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Work set to begin on clogged Indiana railways
(Source: Associated Press, May 28, 2014) HAMMOND, Ind. — Work is scheduled to begin on a $71.4 million project aimed at speeding up traffic through northwestern Indiana's congested railroad corridors. Full story: www.newsbug.info
How the Bakersfield city council changed course on high-speed rail
(Source: Bakersfield Californian, May 26, 2014) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The city council that just voted to sue the high-speed rail authority to keep the bullet train out of downtown is the same council that once fought to bring it there. What a difference 15 years...
Albany-based group plans vigil on 1-year anniversary of Lac-Megantic
(Source: Albany Times Union, May 28, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — An Albany-based group working against ongoing crude oil train shipments into the Capital Region is working with a West Coast environmental group to hold a local vigil on the July 6 anniversary of a crude oil...
Minnesota cities take another look at rail disaster response plans
(Source: Star Tribune, May 27, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Several local fire and police departments are working with Union Pacific Railroad to rewrite emergency response plans to include measures for evacuating residents and otherwise dealing with catastrophic oil...
Safety missteps threaten North Dakota’s Bakken shale bonanza
(Source: Associated Press, May 23, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — The godfather of North Dakota's present oil bonanza predicted the state's crude production will double to 2 million barrels daily by decade's end but warned industry officials Thursday that future safety...
Federal agencies to testify on rail safety at House hearing
(Source: New Haven Register, May 28, 2014) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal still isn’t satisfied with the efforts to increase safety on Metro-North Railroad, and will hold a hearing June 3 to question federal rail safety officials, including the...
NJ Transit, PATH awarded $235 million in federal Sandy grants
(Source: Asbury Park Press, May 28, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — NJ Transit and the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rail systems were awarded a total of $235 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to repair damage done during superstorm Sandy....
Conductor: Ejected Amtrak passenger threatened to fight elderly woman
(Source: Albuquerque Journal, May 23, 2014) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Amtrak passenger who was taken off a train at the Lamy Amtrak train station on Wednesday and jailed for disorderly conduct had threatened to fight two elderly woman passengers on the train, according...
BNSF hauling 240 pickup trucks daily to ND, Minn.
(Source: Associated Press, May 27, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — The head of the biggest railroad serving the Upper Great Plains says hauling pickup trucks by rail has really picked up. Full story: Washington Times
BNSF executive sees ‘big opportunity’ in switch from diesel to LNG locomotive
(Source: The Forum, May 23, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — As a North Dakota company prepares to fire up the state’s first production facility for liquefied natural gas, the nation’s largest railroad is pursuing a switch from diesel-powered to LNG-powered locomotives,...
