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Senate committee advances US DOT nominees
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 12, 2017) President Donald Trump last week nominated Steven Bradbury to serve as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), while a Senate committee held nominations for other department positions, the...
Could SEPTA be the first transit system to use suicide barriers?
(Source: Philly Voice, June 7, 2017) PHILADELPHIA — Last month, SEPTA saw back-to-back deaths within a day of one another; one was on the regional rail tracks in Jenkintown, the other on the Broad Street Line by the North Philadelphia station. The subsequent train...
Christie says he’s confident Trump will pay for rail tunnel project
(Source: Associated Press, June 13, 2017) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's confident a project to build a rail tunnel between New Jersey and New York will continue even though a plan to fund it isn't part of President Donald Trump's proposed...
Teamsters submit comments on NAFTA negotiations
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 12, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Teamsters Union submitted its comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on the proposed renegotiation of the North American Free Trade...
Great Lakes Basin shareholders revealed
(Source: The Times, June 13, 2017) MUNSTER, Ind. — A list of the 10 largest shareholders of Great Lakes Basin Transportation shows its founder and chairman, Frank Patton, owns just over 87 percent of the company, which hopes to build a 261-mile freight rail bypass...
CN fined for 2015 diesel spill into North Saskatchewan River
(Source: CBC News, June 12, 2017) EDMONTON — Canadian National Railway has been fined $125,000 after pleading guilty to two environmental charges stemming from a 2015 discharge of diesel fuel into the North Saskatchewan River, Alberta Environment and Parks said...
Federal appeals court rules against Delaware oil train idling law
(Source: Delaware Public Media, June 11, 2017) WILMINGTON, Del. — An effort by First State lawmakers to limit the idling of oil trains passing through the state has been shot down. Full story: Delaware Public Media
GE Transportation to build 1,000 locomotives for India Railways, the largest order in its history
(Source: GoErie.com, June 12, 2017) ERIE, Pa. — General Electric was building a massive new locomotive plant, but construction wouldn’t stop at the factory gates. Full story: www.goerie.com
CP Rail denies fault in Lac-Megantic disaster
(Source: Globe and Mail, June 2, 2017) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. denies any responsibility for the 2013 oil train explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que., saying the liability for the disaster that killed 47 people lies with the company that hauled the crude and...
Pipeline congestion causes spike in crude by rail shipments
(Source: Houston Chronicle, June 12, 2017) HOUSTON — Crude coming from the Canadian oil sands faces pipeline congestion on its way to the Gulf Coast, forcing production companies to opt for more expensive rail transport instead. Full story: Houston Chronicle
