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Workers at Greenbrier Rail Services vote to join union
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, June 5, 2014) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Employees at Greenbrier Rail Services have unionized. The vote to do so was 19-12 on Wednesday. Joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1920 chapter in North Platte required...
Opinion: Justice and Lac-Megantic
(Source: Montreal Gazette opinion column by Jennifer Quaid, June 5, 2014) MONTREAL — But beyond the specific unfairness of the Lac-Mégantic charges, there is a greater concern. A basic tenet of the criminal law is that only those whose conduct is the most significant...
BNSF charges city of Lincoln $50,000 for delaying trains 7.5 hours
(Source: Nebraska Watchdog, June 4, 2014) LINCOLN, Neb. — When two girders slipped last year on a pedestrian bridge being built across railroad tracks to Lincoln’s new Pinnacle Bank Arena, the bridge failure delayed the bridge opening two months and racked up an extra...
California county votes to sue over high-speed rail review
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, June 4, 2014) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted this week to file a high-speed rail lawsuit its attorney previously said it wouldn’t win. Full story: Bakersfield Californian
Senator Durbin blasts CN, warns feds could increase monitoring
(Source: Daily Herald, June 4, 2014) CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin pulled out the threat of extending federal oversight of the Canadian National Railway in a letter to its CEO citing "poor communication and cooperation." Durbin accused the railroad of undercutting...
BNSF adds capacity to Northern states
(Source: The Packer, June 4, 2014) LENEXA, Kan. — More rail capacity is being added to the Northern Plains states, and that could begin to ease the shortage of railcars for potatoes and other agricultural commodities competing for freight capacity with the booming oil...
Tornado derails Union Pacific train cars in NE Kansas
(Source: Associated Press, June 4, 2014) WILLIS, Kan. — Crews are moving 52 empty coal cars away from tracks in northeast Kansas after they were derailed by a tornado. Full story: Times Union
California moving to prevent spills of oil shipped by trains
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2014) LOS ANGELES — With a steady increase of oil now being shipped into California from out of state, Gov. Jerry Brown and other policymakers are scrambling to come up with spill-prevention programs to lower the risk of...
How the pipeline backlash gave a boost to oil exports by rail
(Source: Maclean's, June 4, 2014) Anti-pipeline activists can thank themselves for the rail renaissance. The political backlash against pipelines that has blocked projects like Keystone XL and Northern Gateway effectively caused massive stockpiles of crude to build up...
Bakken crude volatility, rail safety scrutinized in Northern U.S.
(Source: Voice of America, June 4, 20140 WILLISTON, N.D. — Since several accidents have raised concerns about Bakken crude transportation methods — and the volatility the substance itself — some regulators are seeking safer methods of transport. Full story: Voice of...
