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NTSB: Safety improved since Casselton accident, but more work needed
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, February 7, 2017) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday approved a final report on the fiery oil train accident near Casselton North Dakota three years ago, saying the accident has led to safety...
NTSB issues probable cause for crude oil train accident in Casselton, N.D.
(Source: National Transportation Board press release, February 7, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Board Tuesday determined that a broken axle set off a series of actions that resulted in an accident in which about 476,000 gallons of crude oil...
House GOP renews War on Workers with ‘right-to-work’ bill
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published at the Huffington Post, February 7, 2017) By James P. Hoffa General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters The destructive anti-worker bill introduced by Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and...
CSX shows interest in moving 550 office workers to downtown Jacksonville
(Source: Financial News & Daily Record, February 6, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX confirms in letters to the Downtown Investment Authority that it wants to bring 550 employees Downtown to the Bank of America Tower, if the DIA can work with the landlord to make the...
CN agrees to reopen Tumbler Ridge rail line to start shipping coal
(Source: CBC News, February 6, 2017) TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. — CN Rail says its rail lines servicing Tumbler Ridge coal mines will restart later this year. Full story: CBC News
About 250 workers losing jobs at Fort Worth locomotive plant
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 6, 2017) FORT WORTH, Texas — Citing a slump in freight rail shipping, GE Manufacturing Solutions has begun laying off about one-third of its workforce at its locomotive plant in north Fort Worth, just west of the Texas Motor...
Northeast Corridor bypass opponents testify against plan
(Source: Hartford Courant, February 6, 2017) HARTFORD, Conn. — Warning that the proposed high-speed Amtrak line through their towns would hurt everything from tourism to water quality, local leaders from southeastern Connecticut called on state lawmakers to oppose the...
NS coal clean up an industrial ballet
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, February 6, 2017) SUFFOLK, Va. — Barbara Deloatch had a front-row seat as the cleanup continued Monday from a weekend train derailment that twisted railway cars and spilled tons of coal in downtown Suffolk. A worker had told her there’d be a...
Coal dumped in NS derailment just a tiny fraction of its export volume
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, February 6, 2017) NORFOLK, Va. — The 4,500 tons of coal that spilled in the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Suffolk over the weekend looked like an awful lot. Yet it equates to less than 1 percent of the more than 788,000 tons the...
4,500 tons of coal spilled in Suffolk derailment
(Source: Suffolk News-Herald, February 6, 2017) SUFFOLK, Va. — About 9 million pounds of coal was spilled in Suffolk during Saturday morning’s train derailment in downtown, according to a Norfolk Southern spokeswoman. Full story: Suffolk News-Herald
