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BNSF Railway fined $75,000 for destruction of fish habitat
(Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada-Pacific Region press release, March 26, 2014) DELTA, B.C. -- On Friday, March 7, 2014, BNSF Railway Company pled guilty in Surrey Provincial Court to one count of violating Section 35(1) of the Fisheries Act for the harmful...
Metro-North president talks with commuters at Grand Central
(Source: Journal News, March 26, 2014) NEW YORK -- Metro-North Railroad commuter Andrew Marra wasn't happy that his round trip from Hawthorne takes 20 minutes more than it used to. So when he had the ear of the railroad's new president, Joseph Giulietti, he let the...
TWU local president Willie Brown says chances are ‘very good’ there will be a strike at SEPTA
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The chances of a transit strike against SEPTA are "very good," union president Willie Brown said Wednesday. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
Battle begins over plan to send crude oil trains through California cities
(Source: Think Progress, March 26, 2014) NEW YORK -- A company’s plan to send massive trains of crude oil through about about a dozen heavily populated California communities is starting to hit some roadblocks. Full story: Think Progress
CN to phase out fleet of DOT-111 tank cars
(Source: CBC News, March 25, 2014) OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway Co said on Tuesday will phase out its fleet of 183 older DOT-111 tank rail cars over the next four years as part of a safety improvement plan. Full story: CBC News
BNSF chief says production of new rail tankers for oil to start in January
(Source: Reuters, March 25, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. -- BNSF Railway said on Tuesday that production could start in January on the first batch of 5,000 next-generation tank cars designed to carry crude oil more safely, earlier than expected in an industry grappling with...
CN condemns Canadian regulations aimed at easing grain backlog
(Source: Railway Age, March 26, 2014) NEW YORK -- Legislation tabled on March 26, 2014 by Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transportation Minister Lisa Raitt to increase regulations on and oversight of railroad grain transportation, and to introduce new...
Rail bottleneck for grain, ethanol shippers
(Source: Argus Leader, March 26, 2014) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Bumper corn, soybean and wheat crops last year, expansion of North Dakota’s Bakken oil field, and a long, cold winter that affected the size and speed of the trains railroads could operate have joined to...
As grain piles up, farmers ask ‘Where are the trains?’
(Source: The Forum, March 26, 2014) FARGO, N.D. -- The grain elevators at Agassiz Valley Grain here are overflowing with corn and soybeans and waiting for trains to haul the grain away. Don’t bother checking a schedule, though. No one knows exactly when the trains are...
Two men killed in collapse of UP communications tower
(Source: Topeka Capital Journal, March 26, 2014) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday released the identities of the two men killed Tuesday when communications towers collapsed near Blaine. Martin Powers, 38, of St. Charles, Mo., and...
