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Blame game starts over recent oil spills
(Source: OilPrice.com, March 17, 2015) The string of oil train derailments is sparking infighting between the various industry players moving oil around the country. An oil refining trade group is suing BNSF Railway Company for unfairly charging them a premium to use...
Energy industry: Rail industry must answer for oil train accidents
(Source: Reuters, March 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The rail industry is chiefly responsible for preventing oil train accidents and U.S. regulators must do more to keep trains on the tracks, a leading voice for the energy industry said on Monday. Full story:...
UP says it will appeal OSHA ruling
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, March 17, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ruled that Union Pacific wrongly disciplined a worker at its yard in North Platte for reporting a workplace injury and seeking medical attention. In a...
Culture of retaliation: Union Pacific Railroad disciplines locomotive engineer for reporting workplace injury, owes worker $350K in damages; More than 200 whistleblower complaints against railroad since 2001
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, March 17, 2015) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — For the third time since 2011, the Union Pacific Railroad has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act at its yard in North...
Goal of the former MMA Railway, now called Central, Maine & Quebec: Revive, rebuild
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 16, 2015) NEW YORK — CMQ was formed less than a year ago when Railroad Acquisition Holdings LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Fortress Investment Group, acquired the just under 500 (481) miles of rail line from Montreal,...
BNSF reports five mudslides on tracks north of Seattle
(Source: Seattle Times, March 16, 2015) SEATTLE — Passenger rail service on the BNSF Railway between Seattle and Everett was canceled for 48 hours Monday afternoon, according to BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. Full story: Seattle Times
KCS to open Wylie intermodal facility this summer
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 16, 2015) Kansas City Southern's construction of a new intermodal terminal in Wylie, Texas, is well underway with concrete poured and two new 5,000-foot intermodal tracks in place, the Class I announced in its March 13 online...
Washington state oil train bill criticized at state House committee hearing
(Source: Spokesman-Review, March 16, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Proposed rules for trains carrying oil across the state don’t put enough responsibility on the railroads and should include oil pipelines, a Spokane city councilman told a House committee Monday. Full story:...
New Metrolink chief lays out plans for cost-cutting, improvements
(Source: Contra Costa Times, March 16, 2015) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — When Art Leahy takes the helm of Metrolink on April 20, only four letters need to be added to his new business cards. But going from the chief operating officer of Metro to that of Metrolink presents...
Pact bodes well for restored Amtrak Montrealer service
(Source: Railway Age, March 16, 2015) NEW YORK — A U.S.-Canada agreement on cross-border travel and security signed Monday, March 16, 2015 bolsters efforts to restore Amtrak's Montrealer, discontinued in 1995, particularly if Customs pre-clearance facilities are...
