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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,...
Two high-speed train sets built for Wisconsin set to leave Milwaukee
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 30, 2014) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- In what appears to be the final chapter of an ill-fated venture in Milwaukee, Spanish train-maker Talgo is vacating its factory on the city's north side, and its two unused high-speed train sets...
MTA abruptly fires LIRR president Helena Williams
(Source: Newsday, April 30, 2014) NEW YORK -- The head of the MTA Wednesday abruptly fired Long Island Rail Road president Helena Williams and named her successor in the midst of intense labor negotiations. Williams, the first woman to run the nation's busiest...
CSX train carrying about 8,000 tons of coal derails in Bowie, Md.
(Source: Baltimore Sun, May 1, 2014) BALTIMORE, Md. -- A CSX freight train carrying about 8,000 tons of coal partially derailed in Bowie early Thursday morning, according to CSX officials and the Prince George's County Fire & EMS Department. The incident marked the...
Railroads, pipelines at capacity moving big volumes of U.S. oil
(Source: Tulsa World, April 30, 2014) TULSA, Okla. -- The shale drilling boom is bringing historic volumes of U.S. oil to the surface, but there's not enough transportation capacity to move it quickly to refineries, ports and storage facilities. Many midstream...
