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BNSF uses Minot rail yard used to stage crude oil trains
(Source: Minot Daily News, February 8, 2014) MINOT, N.D. -- If you are in northeast Minot, you might have seen the area where normally several BNSF engines and long lines of mainly crude oil tankers are waiting. This is the BNSF Railway staging area in the northeast...
CSX to build new rail yard in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, February 7, 2014) CHICAGO -- CSX plans to build a new rail inspection yard in Hopkinsville-Christian County, Ken., which will support hundreds of local construction and trade jobs while being built and will initially provide more...
NY state, US DOT plan hearings on high-speed rail plans
(Source: Associated Press, February 10, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. -- A series of public hearings is scheduled in six upstate cities where state and federal transportation officials will discuss plans for a high-speed rail corridor linking New York City and western New York....
Proposal coming soon on Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger rail service
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2014) BATON ROUGE, La. -- A report outlining how to get a passenger train rolling from Baton Rouge to New Orleans is expected to be released later this month. Full story: Kansas City Star
Top execs of Metro-North, MTA to meet with Connecticut lawmakers
(Source: Hartford Courant, February 8, 2014) HARTFORD, Conn. -- On Friday, the committee scheduled an informational hearing for Feb. 27, when legislators will get to meet with the top executive of Metro-North and his boss. Joseph Giulietti, who was hired from Florida...
Many Metra delays tied to 1930s-era switches
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, February 7, 2014) CHICAGO -- Up the decrepit stairs of a tower built in 1907 sits the poster child for a large chunk of what troubles Metra, the suburban rail service that has given thousands of passengers angst in recent weeks. Here, near...
Engineers victims in train fatalities too: safety group
(Source: Global News, February 9, 2014) TORONTO -- The loud horn blast serves warning as a locomotive approaches a highway crossing – but it isn’t always enough to prevent a collision. Full story: Globalnews.ca
At high or low speed, a rail safety need
(Source: Railway Age, February 7, 2014) NEW YORK -- As the U.S. bolsters its passenger rail options, from high speed rail startups to streetcar revivals, those designing the safest land transport mode seek to make it safer still. Full Story: Railway Age
Transloading: As oil productions climb, so do the number of oil shipping facilities
(Source: Star-Tribune, February 7, 2014) CASPER, Wyo. -- Oil was not a part of the initial plan for Swan Ranch, the 4,000-acre transportation hub minutes south of Cheyenne. As Granite Peak Development COO Dan Guerttman saw it, the facility was a “transportation play.”...
Striking a balance: Coal and rail have a long history of mutual dependency
(Source: Star-Tribune, February 8, 2014) CASPER, Wyo. -- One after another, train cars are loaded with chunks of black coal at the Antelope Mine 60 miles south of Gillette. A sealant-like glue coats the tops of the coal to prevent any from being lost to wind or storms...
