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Connecticut senators vow to block high-speed rail proposal that bypasses state
(Source: Connecticut Mirror, March 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Connecticut’s U.S. senators on Friday vowed to stop a proposal approved in the House of Representatives this week that would require Amtrak to study the feasibility of a new high-speed train from...
Indiana to end Indianapolis-Chicago Amtrak route in April
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2015) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An Amtrak line that has linked Indianapolis and Chicago since 1980 will halt April 1, state officials said Friday, citing what they called a last-minute policy change by a federal agency that effectively...
Hall joins thousands of Teamsters at West Virginia rally for workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 7, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall delivered a rousing speech to thousands of rallying protesters in his home state of West Virginia on Saturday, urging...
CSX agrees to long-term cleanup, restoration plan in W.Va. oil train derailment
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal regulators say CSX Transportation has agreed to a long-term plan for cleaning up and restoring the area around a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia. Full story: Daily Reporter
EPA: Galena derailment threatens Mississippi River
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An oil train derailment and spill in northwest Illinois poses an “imminent and substantial danger” of contaminating the Mississippi River, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday. Full...
Galena train derailment recovery nearly complete
(Source: Associated Press, March 9, 2015) GALENA, Ill. — Recovery efforts at the scene of Thursday's train derailment south of Galena are nearly complete, and BNSF Railway expected to resume rail operations in the area Sunday night, according to an update from the...
Derailments put oil train expansion in the crosshairs
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a BNSF Railway oil train derailed and burst into flames Thursday near Galena, Ill., at least one community group has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend permits for rail expansions...
CN, BNSF tackle accidents as group seeks ban on oil trains
(Source: Bloomberg, March 8, 2015) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co. is building a 1,500-foot (457 meter) long track to bypass a burning train that derailed Saturday in northern Ontario, while BNSF Railway Co. crews are working to reopen track in rural Illinois...
Safety concerns rise in wake of another CN oil train derailment in Gogama
(Source: Canadian Press, March 8, 2015) GOGAMA, Ontario — Another train derailment in northern Ontario has added new fuel to the ongoing debate over whether rail is a safe way of transporting crude oil. CN said on March 8 there were 94 cars on the train, all carrying...
Province criticizes feds on rail safety after northern Ontario derailment
(Source: Toronto Star, March 8, 2015) TORONTO — As emergency crews battled a fire sparked by the derailment of a CN train carrying crude oil in northern Ontario, provincial politicians came out swinging against the federal government’s failure to ensure rail safety....
