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Omaha’s Railroad Days festival to promote ‘Safety First’
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, July 10, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — The annual Railroad Days festival is an opportunity for the public to learn how trains shaped the Omaha-metro area. This year, organizers are adding safety lessons to the mix with the theme, “Railroad Days...
CSX completes annual maintenance jamboree
(Source: CSX press release, July 9, 215) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week, CSX successfully completed its 17th annual Maintenance Jamboree, a track safety and maintenance blitz that completes months of rail, tie, signal and bridge work on key rail corridors in a single...
Union Pacific urging Gov. Scott Walker to veto repeal of rail trespass law
(Source: Superior Telegram, July 10, 2015) SUPERIOR, Wisc. — Union Pacific Railroad is urging Gov. Scott Walker to veto a section of the budget bill that would repeal Wisconsin’s railroad trespass law. Repealing or relaxing this statute could bring unintended...
Teamsters Local 357 files lawsuit against Republic Airways
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 9, 2015) PLAINFIELD, Ind. — Today, Teamsters Local 357 in Plainfield, Ind., filed a lawsuit against Republic Airways for unilaterally changing pilots’ working conditions regarding “open time” flying...
Wisconsin sheriff’s office stops ticketing trains for blocked crossings
(Source: Stevens Point Journal, July 9, 2015) STEVENS POINT, Wisc. — The Portage County Sheriff's Department will no longer issue citations for trains that block road crossings for extended periods of time because a judge has ruled local authorities cannot regulate...
Opinion: Without tougher oil train safeguards, Houston is at risk
(Source: Opinion column by Tyson Slocum in the Houston Chronicle, July 9, 2015) HOUSTON — Living in Houston is like sitting atop a ticking time bomb. Every week, up to 200 oil trains filled with highly combustible crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region pass...
Oil industry plans to ship more dangerous light oils by rail
(Source: DeSmog Blog, July 9, 2015) NEW YORK — As oil train protests continue across North America to mark the two-year anniversary of the Lac-Megantic disaster, trouble is brewing in Texas. At the recent Crude Markets and Storage Summit energy conference in Texas,...
Lac-Megantic disaster led to Transport Canada shakeup
(Source: CBC News, July 1, 2015) OTTAWA — Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says the department overseeing rail safety has undergone significant changes and new marching orders since the Lac-Mégantic, Que., rail disaster on July 6, 2013, that killed 47 people. Full story:...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic up 1.7 percent over 2014 for week ending July 4
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, July 8, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 4, 2015. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 506,284 carloads...
NTSB recommends cameras for Amtrak trains after deadly crash
(Source: The Hill, July 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending that Amtrak install cameras in the engineer cabins of its trains after a deadly crash in May. The agency said Amtrak should install "crash- and...
