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Train network grows in Los Angeles
(Source: Associated Press, January 22, 2014) LOS ANGELES -- Trains are busting out all over the city that long ago crowned the car king. The expansion of Los Angeles’ public rail network continued Tuesday with the ceremonial ground-breaking for a $2.1 billion project...
Alabama oil train disaster met with official neglect
(Source: The Institute for Southern Studies, January 21, 2014) DURHAM, N.C. -- Shortly after midnight on Nov. 8, 2013, a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation derailed and caught fire in western Alabama, spilling nearly 750,000 gallons of...
Opinion: How BNSF Railway handles hazardous cargo
(Source: The Oregonian opinion column by Daryl Ness, General Manager of BNSF Railway's Northwest Division, January 21, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. -- An important conversation is happening in the Pacific Northwest, as well as throughout much of the country, about the safety...
New York investment firm wins auction for bankrupt MMA Railway’s assets
(Source: Portland Press Herald, January 21, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine -- The New York-based Fortress Investment Group emerged as the winner of Tuesday’s auction of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, whose train derailment July 6 in Lac-Megantic, Quebec,...
Activists concerned about derailed CSX oil train after latest mishap over Philly river
(Source: Associated Press, January 21, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Six train cars that derailed on a Philadelphia bridge this week carried the same type of flammable crude that exploded in a small Canadian town, killing 47 people. Although no oil spilled and no one was...
Calls raised for controls on trains carrying crude oil
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 21, 2014) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Saying a disaster was narrowly averted when a train carrying crude oil derailed in Philadelphia on Monday, several groups and a candidate for governor are calling for tighter controls or an...
Editorial: Spokane railroads need better oil disaster prevention
(Source: Spokesman-Review, January 22, 2014) SPOKANE, Wash. -- Recent railroad tank car explosions are abundant proof the railroad and oil industries cannot assure track-side communities they operate with adequate safety, or have the resources to respond when a...
The health hazards of sitting
(Source: Washington Post, January 21, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- We know sitting too much is bad, and most of us intuitively feel a little guilty after a long TV binge. But what exactly goes wrong in our bodies when we park ourselves for nearly eight hours per day, the...
Norfolk Southern reports record-setting 2013 fourth quarter and full year results
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 22, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern reported record fourth-quarter 2013 net income of $513 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, 24 percent higher compared with $413 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, earned in...
Why America’s second rail boom has plenty of room to run
(Source: Forbes, January 22, 2014) NEW YORK -- The relic of the 19th century will become the most important logistics system of the 21st century–making billions for Warren Buffett and others. Full story and video: Forbes
