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BNSF furloughs North Dakota employees, union says
(Source: Forum News Service, May 25, 2015) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — BNSF Railway Co., the largest railroad in North Dakota, is furloughing some employees across its network, including in Grand Forks and elsewhere in the region. Jim Chase, the North Dakota legislative...
BNSF employee killed in NE Minneapolis
(Source: CBS Minnesota, May 26, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A freight transportation company says one of its employees died Monday morning while unloading track material in northeast Minneapolis. A spokesperson for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway said the employee...
NS seeks $5 million from tug boat owners for bridge damage
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, May 22, 2015) CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Nearly a month after a barge on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River struck and damaged a key rail bridge in Chesapeake owned by Norfolk Southern Corp., the railroad has filed a lawsuit against two...
Washington state judge denies Shell appeal on oil by rail project review
(Source: Reuters, May 21, 2015) HOUSTON — A judge on Thursday denied Royal Dutch Shell's appeal of a ruling that a proposed oil-by-rail project at its Washington state refinery must undergo a full environmental review, just two weeks after a crude train derailment...
Mexico to pay China rail firm for canceling high-speed rail project
(Source: BBC News, May 21, 2015) LONDON — Mexico will compensate China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) $1.31m (£835,953) for canceling a $3.75bn high-speed rail contract. CRCC was at the head of a consortium that had won the project last year, which was...
China may have edge in race to build California’s bullet train
(Source: Reuters, May 21, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese state firms are poised to be strong contenders in the race to make high-speed trains that will sprint between Los Angeles and San Francisco, part of a $68 billion project to bring the service to the United States...
Suspected bomb that prompted UP train stop near L.A. was harmless
(Source: Television station KTLA, May 20, 2015) LOS ANGELES — A Union Pacific train was stopped in Sylmar after a conductor found what he believed to be some kind of bomb that was later determined to be a harmless shipping paperwork container, police said Wednesday....
Caltrain: Lasting effects of suicides on railroad employees
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 2015) SAN JOSE, Calif. — It happens quickly. More precisely, death on the railway occurs at the speed of a train hurtling down the track. What lasts far longer -- and for some, a lifetime -- is the lingering emotional effect of...
Hoffa statement on Senate Fast Track cloture vote
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa in response to the Senate’s decision to invoke cloture and cut off debate on the fast track...
Metro-North engineers to take sleep apnea test
(Source: Journal News, May 21, 2015) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Metro-North has referred more than a quarter of its locomotive engineers — but less than what officials had anticipated — for sleep apnea testing as part of a pilot program in response to a fatal train...
