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Rail industry slow on safety upgrade for fleets carrying oil and ethanol
(Source: De Smog Blog, October 1, 2017) NEW YORK — A new government report finds that only 9 percent of all the rail tank cars transporting flammable liquids last year met the stricter safety requirements of regulations set in 2015, which were meant to reduce oil...
Trial for former Lac-Megantic railway employees set to begin today
(Source: Canadian Press, October 2, 2017) MONTREAL — A trial is set to begin today for three former railway employees charged in connection with the fatal 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que. A jury will decide the fate of former train driver Thomas Harding,...
“Ghost Train” invention could avert disaster at railroad crossings
(Source: www.phys.org, September 28, 2017) NEW YORK — The damsel in distress, tied up and left on the railroad tracks, is one of the oldest and most clichéd cinema tropes. Browsing YouTube late at night, Fermilab Technical Specialist Derek Plant found that this...
Teamsters take fight for affordable health care, good jobs at Praxair to shareholder meeting
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 28, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters confronted Praxair’s CEO at a shareholder meeting in Danbury, Conn., about the company’s planned merger with German-based Linde and what it means for U.S....
Bombardier, Siemens rail merger derailed by control issues: sources
(Source: Reuters, September 28, 2017) FRANKFURT/MONTREAL — Canada’s Bombardier Inc. missed out on a merger of its rail unit with Germany’s Siemens because of a reluctance by Siemens to cede control of its business, allowing France’s Alstom to clinch a deal with the...
CSX crews working to clear 25 coal cars that derailed in McKeesport, Pa.
(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2017) McKEESPORT, Pa. — CSX was working to remove 25 coal cars that derailed in a Pittsburgh suburb. CSX spokesman Rob Doolittle says 25 cars left the tracks about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, but 14 of the cars remained upright with...
NJ Transit still in the crosshairs a year after fatal Hoboken train crash
(Source: www.nj.com, September 29, 2017) NEWARK, N.J. — Track 5 in Hoboken Terminal, where an overcrowded NJ Transit train barreled into a station platform one year ago Friday, killed a woman waiting in the concourse, barely shows evidence of that harrowing morning....
Study: Crude by rail adds costs, but flexibility, over pipelines
(Source: NGI’s Shale Daily, September 28, 2017) STERLING, Va. — Crude-by-rail as a transportation option could reduce the regulatory and political push back to building pipelines for U.S.-produced oil, according to a study by University of Chicago (UC) researchers....
Jury for Lac-Megantic derailment trial to be selected today
(Source: Canadian Press, September 29, 2017) MONTREAL — The final step of jury selection begins today for the trial of those accused in the 2013 Lac-Megantic train derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of the town. Full story: CTV News
Woman killed by Metra train as officers promoted Rail Safety Week nearby
(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 28, 2017) CHICAGO — An Oak Brook woman was killed Thursday morning in Clarendon Hills when she attempted to catch a train stopped at the station and was struck by an inbound express train. Shortly before 8 a.m., a woman ran across...
