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...
April 14, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, April 13, 2022) NEW YORK — Frank R. James, the suspect initially considered a “person of interest” in connection with the April 12 Brooklyn, N.Y. subway shooting that sent 23 people to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries (10 were...