster when high temperatures affect the metal rails, but the schedule is staying put, for the time being.