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Chemical industry trade groups sue CP Rail over safety rules
(Source: Industry Week, April 14, 2014) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The American Chemistry Council and several related trade groups filed a federal lawsuit against Canadian Pacific over the rail carrier's recent decision to require rail cars hauling certain chemicals to comply...
Illinois man recreating Lincoln funeral train for 150th anniversary next year
(Source: Associated Press, April 13, 2014) ELGIN, Ill. -- To mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination next year, an Illinois man is constructing a full-size replica of the funeral train car that carried the president’s body from...
Survey captures ire of Metro-North commuters
(Source: Stamford Advocate, April 14, 2014) STAMFORD, Conn. -- In a new survey, 90 percent of Metro-North commuters pointed to the railroad's leaders as a root cause of the late trains, crowded conditions and other problems that have often made going to work on the...
Boom on the border: New Mexico, El Paso battle for business
(Source: Albuquerque Journal, April 13, 2014) SANTA TERESA, N.M. -- The proximity of southern New Mexico and West Texas communities – and their mutual neighbor to the south, Ciudad Juárez – makes them necessary, if not always comfortable, bedfellows on a host of...
Forum on coal dust effects set for Norfolk
(Source: Associated Press, April 14, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. -- Environmental groups are holding a forum in Norfolk on the effects of coal dust on health and the environment. The forum, called “Norfolk’s Coal Dust Blues,” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Webb Center...
Missoula police cite coal train protesters for disorderly conduct
(Source: The Missoulian, April 13, 2014) MISSOULA, Mont. -- Seven people were cited for disorderly conduct for protesting a Montana Rail Link coal train passing through Missoula on Sunday. Full story: The Missoulian
Trains roll on in Northwest Indiana 5 years after CN purchase of EJ&E
(Source: The Times, April 12, 2014) MUNSTER, Ind. -- Shifts in train traffic stemming from Canadian National Railway's purchase of the EJ&E line five years ago are causing a surge in blocked vehicle crossings in Northwest Indiana and nearby Illinois. Full story:...
The fight to keep Southwest Chief moves to Congress
(Source: Pueblo Chieftain, April 12, 2014) PUEBLO, Colo. -- The campaign to keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief passenger train running through Southern Colorado is shifting to Congress. Sen. Mark Udall, of Colorado, and Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, of New Mexico,...
Editorial: BNSF needs to do more than just talk
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, April 13, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. -- The present delays by BNSF Railway Co., in moving farm commodities, oil, freight and passengers, have been just over the horizon for the past six months. The situation stands on the edge of being a crisis,...
Fiery oil train accidents heighten scrutiny of major rail terminal in Vancouver, Wash.
(Source: The Oregonian, April 12, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Building the largest oil-by-rail terminal in the Pacific Northwest was never going to escape controversy, not in a region with a robust environmental lobby. Full story: The Oregonian
