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Canada forces railways to ship grains to reduce backlog
(Source: Bloomberg News, March 7, 2014) OTTAWA -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Canadian National Railway Co. will be required to increase the volumes carried each week over a period of four weeks to move 1 million metric tons of grain each week, Transport...
Spain still healing 10 years after Madrid ’11-M’ train bombings
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2014) MADRID -- A sense of justice denied compounds victims' pain over the 2004 Madrid terrorist attack that killed 191 and injured nearly 2,000. Full story: Los Angeles Times
Crude oil train safety in spotlight
(Source: News Journal, March 10, 2014) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Lawmakers have summoned first-responders and refinery and railroad reps to a community meeting Monday night in Delaware City to discuss emergency-response plans for the mile-long trains hauling volatile crude...
Americans riding public transit in record numbers
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2014) LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time since the suburbs began booming. Nearly 10.7 billion trips in 2013, to be precise the highest total since 1956,...
Major gaps in rail safety plan to slow oil trains
(Source: National Journal, March 9, 2014) NEW YORK -- Communities across the country seeing a glut of trains carrying crude from America's booming oil fields could feel left behind by a new government and industry push to improve safety on the rails. But there are...
TSB: Lac-Megantic crude was as explosive as gasoline
(Source: Railway Age, March 6, 2014) NEW YORK -- The crude oil aboard the ill-fated train that destroyed downtown Lac-Mégantic was as explosive as gasoline, Canada's Transportation Safety Board revealed on March 6, 2014, eight months to the day after the catastrophe...
Metro-North worker hit by train, dies
(Source: Journal News, March 10, 2014) NEW YORK — A Metro-North Railroad employee has died after he was struck by a train early Monday. The employee was hit at 12:54 a.m. while working on the tracks at Park Avenue and East 106th Street in Manhattan, Metro-North said...
Union Pacific chief says energy, agriculture markets boosting business for railroads
(Source: The City Wire, March 6, 2014) FORT SMITH, Ark. -- The CEO of Union Pacific Corp., the railroad transportation giant, told a Little Rock audience that he sees positive signs in the U.S. economy, particularly in the agricultural, chemical and auto business....
CP Rail CEO defends railway’s handling of grain backlog
(Source: Canadian Press, March 6, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta -- The head of Canadian Pacific Railway is taking on critics who say his company hasn't done enough to move a record Western Canadian grain crop to market. Full story: Calgary Herald
No theft of artifacts after break-in at California Railroad Museum
(Source: Modesto Bee, March 6, 2014) MODESTO, Calif. -- A break-in occurred overnight at the California Railroad Museum but officials said no artifacts were stolen. Full story: Modesto Bee
