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Obama visits St. Paul’s Union Depot to plug infrastructure plan
(Source: Associated Press, February 28, 2014) ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When White House officials chose St. Paul's Union Depot for President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday of a $600 million competition for federal grants to fund infrastructure projects that create...
President Obama proposes infrastructure package
(Source: Railway Age, February 26, 2014) NEW YORK -- President Obama on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, called for a four-year, $302 billion investment in U.S. infrastructure, primarily targeting repair and rehabilitation of existing assets. Full story: Railway Age
Lac-Megantic mayor to new MMA owner: get your tracks out of town
(Source: Canadian Press, February 26, 2014) MONTREAL -- A Quebec community still recovering from a fiery train disaster says it has made it clear to the railroad's potential new owner that it wants the tracks out of town. Full story: www.castanet.net
Schumer: Oil train safety plan inadequate for New York
(Source: Associated Press, February 27, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. -- A safety agreement between U.S. transportation officials and railroads that haul volatile crude oil involved in a string of explosive accidents doesn’t go far enough to protect upstate New York communities...
As scrutiny of crude shipments builds, sheriffs use radar guns to clock speed of CSX trains in New York
(Source: Journal News, February 26, 2014) NEW YORK -- The Rockland Sheriff’s Office has begun using radar guns to check speeds of CSX trains hauling oil and other freight on the River Line, which passes through four of the county’s five towns. It also wants the...
Some rail cars used to ship oil called ‘unacceptable’
(Source: Associated Press, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rail tank cars being used to ship crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region are an "unacceptable public risk," and even cars voluntarily upgraded by the industry may not be sufficient, a member of the...
One in five Bakken oil samples improperly classified, House subcommittee told
(Source: Star Tribune, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tests of crude oil taken from North Dakota’s Bakken Formation found that nearly one in five samples may have been improperly classified for shipment, a federal regulator said Wednesday. Cynthia Quarterman,...
BLET calls for two-person crews at Congressional hearing
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The chief of a federal agency tasked with improving the safety of crude oil shipments by rail declined Wednesday to give lawmakers a date for new tank car rules that railroads and safety officials...
BLET on Positive Train Control: ‘I often wonder if we could turn back the clock how many lives we could have saved’
(Source: USA Today, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Railroads warned Congress again Wednesday they wouldn't meet a 2015 deadline for automatic braking on trains, but engineers and safety officials urged adoption of the technology that might have prevented the...
Amtrak’s exhibit train to stop in Lincoln, Neb.
(Source: Associated Press, February 25, 2014) LINCOLN, Neb. -- An Amtrak exhibit train that allows visitors to take a self-guided tour to catch a glimpse of more than four decades of history of the passenger train will stop in Lincoln in April. Full story:...
