Short Line/Regional
Ohio
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern Taking Whistle-Stop Safety Train to Ohio
Norfolk Southern
Amtrak
Amtrak Great Dome Car to Make Special Trips on the Cardinal to View Fall Foliage
CHICAGO – Passengers traveling on four Amtrak Cardinal trains will have an even better opportunity to view the route’s dazzling fall foliage when the unique Amtrak Great Dome railcar makes special appearances on the route during two round-trips between Chicago and Washington in October and November.
Miscellaneous
FRA
CSX
NTSB Investigating Toledo, Ohio, Rail Yard Incident
TOLEDO, Ohio — The National Transportation Safety Board today dispatched two investigators from its Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations to investigate an accident that occurred early yesterday morning at CSX’s Stanley Yard near Toledo, Ohio. A CSX Transportation employee switching rail cars on one track was seriously injured after being struck by a moving rail car on an adjacent track within Stanley Yard. Some movement activities within the rail yard are performed using Remote Control Operations technology. Jeff Leaman is the NTSB Investigator-in-Charge. — Special to Railfanning.org News Wire
Amtrak
Ohio Gov Asks Amtrak to Review 3-C Corridor for Possible Passenger Service
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Saying his administration is “committed to providing Ohio’s urban areas with the tools they need to create jobs and attract investments to make their communities vibrant centers of commerce,” Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has written a letter to Amtrak President & CEO Alex Kummant asking the nation’s passenger rail corporation to identify what is needed to initiate rail passenger service in the “3-C” (Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati) corridor. Governor Strickland asked that the analysis be done in two parts: Cleveland to Columbus and Columbus to Cincinnati (via Springfield and Dayton). The Governor called the 3-C the “backbone of the Ohio