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Canadian crude by rail exports jump 83 percent in 4Q 2013
(Source: Reuters, May 5, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian exports of crude oil by rail rose 83 percent in the last quarter of 2013 from the same period a year earlier, Canada's National Energy board said on Monday. Full story: Reuters
Lynchburg cleanup continues as senators call for better safety for hazmat, oil trains
(Source: The News & Advance, May 5, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — While cleanup continues in downtown Lynchburg where a train derailed last week, Virginia’s U.S. senators called for better safety and communication in hauling hazardous materials. Full story: The News &...
BLET moves toward arbitration in SEPTA contract dispute
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 5, 2014) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has formally accepted the National Mediation Board's (NMB) proffer of arbitration regarding the union's unresolved contract dispute with the Southeastern...
Medicare for railroad families
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 9, 2014) CHICAGO -- The Federal Medicare program provides hospital and medical insurance protection for railroad retirement annuitants and their families, just as it does for social security beneficiaries....
Thousands celebrate 75th anniversary of iconic Union Station in L.A.
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News, May 3, 2014) LOS ANGELES -- Amy Strand ran her hand over a hinged, wrought-iron door to an electrical panel in the shuttered ticket concourse area of Union Station. Full story: Los Angeles Daily News
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reports 4% dip in Q1 2014 profit
(Source: Reuters, May 3, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said quarterly profit declined 4 percent, falling short of analyst forecasts, as earnings from insurance underwriting declined and bad weather disrupted shipping at its BNSF...
Amtrak: Chronic delays due to BNSF result in ridership decline
(Source: The Forum, May 5, 2014) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A decline in Amtrak riders on the Empire Builder can be blamed on BNSF Railway, an Amtrak spokesman said. Full story: www.inforum.com
Senators ask BNSF for better Montana service
(Source: Billings Gazette, May 2, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. -- Rail shipping delays are hurting Montana's economy and need to improve, the state's U.S. senators told BNSF on Friday. In a letter to Burlington Northern Sante Fe President Carl Ice, Sens. Jon Tester and John...
Drones could patrol Union Pacific lines from the air
(Source: Bloomberg, May 5, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp., the railroad created with a stroke of Abraham Lincoln’s pen, is now tinkering with the next wave of transportation technology: drones. Equipped with a camera, the shoe-box-sized aircraft would be...
Trains carrying oil cause concern in North Jersey
(Source: The Record, May 4, 2014) Trains carrying millions of gallons of highly combustible crude oil are passing through neighborhoods in Bergen County every day, even as federal officials are questioning the safety of such rail shipments after a spate of explosive...
