December 15, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Roll Call, December 14, 2022) Amtrak employees have tried to sell “high-security keys” used to operate rail switches and other “critical sensitive infrastructure,” posing security risks to passengers and crews, according to the government-owned passenger rail...
November 18, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2022) Two theft rings that netted more than $18 million worth of merchandise stolen from railroad cars have been dismantled, authorities said Thursday, months after images of a sea of discarded containers along Union Pacific...
October 19, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Homeland Security Today, October 19, 2022) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a new cybersecurity security directive regulating designated passenger and freight railroad carriers. Building on the TSA’s work to strengthen defenses...
September 29, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Fergus Now, September 23, 2022) SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. — A man from Sauk Rapids is charged with attempted hijacking of a BNSF train and assaulting the engineer. Full story: Fergus Now
September 22, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Television station KMSP, September 21, 2022) A man is facing felony charges for allegedly attacking a train engineer with a knife, causing the victim to flee by jumping from a moving locomotive Tuesday near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Full story:...
August 19, 2022 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, August 18, 2022) Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced on Aug. 17 $550 million in final allocations for seven Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations, the U.S. Department of...
June 30, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 29, 2022) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill aimed at expanding transit-worker protections against assault. The legislation increases to second-degree assault the law that charges individuals who attack or harass...
June 23, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Fatality, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: ABC News, June 23, 2022) The search continued Thursday for a gunman who shot two people, one fatally, on a packed Muni commuter train in San Francisco on Wednesday, police said. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. as the light-rail train was moving between...
June 10, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, June 9, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — The much-publicized theft of goods from trains at the port of Los Angeles has made its way into a Nebraska courthouse. A Singapore company, Ocean Network Express, has sued Omaha-based Union Pacific over packages...
June 1, 2022 | Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security
(Source: Mexico Daily News, May 31, 2022) Train and track robberies increased 74% in 2021 to over 5,000 incidents, according to data from the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF). There were 2,570 train robberies last year and 2,548 incidents of track theft, the...
