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6,000 UPS Teamsters ratify five-year contract
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 20, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 6,000 UPS workers represented by Teamsters Local 710 voted to accept a new five-year contract on Thursday. The agreement is retroactive to 2013 and was...
FRA: CSX train going 33 mph in 50 mph zone at time of derailment
(Source: MetroNews, February 19, 2015) FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. — A CSX train hauling Bakken crude oil was traveling well below the 50 mile per hour speed limit when 27 tanker cars derailed near Montgomery in Fayette County Monday, according to the acting head of the...
Gas vapor eyed as factor in West Virginia oil train fireball
(Source: Reuters, February 19, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators will examine whether pressurized gas played a role in the massive blast that followed the derailment of a train carrying crude oil through West Virginia this week, the U.S. Transportation...
CSX notifies W.Va. that its oil trains will bypass derailment scene
(Source: Reuters, February 19, 2015) NEW YORK — CSX has notified state officials of its plans to bypass the scene of a crude train derailment and continue delivering oil to a terminal on the Virginia coast, emergency management officials from Virginia and West...
Fires out at train derailment site, evacuation order mostly lifted
(Source: West Virginia MetroNews, February 20, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The tanker fires were out Friday at the site of Monday’s CSX train derailment near Montgomery in Fayette County and almost all residents of Mount Carbon and Adena Village were being allowed to...
One week later, FRA says investigation continues at site of CSX oil train derailment in W.Va.
(Source: West Virginia MetroNews, February 22, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The investigation of what occurred during last week’s CSX train derailment in Fayette County continued with the removal of most of the Bakken crude oil from the 27 tanker cars, according to the...
Judge approves agreement ending government oversight of Teamsters union
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chief Judge Loretta Preska of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York approved an agreement that ends more than 25 years of...
Seat assignments and faster, more reliable Wi-Fi coming to Amtrak
(Source: Forbes, February 18, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When it comes to the Amtrak experience, there is no shortage of passenger complains. Two longstanding issues with Amtrak service, the lack of seat assignments and under performing Wi-Fi, may finally receive a fix...
Illinois governor wants to cut Amtrak service
(Source: The Southern, February 19, 2015) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak riders could see fewer trains rolling through Illinois under Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget. As part of the spending plan unveiled Wednesday by the Republican businessman, funding that helps pay...
BNSF announces spending plan for Missouri infrastructure
(Source: Daily Star-Journal, February 19, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Co. announced the company’s 2015 capital program for Missouri operations is an estimated $153 million for rail capacity improvement projects and maintenance. Full story: Daily...
