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Ottawa proposes new insurance requirements for railways hauling crude oil, toxic inhalation hazards
(Source: Canadian Underwriter, February 20, 2015) OTTAWA — Canadian railways moving dangerous goods will have new minimum insurance requirements if a bill tabled Friday is passed into law. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt introduced Friday the Safe and Accountable Rail...
CSX says W.Va. rail line still shut after derailment
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX Corp rail line in West Virginia remained shut following an explosive oil train derailment on Feb. 16 that damaged the roadbed and tracks, though the type of work required to return the line to service...
Crews begin removal of contaminated soil at W.Va. derailment site
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 24, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workers on Tuesday started removing contaminated soil containing oil that spilled after a CSX train derailed in Fayette County, according to a CSX spokesman. Full story: Charleston Gazette
Preparedness key to W.Va. derailment response
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 24, 2015) SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emergency personnel responding to an oil train derailment in West Virginia last week applied lessons learned from a rail disaster more than three decades ago, and likely prevented a bad...
CN reaches tentative deal with Unifor, averting lockout
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) TORONTO — Canada's biggest railway reached a last-minute tentative agreement with one of its unions on Monday, averting a lockout that threatened to delay imports from Asia and compound a U.S. West Coast port logjam. Full story:...
NTSB: Driver apparently drove truck on tracks before Metrolink crash
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2015) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The truck involved in a Metrolink train derailment Tuesday morning in Oxnard that left dozens injured appears to have been traveling down the tracks just before the collision, an NTSB official said...
Metrolink train headed to Los Angeles crashes into truck; Dozens injured including locomotive engineer
(Source: New York Times, February 24, 2015) OXNARD, Calif. — Rail cars skidded onto their sides, a fireball lit up the dark, and nearly 30 people were injured early Tuesday when a commuter train slammed into a truck that had turned onto the railroad tracks and gotten...
Federal judge hears petition to halt CSX tunnel project; no ruling yet
(Source: Washington Post, February 20, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge heard arguments Friday morning on a petition for a preliminary injunction that would halt reconstruction plans for the Virginia Avenue tunnel in Southeast Washington. Full story:...
Minnesota governor wants review of proposed ‘high hazard’ train track
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, February 19, 2015) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton is asking a federal board to require an environmental study of a railroad track that could send "high hazard" freight trains through Minneapolis and west suburbs, including Crystal,...
Washington state seeks more oversight as rails carry more oil
(Source: Seattle Times, February 21, 2015) SEATTLE, Wash. — In Washington, oil-train traffic raises the stakes of what could happen in a major accident, and state regulators are asking the Legislature for more authority and more money to watchdog railroad safety. Full...
