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Avalanche blocks BNSF line, Amtrak trains near Glacier National Park
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2014) MISSOULA, Mont. -- The recent winter storm continues to affect travel in western Montana. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the railroad is busing passengers around an avalanche that blocked the BNSF Railway tracks south of...
Weather test coming for Seattle-area landslide work
(Source: KIRO, March 3, 2014) MUKILTEO, Wash. -- Heavy rain is raising the risk of landslides - especially north of Seattle. The shoreline running to Everett was hit with a record number of slides two years in a row. Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Washington State...
Amtrak resumes most Northeast Corridor services
(Source: Fox 43, March 4, 2014) YORK, Pa. -- Amtrak will operate all scheduled service north of New York on Tuesday, March 4, while service recovery efforts continue on the south end of the railroad due to heavy snowfall from the latest winter storm. Full story:...
Rail, energy companies plan massive wind farm equipment clearinghouse in Texas
(Source: Amarillo Globe-News, March 3, 2014) AMARILLO, Texas -- A powerhouse railroad and a growing wind development company have teamed to make a clearinghouse for wind energy equipment east of Plainview. Full story: Amarillo Globe-News
BNSF reports higher Q4 2013 coal revenues and carloads despite weather
(Source: Platts, March 3, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- BNSF Railway's fourth-quarter 2013 coal revenues totaled $1.25 billion, down 7% from the prior quarter, but up 0.1% compared with the year-ago period, according to a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange...
Cheerios shortage? Oil trains grinding grain shipments to a halt
(Source: BringMeTheNews, March 3, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The glut of oil train shipments from Canada is not only causing delays for Northstar and Amtrak passenger trains – it may soon have an effect on Golden Valley-based General Mills’ Cheerios product, the...
Big Oil critics urge residents to resist new crude by rail proposals at California refineries
(Source: Contra Costa Times, March 3, 2014) RICHMOND, Calif. -- Tight supplies and rising fuel prices portend a future of increased oil harvests from tough-to-reach North American fields, which will send more crude oil by rail car to Contra Costa County refineries and...
Washington state lawmakers wrangle over oil train safety
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2014) OLYMPIA, Wash. -- State lawmakers at odds over how best to prepare for increasing oil trains traveling through Washington say they're working to reach an agreement before the legislative session ends next week. Full story:...
New York State launches checks on rail facilities
(Source: Democrat & Chronicle, March 4, 2014) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- State and federal authorities last week began inspecting facilities used to ship volatile crude oil by rail throughout New York. The sites include rail yards in Albany and Buffalo, the Port of Albany and...
Thank you, Ross Capon
(Source: Railway Age, March 3, 2014) NEW YORK -- NARP, and the nation, owe Ross Capon a debt of gratitude for the decades of work that he has given for the sole interests of the train-riding public. He and his family have done without many of the luxuries enjoyed by...
