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Pets on trains a hit for Amtrak and passengers
(Source: USA Today, March 18, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the success of a 2014 pilot program in Illinois and a much larger pilot along the Northeast Corridor this past fall and winter, Amtrak announced in February that its pet program on the Northeast Regional and...
Analyst: California high-speed rail lacks spending details
(Source: Associated Press, March 17, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new $64 billion business plan for California's high-speed rail system fails to identify how to fill a multibillion-dollar shortfall and calls for locating the first segment in an unpopulated...
High-speed rail construction takes on higher profile in Fresno
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 17, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — Contractors are picking up the pace of construction on the first stage of California’s high-speed train system, with cranes, bulldozers and other heavy equipment at work at several sites in and around downtown...
Illinois Senate passes bill to help Amtrak
(Source: KFVS, March 17, 2016) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Southern Illinois University and other state universities would finally get state support and potentially scale back program cuts and layoffs thanks to legislation introduced Thursday in the Illinois Senate. The...
Storing crude oil in rail cars: Not widespread, but it does occur
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — With last year's crash in oil prices, less crude is moving by train, creating a surplus of idle rail cars that have become opportunistic vessels for some traders storing petroleum until prices recover....
Valero taking oil by rail issue to STB
(Source: Daily Republic, March 18, 2016) BENICIA, Calif. — More than four hours of staff and Valero testimony this week ended with the oil company asking the Benicia City Council for a delay and the city moving forward with its public hearing process. Valero will seek...
Company preparing feasibility study to ship oilsands crude by rail to Alaska
(Source: Canadian Press, March 17, 2016) CALGARY — A rail company is getting ready to launch a feasibility study this spring into its plan to send trains full of oilsands bitumen from Fort McMurray, Alta., to Alaska. Full story: The Province
165 NS employees relocate to Norfolk
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, March 17, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — The closure of a Roanoke office building has led to the relocation of 165 Norfolk Southern Corp. employees to Norfolk. Full story: Virginian-Pilot
New freight train speed limit signs in Canada reference Lac-Megantic tragedy
(Source: Montreal Gazette, March 15, 2016) MONTREAL — Vaudreuil-Dorion has installed new speed-limit signs along freight train tracks that evoke the tragedy of the deadly Lac-Mégantic crude oil shipment derailment of 2013. The signs read, “I remember Lac-Megantic,...
Opinion: CP-NS merger would ease rail gridlock
(Source: Des Moines Register opinion column by Craig Lang, March 18, 2016) DES MOINES, Iowa — As Iowans look to maintain our way of life under increased global competition, threats to ethanol production and antiquated infrastructure, we need to improve access to...
