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Conn. Governor says Metro-North’s 100-day plan short on specifics
(Source: Connecticut Post, March 4, 2014) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A long-awaited plan to improve safety, communications and on-time performance on the New Haven Line within the next 100 days was delivered to state transportation officials Monday, but quickly panned by...
Clean sweep of NJ Transit’s top brass continues
(Source: Star-Ledger, March 4, 2014) NEWARK, N.J. -- The shakeup of NJ Transit’s upper management is becoming a clean sweep. In the same week that Jim Weinstein’s four-year tenure as NJ Transit’s executive director officially ended, his directors of rail and bus...
Judge: California high-speed rail lawsuit can move forward
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 4, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. -- A Sacramento judge ruled Tuesday that Kings County and two of its residents can forge ahead with a challenge to the California High-Speed Rail Authority over its statewide bullet-train plans. Full story: Fresno...
Spike in crude oil trains through Toronto raises concerns
(Source: Toronto Star, March 4, 2014) TORONTO -- More and more oil, some of it highly flammable crude from North Dakota’s Bakken region, is trundling on rail lines through the heart of Toronto in aged tank cars widely recognized as substandard. Full story: Toronto...
Port of Portland says oil trains must become safer before Portland terminals are built
(Source: The Oregonian, March 4, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Developers see opportunity for oil trains to start unloading large volumes of crude from Canada and the United States in Portland. The Port of Portland is interested, too. But the port, which owns four...
One of Warren Buffett’s ‘Powerhouse Five,’ BNSF Railway profits up 20 percent in 4Q 2013
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, March 4, 2014) LINCOLN, Neb. -- BNSF Railway's fourth-quarter 2013 net income rose 20 percent to $1.1 billion and revenue rose 6 percent to $5.8 billion compared with fourth-quarter 2012 figures, according to a quarterly performance...
Lac-Megantic mayor to discuss rail safety issues with members of U.S. Congress
(Source: Canadian Press, March 4, 2014) MONTREAL -- The mayor of a Quebec town devastated by a train disaster is scheduled to raise rail-safety concerns with senior U.S. transport officials and members of Congress next week in Washington, D.C. Full story: Canadian...
With rail lines clogged, grain boom weighs on Canadian farmers
(Source: Bloomberg, March 4, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta -- Canada’s grain-supply boom is turning into a bust for farmers as record harvests and railroad logjams make sales almost impossible. Full story: Bloomberg
Pipelines filled with oil amid changing economics and rail rules
(Source: Bloomberg, March 4, 2014) NEW YORK -- Shipments of crude from the Bakken are shifting back to pipelines from trains as more regulations and narrower price spreads make rail less desirable. Full story: Bloomberg
Railroad worker pinned under train near Algona
(Source: Globe Gazette, March 4, 2014) ALGONA, Iowa -- A railroad employee was injured when he was pinned under a train car early Tuesday near Algona. The Kossuth County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene at Ag Processing east of Algona shortly before 4:30 a.m....
