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Oil train legislative efforts stall in Olympia
(Source: Associated Press, March 17, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. -- Democrats and Republicans blamed each other after the legislative session ended last week with little agreement on how to deal with increasing numbers of oil trains entering Washington state. Full story: The...
TCRC official says staff and power shortages, not weather, to blame for CP Rail delays
(Source: Portage Online, March 17, 2014) PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba -- A union spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Railway engineers in Western Canada says he has a solution to get more grain moving by rail. Full story: Portage Online
Fast-track oil train safety standards, New York officials say
(Source: Journal News, March 17, 2014) WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- A small cadre of federal, state and Rockland officials on Monday demanded that the U.S. transportation department boost safety standards for trains that carry crude oil through local communities and...
Canada’s oil sands bitumen spared from new U.S. crude by rail safety rules
(Source: Reuters, March 17, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bitumen from Canada’s oil-sands formations is free to ride in older rail cars under an amended set of rules issued by the US that also eased testing for oils that shippers are familiar with handling. The US...
MBTA strikes down internal appeal in battle over commuter rail contract
(Source: Boston Globe, March 18, 2014) BOSTON, Mass. -- Responding to the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co.’s complaints that it was treated unfairly during the selection process for the state’s commuter rail contract, a T official unequivocally rejected MBCR’s...
How the Persian Gulf is quietly building a railroad empire
(Source: Gizmodo, March 17, 2014) NEW YORK -- Here in the U.S., the arrival of a new tunnel boring machine is huge news, warranting naming ceremonies and Twitter accounts. Meanwhile, in Doha, officials have quietly signed a contract to buy fifteen boring machines to...
Chinese rail car maker to build assembly plant in Springfield, Mass.
(Source: Mass Live, March 17, 2014) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., the largest maker of transit and rail passenger cars in the world, said Monday night it plans to build a 125,000-square-foot rail car assembly plant and accompanying...
Caterpillar appeals loss of five-state locomotive contract
(Source: Chicago Tribune, March 17, 2014) CHICAGO -- Caterpillar Inc said on Monday it had filed formal complaints challenging a decision by its home state of Illinois to award an important locomotive contract for a high-speed rail project to its rivals. Full story:...
Five states formally award $228 million contract for new locomotives
(Source: International Railway Journal, March 18, 2014) NEW YORK -- The Illinois Department of Transportation has formally awarded a $US 228m contract to Siemens and Cummins to supply 32 diesel-electric locomotives for use on Amtrak services in the states of Illinois,...
Amtrak to request $1.6 billion today
(Source: Politico, March 18, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The passenger railroad puts out its newest budget and policy request to Congress today — it includes $1.62 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, up from around 16 percent from the $1.39 billion for this year....
