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Opinion: Trains and crude oil are too often an accident waiting to happen
(Source: Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2014) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The fiery derailment in Virginia recently of a train transporting oil was the latest in a series of alarming accidents involving oil transport in North America in the last year. In 2013, more oil spilled...
New CEO of former MMA Railway wants to resume oil train shipments through Lac-Megantic
(Source: Associated Press, May 16, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine — The company buying the assets of a railroad responsible for a fiery oil train derailment that claimed 47 lives in Quebec plans to resume oil shipments once track safety improvements are made, its top executive...
NTSB asks Metro-North to scrutinize track conditions further
(Source: Danbury News Times, May 19, 2014) DANBURY, Conn. — A Metro-North visual inspection failed to spot a badly joined rail two days before a derailment in Bridgeport last year because inspectors were on a different track and not close enough to spot the defect,...
NTSB recommends revising track safety standards for commuter railroads
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration and Metro-North Railroad. The recommendation to FRA is to remove...
FCC-railroad deal addresses tribal preservation concerns
(Source: Bloomberg, May 19, 2014) NEW YORK — The railroad industry took a step toward resolving a dispute with American Indian tribes that has stalled Positive Train Control, the biggest rail-safety project in U.S. history. The $13.2 billion build-out of networks of...
SEPTA engineers plan strike vote
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 17, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Engineers who operate SEPTA Regional Rail trains will vote soon on authorizing a strike, the national office of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said Friday. Full story: Philadelphia...
OSHA orders BNSF to pay more than $526,000 to terminated workers
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, May 19, 2014) DENVER, Colo. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has been ordered to pay more than $526,000 in back wages and other damages to two workers following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's...
See Big Boy locomotive at Cheyenne’s Depot Days
(Source: Star Tribune, May 15, 2014) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — View Big Boy 4014, the massive steam engine that recently arrived in Cheyenne for restoration, during Cheyenne’s annual Depot Days festival this weekend. During the two-day event, visitors get once-a-year access to...
Union Pacific announces 2-for-1 stock split, declares quarterly dividend, increases capital spending to $4.1 billion
(Source: Union Pacific press release, May 15, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation announced that its Board of Directors voted today to authorize a two-for-one stock split, distributed as a stock dividend. Shareholders of record on May 27, 2014, will receive...
Farm co-op plans $35 million facility in Marysville, Ohio
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 16, 2014) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Heritage Cooperative has announced plans for a $35 million facility in Marysville that will help its members to farm their fields more efficiently. Expected to open in September 2015, the 277-acre...
