UTC Case Docket Details

Event History

• 02/07/1998 -- End of Pending - Reconsideration
• 01/28/1998 -- Approved (Deny the railroad's request to repeal the orders setting train speed limits in Connell. Approve the alternative request to set speed limits at the maximum levels allowed by the Federal Railroad Administration in modified form as follows: Increase the passenger train speed to 79 mph and the freight train speed to 60 mph in Connell. Note, but not specifically order, the propsed permanent speed restrictions based upon curve restriction under Federal Railroad Administration regulations. Those restrictions are 50 mph for passenger trains and 45 mph for freight trains from Mile Post 109.9 to 110.4. The Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company are required to notify the Commission and the city of Connell 30 days prior to increasing freight train speeds more than 10 mph above the noted permanent restriction, and Amtrak should be required to notify the Commission and the city of Connell 30 days prior to increasing passenger train speeds more than 10 mph above the noted permanent speed restriction.)