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APPENDIX E 2014 TEXAS STATEWIDE LOCOMOTIVE EMISSIONS INVENTORY AND 2008 THROUGH 2040 TREND INVENTORIES El Paso Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan State Implementation Plan Revision for the One-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Project Number 2018-029-SIP-NR Adoption April 24 2019 2014 Texas Statewide Locomotive Emissions Inventory and 2008 through 2040 Trend Inventories FINAL Prepared for: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Air Quality Division Prepared by: Eastern Research Group, Inc. August 26, 2015 ERG No. 0345.00.003.005 2014 Texas Statewide Locomotive Emissions Inventory and 2008 through 2040 Trend Inventories TCEQ Contract No. 582-15-50416 Work Order No. 582-15-51538-02-FY2015-11 Prepared for: Cody McLain Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Emissions Assessment Section P. O. Box 13087 Bldg. E, Room 335 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Prepared by: Heather Perez Eastern Research Group, Inc. 1600 Perimeter Park Drive Suite 200 Morrisville, NC 27560 August 26, 2015 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1-1 2.0 Data Collection ................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Union Pacific ........................................................................................... 2-3 2.2 Kansas City Southern .............................................................................. 2-3 2.3 Texas & Northern Railway ..................................................................... -
Amtrak's Rights and Relationships with Host Railroads
Amtrak’s Rights and Relationships with Host Railroads September 21, 2017 Jim Blair –Director Host Railroads Today’s Amtrak System 2| Amtrak Amtrak’s Services • Northeast Corridor (NEC) • 457 miles • Washington‐New York‐Boston Northeast Corridor • 11.9 million riders in FY16 • Long Distance (LD) services • 15 routes • Up to 2,438 miles in length Long • 4.65 million riders in FY16 Distance • State‐supported trains • 29 routes • 19 partner states • Up to 750 miles in length State- • 14.7 million riders in FY16 supported3| Amtrak Amtrak’s Host Railroads Amtrak Route System Track Ownership Excluding Terminal Railroads VANCOUVER SEATTLE Spokane ! MONTREAL PORTLAND ST. PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS Operated ! St. Albans by VIA Rail NECR MDOT TORONTO VTR Rutland ! Port Huron Niagara Falls ! Brunswick Grand Rapids ! ! ! Pan Am MILWAUKEE ! Pontiac Hoffmans Metra Albany ! BOSTON ! CHICAGO ! Springfield Conrail Metro- ! CLEVELAND MBTA SALT LAKE CITY North PITTSBURGH ! ! NEW YORK ! INDIANAPOLIS Harrisburg ! KANSAS CITY ! PHILADELPHIA DENVER ! ! BALTIMORE SACRAMENTO Charlottesville WASHINGTON ST. LOUIS ! Richmond OAKLAND ! Petersburg ! Buckingham ! Newport News Norfolk NMRX Branch ! Oklahoma City ! Bakersfield ! MEMPHIS SCRRA ALBUQUERQUE ! ! LOS ANGELES ATLANTA SCRRA / BNSF / SDN DALLAS ! FT. WORTH SAN DIEGO HOUSTON ! JACKSONVILLE ! NEW ORLEANS SAN ANTONIO Railroads TAMPA! Amtrak (incl. Leased) Norfolk Southern FDOT ! MIAMI Union Pacific Canadian Pacific BNSF Canadian National CSXT Other Railroads 4| Amtrak Amtrak’s Host Railroads ! MONTREAL Amtrak NEC Route System -
The Impact of Jumbo Covered Hopper Cars on Kansas Shortline Railroads
Report No. K-TRAN: KSU-04-3 FINAL REPORT THE IMPACT OF JUMBO COVERED HOPPER CARS ON KANSAS SHORTLINE RAILROADS Michael W. Babcock James Sanderson Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas SEPTEMBER 2004 K-TRAN A COOPERATIVE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAM BETWEEN: KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 1 Report No. 2 Government Accession No. 3 Recipient Catalog No. K-TRAN: KSU-04-3 4 Title and Subtitle 5 Report Date THE IMPACT OF JUMBO COVERED HOPPER CARS ON KANSAS September 2004 SHORTLINE RAILROADS 6 Performing Organization Code 7 Author(s) 8 Performing Organization Report Michael W. Babcock and James Sanderson No. 9 Performing Organization Name and Address 10 Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Kansas State University Department of Economics; 317 Waters Hall 11 Contract or Grant No. Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4001 C1401 12 Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13 Type of Report and Period Kansas Department of Transportation Covered Bureau of Materials and Research Final Report 700 SW Harrison Street June 2003 - July 2004 Topeka, Kansas 66603-3754 14 Sponsoring Agency Code RE-0338-01 15 Supplementary Notes For more information write to address in block 9. 16 Abstract Class I railroads have been replacing 263,000-pound (loaded weight) covered hopper cars capable of handling 100 tons of grain with 286,000-pound covered hopper cars that can handle 111 tons. While these heavier cars provide a decrease in railroad cost per ton-mile for the Class I (Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe) Railroads; they will cause a significant increase in operating and maintenance costs for the shortline railroads in the state of Kansas. -
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
