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Lawsuit contests California high-speed rail air quality plans
(Source: Associated Press, June 23, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A San Rafael-based group that opposes California's high-speed rail project filed a lawsuit Monday contesting the state's plan to fund it with money from a greenhouse gas emissions program, arguing that...
CSX opposes high-speed rail on its New York tracks
(Source: Albany Times-Union, June 22, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — CSX, the owner of certain rail line New York state officials hope to use for high-speed passenger trains, is strongly opposed to the plan and is calling it unsafe, bad for the environment and economically...
Opinion: High-speed job creation for California
(Source: Opinion column by Madeline Janis, Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2014) LOS ANGELES — During the recent election season, the California high-speed rail project came under attack once again, with candidates vowing to defund it. "Let's focus on real job creation,"...
Major frack sand transport facility breaks ground in Odessa
(Source: Odessa American, June 20, 2014) ODESSA, Texas — Workers for U.S. Silica Co. recently began building a transloading and storage facility off East Loop 338 in south Odessa, capable of storing 20,000 tons of fracking sand to service the surging oil and gas...
Tacoma Rail discloses Bakken oil shipment information
(Source: Associated Press, June 23, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. — Tacoma Rail has told Washington state that it moves about three unit trains of Bakken crude oil in Pierce County each week, information that federal transportation officials have ordered released to help...
BNSF won’t seek injunction to stop public release of oil train info in Washington state
(Source: EarthFix, June 23, 2014) COLUMBIA, Wash. — BNSF Railway says it will not go to court to block Washington from releasing oil train notification information under the state’s public records law. Full story: The Columbian
STB presses railroads for faster grain shipments
(Source: Railway Age, June 23, 2014) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board is requiring Canadian Pacific and BNSF “to publicly file their plans to timely resolve their backlogs of grain car orders, as well as weekly status reports pertaining to grain car...
BLET member helps museum trace histories of black rail workers in Roanoke
(Source: Roanoke Times, June 20, 2014. Editor's note: John Nutter is a retired member of BLET Division 301.) ROANOKE, Va. — John Nutter sat on a bench inside the Virginia Museum of Transportation chuckling to himself while flipping through his section in a new book...
RRB issuing statements of service
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 2, 2014) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a "Certificate of Service Months and Compensation" (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee who had creditable railroad compensation...
Massive French rail strike enters third day
(Source: CNN, June 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — French commuters were set to endure more chaos after rail workers prolonged a two-day strike Thursday against reforms meant to rein in the heavily indebted travel sector. Full story: CNN
