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GOP senator wants to save Indiana Amtrak route
(Source: The Hill, March 16, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) is seeking to protect Amtrak service between Indianapolis and Chicago as state officials consider cutting the rail line because of a recent change to federal regulations that would increase...
FAA approves industrial use of drone being considered by BNSF
(Source: San Francisco Business Times, March 16, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest move indicating the intense interest in using drones for industrial purposes, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use of Berkeley-based 3D Robotics' drones by...
5 ways energy is transforming U.S. railroads
(Source: Scientific American, March 16, 2015) NEW YORK — U.S. railroads have not hauled so much crude oil since the short period at the dawn of the petroleum age, when John D. Rockefeller relied on trains to build his Standard Oil empire. Full story: Scientific...
Unifor says five deals with CN ratified, process for sixth deal still underway
(Source: Canadian Press, March 16, 2015) TORONTO — Unifor says workers it represents at Canadian National Railway Co. have ratified five new contracts with the railway. Full story: Winnipeg Free Press
North Carolina unclear on trooper training, duties for big-truck escort
(Source: News & Observer, March 16, 2015) RALEIGH, N.C. — When a North Carolina state trooper is needed to help two civilian drivers escort a very long, very heavy truck rumbling down our highways and across our railroad tracks, which person in this convoy is...
Cash-strapped Amtrak let millions in overpayments slip away
(Source: Environment & Energy Publishing, March 16, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For Amtrak, the findings of a 2012 audit might have led to a minor windfall: Over an approximately four-year period, the passenger railroad had overpaid BNSF Railway Co. more than $9 million...
U.S. Senator calls for first-responder training for derailments
(Source: Reuters, March 16, 2015) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A U.S. senator from Pennsylvania on Monday called for measures to provide resources and training to first responders who handle crude oil train derailments. Full story: Yahoo
Oil refiners sue BNSF Railway over $1,000 tank surcharge
(Source: Bloomberg, March 16, 2015) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Co. was sued by a trade group for 400 U.S. refining and petrochemical makers objecting to a $1,000 surcharge the nation’s biggest rail transporter of crude oil tacked onto older-model tank cars. Full story:...
FRA chief says oil companies need to do more for rail safety
(Source: Reuters, March 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail operators are going to great lengths to prevent oil train derailments but the energy sector must do more to prevent accidents from becoming fiery disasters, the leading U.S. rail regulator said on Friday. Sarah...
1869 Golden Spike ceremony could get the Lego treatment
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, March 4, 2015) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The historic moment when two trains met on America's First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 was awesome. So obviously, Jack Little thinks, we should celebrate it in Legos. Little has designed a...
