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New owner, new name: MMA to become Central Maine and Quebec Railway
(Source: Bangor Daily News, February 14, 2014) HERMON, Maine -- Once the sale of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway is complete, that name will be filed away in the history books. Railroad Acquisition Holdings, the affiliate of New York-based investment...
Runaway ethanol tanker speeds through Indiana town
(Source: Journal Review, February 20, 2014) CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- Last week a tanker loaded with ethanol escaped CSX railroad workers in the Whitesville area and barreled down the tracks and through the city of Crawfordsville. The runaway tanker, which can hold up...
Nebraska judge strikes down legislature’s move allowing Keystone XL route
(Source: Washington Post, February 19, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Nebraska judge Wednesday struck down a state law that allowed Gov. Dave Heineman to approve the route of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a decision that could significantly delay the $5.3...
Energy secretary: U.S. infrastructure unready for crude by rail boom
(Source: Capital New York, February 19, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. -- U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said the country does not yet have the infrastructure to support the dramatic increase in crude oil now being transported by rail. Full story: Capital New York
Oil train safety emerges as hot environmental issue in Olympia
(Source: Seattle Times, February 19, 2014) OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The fight over coal trains, billed as the Pacific Northwest’s biggest environment debate in decades, is so 2013. The new hot topic is oil transportation. Full story: Seattle Times
Heitkamp wants more freight rail inspections in North Dakota
(Source: The Hill, February 19, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) is pressing the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to conduct more inspections of freight rail tracks in North Dakota after a high-profile train accident there last year....
CP Rail’s Hunter Harrison rails against calls for tougher rail safety regulations
(Source: Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2014) NEW YORK -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CEO E. Hunter Harrison is known as a blunt-spoken corporate leader with little patience for protocol. In a speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, he lived up to...
BNSF cited for serious flaws in North Dakota tracks before Casselton accident
(Source: Star Tribune, February 20, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Federal rail inspectors have cited BNSF Railway Co. in North Dakota for 721 track violations, finding problems serious enough to threaten fines in one out of every five inspections since 2006, according...
Union Pacific puts up more of a legal fight over spider bite lawsuit
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, February 18, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. -- According to court documents: Jeff A. DeLoney, an engineer for Union Pacific, operated a train from North Little Rock, Ark., to Monroe, La. Under federal regulations, he was required to rest between that...
Stockton port officials OK $18 million rail facility
(Source: Stockton Record, February 19, 2014) STOCKTON, Calif. -- Stockton port officials Tuesday approved Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s plan to build an $18 million rail-welding facility, where the railroad will produce ribbons of steel rail longer than four football...
