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Transport Canada orders 5,000 most dangerous tanker cars off the rails
(Source: Postmedia News, April 23, 2014) OTTAWA -- Transport Canada has announced new regulations tightening safety on Canada’s railways, beginning with ordering the 5,000 most dangerous tanker cars off the rails. The new rules also cover speed limits, route...
Canada moves ahead of U.S. in phasing out older tank cars for shipping crude oil
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 23, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to a deadly train derailment last summer, the Canadian government Wednesday ordered the country’s railroads to phase out tens of thousands of older, puncture-prone tank cars from crude oil...
Squabbling stunts oil train safety efforts
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by government and industry to make safer tank cars used for shipping crude oil and ethanol has bogged down in squabbling and finger-pointing over whether...
Norfolk Southern declares quarterly dividend
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 22, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 54 cents per share on its common stock, payable on June 10, to stockholders of record on May 2. Since its inception...
Schumer proposes greater transparency regarding oil train transport
(Source: Times Herald-Hecord, April 22, 2014) GOSHEN, N.Y. -- Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the federal agency overseeing railroads to make information about hazardous cargo more readily available to emergency responders. Full story: www.recordonline.com
‘Fugitive dust’ from coal cars stirs health fears
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, April 22, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. -- Cathy Henry wondered about the black stuff. It coated the hands and feet of her 19-month-old twin girls when they played on the balcony of her West Ghent duplex. Environmental activists going door to door...
Only half of expected claimants have filed as Lac-Megantic class-action suit looms
(Source: CTV Montreal News, April 23, 2014) MONTREAL -- So far more than 3,100 people have filed claims for damages, but lawyers are hoping that number will rise to more than 6,000. Full story: CTV Montreal News
SunRail commuter train practicing now, starts for real May 1
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, April 22, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. -- By now, it would seem that just about anyone living or working in downtown Orlando or any town north to DeBary in Volusia County has seen the brightly colored SunRail commuter train rolling along the tracks....
Maryland should study high-speed rail options
(Source: CBS Washington D.C., April 22, 2014) BALTIMORE, Md. -- State Attorney General Doug Gansler wants Maryland’s government to take the initiative on building high-speed rail from Baltimore to Washington. The Democratic candidate for governor said that, if...
Opinion: High-speed rail a wise investment
(Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel opinion column by Ben Tripousis, April 21, 2014. Mr. Tripousis is the Northern Regional Director for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.) SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Opponents of California's High-Speed Rail project love to call it the...
