FRA, FTA, AAR, PTC & SCOTUS are all in the week's news headlines June 2, 2017 GO-001 THANK A VETERAN: IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF ALL WHO SERVEDU.S., Canadian railroads post traffic gain in Week 21 AAR: Carloads, intermodal continue climb FRA and FTA Announce Positive Train Control Grant Recipients FRA, FTC to award $197 million in PTC grants SCOTUS scuttles out-of-state FELA claims Wisconsin Senator introduces competitive switching legislation PATRICK W. SIMMONS DIES, WAS FORMER UTU SLD, ILFORMER UTU VP BRUCE WIGENT DIES