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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...
Trains running again in Lynchburg following CSX oil train derailment
(Source: Roanoke Times, May 4, 2014) ROANOKE, Va. -- Three days after 17 CSX cars carrying crude oil derailed in a fiery wreck in downtown Lynchburg, trains were again running on the tracks. Trains resumed running just after 9 p.m. Saturday, allowing some of the...
Derailed CSX oil train in Virginia was carrying Bakken oil
(Source: Reuters, May 1, 2014) NEW YORK -- The CSX Corp train that derailed and erupted in flames in Lynchburg, Virginia, was carrying crude oil from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the kind of oil involved in several other fiery derailments over the last few...
NTSB: Crew, equipment and speed likely did not contribute to CSX oil train derailment in Lynchburg
(Source: Canadian Press, May 2, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. -- Early reviews found no human error or mechanical failure that could have caused a fiery derailment of an oil train in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. Full story:...
2014 Teamsters Unity Conference convenes
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 4, 2014) LAS VEGAS -- The 2014 Teamsters Unity Conference convened Sunday, May 4, with General President Jim Hoffa welcoming more than 1,400 Teamsters who learned about several key challenges facing...
Teamsters remember former Rep. Oberstar as a friend of workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 3, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following is a statement from Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and Teamsters Secretary Treasurer Ken Hall on the passing of former Rep. James Oberstar...
UP to make Minnesota, Iowa infrastructure improvements
(Source: Union Pacific Railroad press release, April 30, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad will strengthen Minnesota's and Iowa's transportation infrastructures by investing $17.5 million in the rail line between Butterfield, Minn., and near Mason City,...
