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CN Rail-Unifor contract talks at impasse; strike vote likely
(Source: Reuters Canada, February 18, 2015) TORONTO — Protracted contract talks between Canadian National Railway Co and the union that represents 4,800 of its mechanical, clerical and intermodal staff are at an impasse, and the union says it is considering a strike...
LIRR engineers’ vote on contract proposal ends Sunday
(Source: Newsday, February 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Long Island Rail Road engineers have until Sunday to vote on a proposed new contract that would avert a possible strike, officials said Wednesday. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division 269,...
Amtrak modifies schedules again for Thursday and Friday
(Source: PennLive, February 18, 2015) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amtrak is modifying its schedule Thursday and Friday in some service areas because of extreme cold weather expected to hit the region. Full story: www.pennlive.com
Mass. Gov. Baker is ‘done with excuses’ from Keolis, MBTA Commuter Rail
(Source: MassLive, February 18, 2015) BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters on Wednesday that the French company that operates the Commuter Rail needs to improve its quality of service as soon as possible. Full story: www.masslive.com
As high-speed rail gains momentum, U.S. can look to Europe’s example
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Most of the debate over the building of the nation's first bullet train, in California, has focused on the economics of such a monumental undertaking and its projected $68-billion first-phase price tag....
Race to build California bullet train shows value of U.S. market
(Source: Bloomberg, February 19, 2015) NEW YORK — California has set off a global race to supply train cars for the state’s nascent high-speed rail line, a $1 billion contract proponents say could fuel a U.S. manufacturing boom worth far more than that. Full story:...
Trains are carrying — and spilling — a record amount of oil
(Source: Washington Post, February 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In fact, the oil spill and fire on the banks of the Kanawha River was the latest occurrence of a type of accident that U.S. officials say is becoming distressingly common. Federal agencies are documenting...
Fiery CSX oil train derailment raises questions about oil tank cars
(Source: Associated Press, February 18, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX train that derailed about 30 miles southeast of Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday, causing explosions and fireballs, was carrying volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota’s shale fields...
CSX oil train fire seen adding pressure for U.S. safety rule
(Source: Bloomberg, February 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments. Full story: Philadelphia...
CSX, water company sued over train derailment and response
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 18, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two Fayette County restaurants and two shareholders in those restaurants sued CSX and West Virginia American Water Company on Wednesday, two days after a train carrying crude oil derailed, caught fire...
