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Texas bullet train failed once, but it’s back
(Source: New York Times, March 6, 2014) NEW YORK -- In 1989, former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes joined a group of investors hoping to develop a bullet train in Texas. The project collapsed after four years and more than $70 million in private investments. More than two...
AAR: Intermodal volume continues growth streak in February 2014
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed U.S. rail traffic for the month of February 2014, with carload volume decreasing and intermodal volume...
California high-speed rail agency will appeal judge’s latest ruling
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 6, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. -- The California High-Speed Rail Authority plans to appeal a court ruling that would send the agency to trial on whether its planned bullet train can live up to performance requirements required under state law. Full...
Rail congestion forcing utilities to idle units due to dwindling coal stocks
(Source: Platts, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Increased congestion across the US rail network due to several weeks of extreme winter cold has forced some utilities to pull coal-fired units out of service in order to preserve dwindling stockpiles, according to...
NTSB to examine the safe transportation of crude oil and ethanol by train
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board today announced it will hold a public forum on April 22-23 in Washington that will examine the safety issues associated with the...
Regulators expound on testing for crude transported by rail
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. -- Federal regulators offered more details Thursday on testing requirements for oil transported by rail and warned companies against skirting the rules after a spate of explosions caused by crude train...
DOT wants more tests on oil shipped by rail
(Source: Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Transportation Department amended its recent emergency order to apply even more pressure to crude-by-rail shippers to get them to classify their oil accurately to ship in the right kind of tank...
At rail safety hearing, U.S. Senators say quicker action needed on safety rules
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Government regulators are taking too long to write new rail safety regulations in light of recent fiery oil train accidents and a deadly commuter train derailment, senators complained Thursday. Railroads...
Slow pace of oil train fixes draw Senate ire
(Source: Star Tribune, March 6, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Virtually all of the potentially unsafe rail cars carrying crude oil across the country remain in service, hauling highly flammable liquid, an official from the American Petroleum Institute (API) testified at...
Rail industry seeks delay of Positive Train Control deadline
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The railroad industry pressed lawmakers Thursday to extend a deadline for installing safety measures that were proposed after a 2008 collision involving a Los Angeles commuter train killed 25 people and...