FOM1 315 315.1 Supplemental Annuity Background 315.1.1 General In 1966 the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) began paying supplemental annuities, in addition to regular age and service annuities, to railroad employees who met certain criteria. At that time, eligibility for the supplemental annuity was limited to those employees who were age 65 or older with 25 or more years of railroad service and who were first awarded regular retirement annuities after June 30, 1966. The Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (RRA) extended supplemental annuity eligibility to those employees who were age 60 or older with 30 or more years of service and who were first awarded regular age and service annuities after June 30, 1974. The 1981 Amendments to the RRA began phasing out the supplemental annuity by adding the requirement that the employee must have at least one month of creditable railroad service before October 1, 1981 to be eligible for the supplemental annuity. Therefore, a supplemental annuity is not payable to an employee who does not have at least one month of service before October 1, 1981, even if they meet all other age and service requirements. 315.1.2 Earliest Supplemental Annuity Eligibility Dates Under 1937 and 1974 Acts A. Earliest Eligibility Dates The date an age and service annuity or disability annuity is awarded is the voucher date of the award, i.e., the date the award is processed for payment. Beginning in 1966, the employee’s age and service annuity had to be vouchered after June 1966 for them to be eligible for a supplemental annuity at age 65 with at least 25 years of service. -
INRD's Major Moves
Entrepreneurial Railroading SM Vol. 28 No. 2 Summer 2014 "New" INRD INRD’s Major Moves: Key White River Ballast Cars Add Bridge Replacement Gets Underway Safety, Speed to The year that Indiana Rail Trackwork Road’s bridge over the White River near Elnora, Ind., was Indiana Rail Road’s Engi- constructed, the following hap- neering department has scored a pened: The U.S.S. Maine mys- “win-win-win” with a new and teriously exploded in Havana heavily-rebuilt fleet of ballast cars (Cuba) Harbor, a catalyst for the in use across the system this year. Spanish-American War; jockey Not only do the bright-yellow cars Willie Simms won the 24th(!) distribute rock-ballast along the Kentucky Derby aboard Plaudit; right-of-way faster than ever be- and on December 18, in France, fore, but their air-actuated control the world’s first automobile land system is much safer and easier for speed record – 39 mph – was re- employees to use. corded. (Some background: Well That was 1898, and back at over a century ago, railroads dis- Elnora, crews built a 450-foot covered that rock ballast is the best Pratt-style pin-connected steel The INRD is replacing the 1898 White River Bridge with a new structure, way to keep the wooden crossties truss bridge to carry the Southern allowing for greater train capacity and speed. (or in some cases today, more ex- Indiana Railway across the White pensive concrete ties) in place. The River, eventually reaching Terre Haute. Through more to 263,000 pounds. Since the rail industry standard steel rails are firmly connected to than a century and thousands of train movements car- maximum weight is 286,000 pounds, the bridge puts the crossties with steel spikes or rying millions of tons of Indiana commerce, this rail southern Indiana businesses at a competitive disad- other fasteners; rock ballast poured line changed hands several times until 2006, when vantage. -
OPINION REVENUE; SATISH UPADHYAY, in His Official Capacity As Acting Director of the Oregon Department of Revenue, Defendants-Appellants
FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a No. 19-35184 Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:17-cv-01716-JE v. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF OPINION REVENUE; SATISH UPADHYAY, in his official capacity as Acting Director of the Oregon Department of Revenue, Defendants-Appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted May 15, 2020 Portland, Oregon Filed July 8, 2020 Before: Jay S. Bybee and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Vince Chhabria,* District Judge. * The Honorable Vince Chhabria, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. 2 BNSF RAILWAY V. OREGON DEP’T OF REVENUE Opinion by Judge VanDyke; Concurrence by Judge Chhabria SUMMARY** Rail Carriers The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of BNSF Railway Co., a rail carrier that challenged the Oregon Department of Revenue’s imposition of a tax on its intangible personal property, such as accounting goodwill. Agreeing with other circuits, the panel held that BNSF could challenge the property tax under the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, known as the 4- R Act, which prohibits taxes that discriminate against rail carriers. The panel rejected the argument that tax was generally applicable and that BNSF’s challenge was no more than a demand for exemptions offered to other taxpayers. The panel held that the proper comparison class for BNSF was Oregon’s commercial and industrial taxpayers, and the intangible personal property tax assessment discriminated against BNSF in violation of the 4-R Act, 49 U.S.C. -
ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT July 06, 2018 SOUTHERN DISTRICT of TEXAS David J
