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NTSB releases agenda for forum on safety of rail transportation of crude oil and ethanol
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 8, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board today released the agenda and list of panelists for the forum, Rail Safety: Transportation of Crude Oil and Ethanol, to be held on...
Coalition of 16 senators calls for crude by rail safety fund
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 7, 2014) Sixteen U.S. senators on Friday sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations urging members to create a Safe Transportation of Energy Products Fund that would address existing and emerging safety issues...
Crude oil trains revive Philadelphia refineries but deliver new risks
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 8, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Just a few years ago, the region’s refineries were on life support, hurt by high prices of oil imported from foreign countries. Now, they’re humming again with the daily deliveries of domestic crude...
Flawed tests play down crude oil’s explosiveness
(Source: Globe and Mail, April 7, 2014) OTTAWA -- As Canada and the United States move to strengthen the rules for transporting crude oil by rail, there is mounting evidence that regulators are relying on tests that underestimate the risk of a fiery explosion like the...
Editorial: Lift the secrecy on rail safety
(Source: Toronto Star, April 7, 2014) TORONTO -- Just how hard does this have to be? Does Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government really expect Canadians to have any tolerance for secret safety arrangements between Transport Canada and the railways,...
Hoffa: So-called ‘right to work’ is still wrong for workers
(Source: Huffington Post column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, April 8, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The annual state legislative folly that spurs pro-corporate lawmakers to introduce legislation to hack away at workplace rights and wages for millions of...
Railroads ramp up trespasser safety drive after deaths up in 2013
(Source: Associated Press, April 8, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — Railroads are launching a new campaign to highlight the dangers of being near train tracks after a spike in rail deaths last year. Full story: News-Record
FRA to issue proposed rule on minimum train crew size
(Source: Fedeeral Railroad Administration press release, April 9, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced its intention to issue a proposed rule requiring two-person train crews on crude...
Union Pacific to make infrastructure improvements in Nebraska, Iowa
(Source: Union Pacific press release, April 7, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad will strengthen Nebraska's and Iowa's transportation infrastructures by investing more than $9 million in the rail line between near Missouri Valley, Iowa, and Arlington, Neb....
East-West Amtrak corridor promoted in Illinois
(Source: Quad-City Times, April 7, 2014) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Quad-Cities could get a passenger rail line that heads east across Illinois if an Illinois House resolution goes forward. Full story: Quad-City Times
