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Four injured in freight train derailment in North Texas
(Source: Reuters, May 8, 2015) AUSTIN, Texas — Four railroad employees were injured when a BNSF freight train derailed in northern Texas on Friday, with high winds and flooding likely causing it to go off the tracks, a company spokesman said. They have been treated...
Oil train derailments: Looking at track defects
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 10, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — As an oil boom in North Dakota has put more of the volatile commodity on rails headed to refineries for processing, news of derailments concerns public officials. Track defects are the leading cause of...
New oil train rules draw flak from firefighters
(Source: McClatchy News Service, May 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers and environmental and industry groups criticized the federal government’s new safety measures for oil trains when they were announced earlier this month. Now another group has expressed...
BNSF reopens track at site of Heimdal oil train derailment, fire; Spilled crude reached wetlands
(Source: Associated Press, May 8, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — BNSF Railway resumed shipments Friday along a track in North Dakota two days after an oil train derailed and caught fire, and cleanup continued on crude that spilled into nearby wetlands. The 109-car train was...
FRA says track where oil train derailed in Heimdal was inspected day before accident
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, May 8, 2015) HEIMDAL, N.D. — Railroad tracks where an oil train derailed Wednesday in central North Dakota had been inspected by BNSF Railway a day earlier and by the Federal Railroad Administration about three months before the fiery...
Wheel fragments ‘of great interest’ in Heimdal investigation
(Source: www.inforum.com, May 7, 2015) HEIMDAL, N.D. — Wheel fragments found at the scene of a fiery oil train derailment here are “of great interest” to federal officials investigating the cause of the wreck, the lead investigator said Thursday as BNSF Railways...
Celebration of railroading: Amtrak Train Days events to be held this weekend
(Source: CNN, May 8, 2015) CHICAGO — The romance of a train trip cannot be denied. While local municipalities debate regional transit and Amtrak fights for funding in Congress, trains continue to fascinate adult and child-sized enthusiasts alike. That's why Amtrak is...
Brush fire prompts Metro-North, Amtrak delays in Connecticut
(Source: Associated Press, May 7, 2015) WEST HAVEN, Conn. — A large brush fire in Connecticut prompted Metro-North and Amtrak officials to halt the commuter rail services temporarily. Both services are returning to normal. Full story: Newsday
Bombardier to sell rail unit
(Source: Reuters, May 7, 2015) MONTREAL/TORONTO — Bombardier Inc. outlined plans on Thursday to list a minority stake in its rail unit as it reported a quarterly profit that topped market expectations but also warned it may cut production of its profitable Global...
New Mexico’s commuter rail line faces financial burdens
(Source: Associated Press, May 7, 2015) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When launched in 2006, a New Mexico commuter rail line that would connect Albuquerque and Santa Fe was hailed by supporters as a progressive step toward taking people out of cars and putting them on the...