Case 5:18-cv-00071 Document 27 Filed in TXSD on 07/06/18 Page 1 of 15 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT July 06, 2018 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS David J. Bradley, Clerk LAREDO DIVISION THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN § RAILWAY COMPANY, et al., § § Plaintiffs, § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:18-CV-71 § BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE § ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN, et al., § § Defendants. § MEMORANDUM & ORDER The plaintiffs in this case—The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) and The Texas Mexican Railway Company (Tex-Mex) (collectively, “the Railroads”)—are a pair of railway companies that operate, at least in part, in South Texas. Defendant Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (the Union) is a labor union that represents the Railroads’ employees. Defendant Chris Heise is the Union’s general chairman. This case arises from a dispute over whether the Railroads are entitled to shift their point of interchange for trains that cross the U.S.-Mexico border from the border itself to a rail yard nine miles away in Laredo, Texas. The Union argues that the collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) between the parties do not allow the Railroads to make this change. The Union also argues that the change would run afoul of certain administrative-agency orders and regulations. The Railroads disagree with the Union’s arguments in every respect and say that they intend to shift their point of interchange from the border to the Laredo rail yard on July 9, 2018. The Union has threatened to strike in response. Pending before the Court is the Railroads’ “Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction.” (Dkt. -
MDOT Michigan State Rail Plan Tech Memo 2 Existing Conditions
Technical Memorandum #2 March 2011 Prepared for: Prepared by: HNTB Corporation Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................1 2. Freight Rail System Profile ......................................................................................2 2.1. Overview ...........................................................................................................2 2.2. Class I Railroads ...............................................................................................2 2.3. Regional Railroads ............................................................................................6 2.4. Class III Shortline Railroads .............................................................................7 2.5. Switching & Terminal Railroads ....................................................................12 2.7. State Owned Railroads ...................................................................................16 2.8. Abandonments ................................................................................................18 2.10. International Border Crossings .....................................................................22 2.11. Ongoing Border Crossing Activities .............................................................24 2.12. Port Access Facilities ....................................................................................24 3. Freight Rail Traffic ................................................................................................25 -
Rail Plan 2005 - 2006
Kansas Department of Transportation Rail Plan 2005 - 2006 Kathleen Sebelius, Governor Debra L. Miller, Secretary of Transportation Kansas Department of Transportation Division of Planning and Development Bureau of Transportation Planning – Office of Rail Affairs Kansas Rail Plan Update 2005 - 2006 Kansas Department of Transportation Division of Planning and Development Bureau of Transportation Planning Office of Rail Affairs Dwight D. Eisenhower State Office Building 700 SW Harrison Street, Second Floor Tower Topeka, Kansas 66603-3754 Telephone: (785) 296-3841 Fax: (785) 296-0963 Debra L. Miller, Secretary of Transportation Terry Heidner, Division of Planning and Development Director Chris Herrick, Chief of Transportation Planning Bureau John Jay Rosacker, Assistant Chief Transportation Planning Bureau ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Prepared by CONTRIBUTORS Office of Rail Affairs Staff John W. Maddox, CPM, Rail Affairs Program Manager Darlene K. Osterhaus, Rail Affairs Research Analyst Edward Dawson, Rail Affairs Research Analyst Paul Ahlenius, P.E., Rail Affairs Engineer Bureau of Transportation Planning Staff John Jay Rosacker, Assistant Chief Transportation Planning Bureau Carl Gile, Decision Mapping Technician Specialist OFFICE OF RAIL AFFAIRS WEB SITE http://www.ksdot.org/burRail/Rail/default.asp Pictures provided by railroads or taken by Office of Rail Affairs staff Railroad data and statistics provided by railroads 1 Executive Summary The Kansas Rail Plan Update 2005 - 2006 has Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1654 et seg). Financial been prepared in accordance with requirements of the assistance in the form of Federal Rail Administration Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) U.S. Department (FRA) grants has been used to fund rehabilitation of Transportation (USDOT), as set forth in federal projects throughout Kansas. -
Transportation and Economic Impact of Texas Short Line Railroads
