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California panel seeks stricter locomotive emissions standards
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 18, 2017) California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Mary Nichols has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt stricter locomotive emissions standards to improve air quality in and around the nation's rail...
Amtrak defends self from lawsuit brought by engineer in 2015 fatal derailment
(Source: Forbes.com, April 18, 2017) NEW YORK — On April 12, Amtrak filed an answer to a lawsuit filed by Brandon Bostian, the engineer of one of its trains that derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight people. The company also filed a counter-claim against...
Union Pacific CEO vouches for NAFTA and activism
(Source: Iowa State Daily, April 18, 2017) AMES, Iowa — Half of all acres in Iowa are planted for international export and trade, Lance Fritz, chairman, president and CEO for Union Pacific, said. Fritz shared his thoughts on the importance of international trade with...
Did some political pork give a boost to California high-speed rail?
(Source: Streetsblog San Francisco, April 17, 2017) SAN FRANCISCO — It took a bunch of compromises, but Governor Brown passed his $52 billion transportation bill, which included a gas tax increase. To make the political math work, Brown had to get the vote of one...
Teamsters: ‘Buy American and Hire American’ Executive Order benefits U.S. jobs, production
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 18, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union supports today’s signing of the ‘Buy American and Hire American’ Executive Order by President Donald Trump. The initiatives that promote American...
East Coast refiner shuns Bakken oil train delivery as Dakota Access Pipeline starts
(Source: Reuters, April 19, 2017) NEW YORK — Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc, the largest refiner on the U.S. East Coast, will not be taking any rail deliveries of North Dakota's Bakken crude oil in June, a source familiar with delivery schedules said on Tuesday — a...
Expanded rail capacity for Port of Everett
(Source: Railway Age, April 17, 2017) NEW YORK — The Port of Everett, Wash., has begun construction on a new rail siding to handle the movement of international cargo. Full story: Railway Age
Oil price decline produces a bonanza of lawsuits
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 17, 2017) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The plunge in oil prices has triggered a series of lawsuits over who will take the hit for millions of dollars lost on soured deals to bring light sweet crude to a Delaware County refinery. BP...
Phillips 66 won’t appeal oil by rail decision, but fight’s not over
(Source: The Tribune News, April 17, 2017) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Phillips 66 won’t appeal San Luis Obispo County’s decision rejecting its oil-by-rail plan to the California Coastal Commission, but it will continue the fight in court, a company spokesman said...
New fight to save passenger rail
(Source: La Junta Tribune-Democrat, April 18, 2017) LA JUNTA, Colo. — The fight to save passenger rail services is front and center. The budget proposed by President Donald Trump could affect hundreds of communities served by Amtrak as the proposal cuts $2.4 billion...
