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State lawmaker’s bill would likely halt Texas high-speed rail plans
(Source: Texas Tribune, February 25, 2015) AUSTIN, Texas — A lawmaker whose district sits near the proposed route for a planned bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas filed a bill Wednesday that could stop the project in its tracks. Full story: Fort Worth...
Kansas City Southern EVP sells $501,060 in company stock
(Source: Dakota Financial News, February 26, 2015) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern EVP Warren K. Erdman sold 4,200 shares of Kansas City Southern stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24. The shares were sold at an average price...
Siemens looks to wow Sacramento with high-speed rail demo
(Source: News 10, February 25, 2015) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There's a $1 billion contract up in the air for California's high-speed rail project -- and Siemens is looking to win it. The German engineering company is exhibiting one of its high-speed train cars in front...
Operation Lifesaver urges drives to use caution at all highway-rail grade crossings
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, February 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent high-profile grade crossing collisions in Oxnard, Calif. and Valhalla, N.Y. highlight the need for all drivers to use caution at every highway-rail grade crossing, a national...
Railroads, big oil move to ease fears over crude shipments
(Source: KQED, February 24, 2015) SACRAMENTO — In a rare move Tuesday in Sacramento, officials with California’s two major railroads, Union Pacific and BNSF, held a media briefing explaining safety measures ranging from computerized stability controls to special foam...
TSB compares CN’s Gogama derailment to Lac Megantic disaster
(Source: Transportation Safety Board press release, February 24, 2015) SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario — On 14 February 2015, a Canadian National (CN) crude oil unit train was proceeding eastward on CN's Ruel Subdivision near Gogama, Ontario. At about 23:50, while...
A hard look at the risks of transporting oil on rail tanker cars
(Source: National Public Radio, February 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marcus Stern has spent the past year investigating the practice. Recent accidents in Canada and U.S. show that the cars aren't built for carrying so much oil, he says, and tracks are deteriorating....
Opinion: North America’s rail safety measures remain inadequate
(Source: Montreal Gazette opinion column by Mark Winfield, February 25, 2015) MONTREAL — Many larger questions about the Lac-Mégantic disaster remain unanswered and unaddressed. The failure of North American railway regulators to respond to the risks associated with...
Hoffa: Port driver efforts show the long, hard fight for justice
(Source: Huffington Post opinion column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, February 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over the last 18 months, port truck drivers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have dramatically escalated their decades-long...
Teamsters Canada rail traffic controllers ratify new collective agreement with CN
(Source: CN press release, February 25, 2015) MONTREAL — CN announced today that members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Rail Canada Traffic Controllers union have ratified a new labour agreement. The four-year agreement covers approximately 180 rail traffic...