1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. FHWA/TX-0-6887 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Sept 2016 TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TEXAS 6. Performing Organization Code SHORT LINE RAILROADS 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Fengxiang Qiao, Lu Gao, Daisy Saldarriaga, Boya You, Qing Li, Report 0-6887 Lingguang Song, Ahmed Senouci, Omkar Dhatrak, and Lei Yu 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Texas Southern University University of Houston 11. Contract or Grant No. 3100 Cleburne Avenue 4800 Calhoun Road Project 0-6887 Houston, Texas 77004 Houston, TX 77204-4003 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Texas Department of Transportation Technical Report Research and Technology Sept 1, 2015 – Sept 30, 2016 Implementation Office P. O. Box 5080 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Austin, Texas 78763-5080 15. Supplementary Notes Project performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. 16. Abstract This report documents the analysis of the transportation and economic impacts of Texas short line railroads. Survey invitations were sent to 43 Texas short line railroads and 20 responses were received. The research team completed onsite interviews with 5 railroads and 3 community leaders. The software IMPLAN was used to estimate the economic impact of short line railroads at both county-level and state-level. Transportation impact analysis was conducted to estimate the cost by rail and the cost by diverted truck. Shipping cost, safety cost, maintenance cost, highway congestion cost, and emission cost were calculated in this analysis. -
Austin Western Railroad Selected As BNSF's Shortline of the Year
theDispatch The newsletter for Watco Companies, LLC and Watco Transportation Services, LLC November 2015, Volume 16, Issue 11 Austin Western Railroad selected Watco's Customer as BNSF's Shortline of the Year Appreciation event hits record numbers by Tracie VanBecelaere growing aggregate traffic, which originates on the Managing Editor Austin Western line and continues to its destina- by Tracie VanBecelaere tion in Texas on the BNSF network," said Dean Managing Editor For Watco Companies, the highlight of Octo- Wise, BNSF vice president of network strategies. ber's BNSF Shortline conference was the naming During the first seven months of this year, There were many new pieces to Watco's Annual of the Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) as BNSF's freight interchanged between BNSF and the short Customer Appreciation Event this year; new organiz- 2015 Shortline Railroad of the Year. line rose 28 percent compared with the same ers, new venues, new sponsors, and new Custom- AWRR was selected out of 200 other short lines period in 2015. AWRR’s compound annual growth ers were all a part of the event held October 27th because of its participation in "significant growth rate was 35 percent between 2007 and 2014 for through the 29th. The annual event is held to thank in traffic it interchanges with BNSF” since the two freight interchanged with BNSF. many of our Customers for choosing to do busi- railroads began working together in 2007, said "In recent years, we've seen a significant increase ness with us and allowing us to grow our businesses BNSF officials. in aggregate unit trains due to increased highway together. -
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. 2012 Annual Report
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. 2012 Annual Report Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, G&W operates the 1,400-mile Tarcoola to Darwin rail line, which links the Port of Darwin with the Australian interstate rail network in South Australia. Operations currently include 111 railroads organized in 11 regions, with nearly 15,000 miles of owned and leased track, 4,600 employees and over 2,000 customers. We provide rail service at 35 ports in North America, Australia and Europe and perform contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers. Australia Region North Sea NETHERLANDS Rotterdam Maas River Betuweroute to Germany Kijfhoek Rail Yard Rail Feeding Headquarters Europe Rotterdam Rail Feeding, B.V. Region Belgium Rail Feeding BVBA BELGIUM Antwerp Port Operations On the Cover: A newly re-branded New England Central “mother-slug” locomotive set Shunting Contracts transports wood chips to fuel a power plant in Burlington, Vermont. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Pacific Region Mountain West Region Central Region Rail Link Region North American Operations Canada Region Northeast Region Midwest Region Ohio Valley Region Rail Link Region G&W Railroads Port Operations Industrial Switching Southern Contract Coal Loading Region Dashed line indicates Trackage Rights; gray line indicates Out of Service. www.gwrr.com Financial Highlights (In thousands, except per share amounts) Years Ended December 31 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Income Statement Data Operating revenues $874,916 $829,096 $630,195 $544,866 $601,984 Income from operations 190,322 191,779 130,410 99,322 115,931 Income from continuing operations, net of tax 52,551 119,493 78,669 60,075 72,975 Net income available to common stockholders 48,058 119,484 81,260 61,327 72,231 Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.