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BNSF plans to double-track segments between Lincoln and Ravenna
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, January 16, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — BNSF Railway's biggest project for Nebraska is to construct two double-track segments on the Ravenna subdivision, which runs 130 miles from Lincoln to Ravenna, and which the railroad said will greatly...
Thanks in part to BLET, MBTA adds late train to Newburyport commuter rail line
(Source: Daily News, January 16, 2015) NEWBURYPORT — State Sens. Kathleen O’Connor Ives and Bruce Tarr have announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has added a late train on the Newburyport commuter rail line from Boston’s North Station. At the...
26 of 43 plaintiffs settle with UP in lawsuit over Veterans parade float train crash
(Source: Midland Reporter-Telegram, January 16, 2015) MIDLAND, Texas — The lawyers representing 26 of the 43 plaintiffs in the lawsuit stemming from the Show of Support parade crash said a settlement was been reached with Union Pacific. Full story: Midland...
BNSF adds oil trains, changes route in Nebraska
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, January 17, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — BNSF Railway more than tripled the number of trains it moved through Nebraska with a million gallons of oil or more aboard late last year and has changed its route to bypass Lincoln, at least for some...
Teamsters laud Pennsylvania governor-elect’s decision to ban Yuengling
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 16, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — The leader of Philadelphia-based Teamsters Local 830 today lauded the decision of Governor-Elect Tom Wolf to exclude Yuengling Beer products from his inaugural ball in...
BNSF rolls out fixtures to improve wind turbine logistics
(Source: North American Wind Power, January 15, 2015) OXFORD, Conn. — Logistics provider BNSF and engineering/design firm Energo have developed fixtures that will help facilitate the transport of wind turbine components by rail and by ship. According to BNSF, the...
Ag shippers benefiting from improved U.S. railroads
(Source: Great Falls Tribune, January 15, 2015) SAN DIEGO — Agriculture producers who depend on freight trains to move their harvest have managed to avoid the major rail gridlock that plagued farmers across much of the region last winter and into the spring. Full...
No reductions expected in oil train traffic through Bergen County, N.J.
(Source: The Record, January 16, 2015) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Despite plummeting crude prices and an expected drop in production, CSX railroad executives say they will continue to ship the same amount of oil for the foreseeable future, including the 15 to 30 oil trains that...
Oil tankers may leave the trains, but it won’t stop the railroad boom
(Source: MarketWatch, January 15, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — Shale-oil tankers may be leaving the train, but that won’t dent a bull case for railroads as the best way to play industrials stocks amid plunging crude prices. Full story: www.marketwatch.com
New push for Washington oil train safety bills as shipments spike
(Source: Associated Press, January 15, 2015) SEATTLE — Lawmakers are pushing competing bills to improve oil train safety, as a spike in volatile shipments of crude oil by rail poses new risks in Washington. Full story: www.komonews.com
