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Genesee & Wyoming reassures South Dakota shippers
(Source: Argus Leader, January 6, 2014) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The sale of 660 miles of railroad from Tracy, Minn., to Rapid City comes with an assurance from the new owner that a fundamental shortcoming that plagued the past two owners won’t threaten vital rail service...
Railroad companies accused of tampering with evidence in deadly 2011 Amtrak crash in Nevada
(Source: Associated Press, January 5, 2014) RENO, Nevada -- Lawyers for a trucking company are accusing two railroad companies of tampering with evidence about a June 2011 collision between a tractor-trailer and an Amtrak train that killed six people in northern...
Ethanol advances as winter weather affects shipments by rail
(Source: Bloomberg News, January 6, 2014) NEW YORK -- Ethanol gained as wintry weather across the U.S. Midwest delayed rail shipments. Futures rose 3.7 percent as Norfolk Southern Corp. and BNSF Railway Co. said their operations were affected by heavy snow and wind...
North Dakota’s governor and senators meet with BNSF
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, January 3, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota leaders have penciled in time to meet with the chief executive officer of the railway involved in this week's explosive derailment near Casselton. Gov. Jack Dalrymple visited BNSF Railway CEO...
Oil shipped daily across Montana, mostly along Hi-Line
(Source: Great Falls Tribune, January 3, 2014) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- An average of one trainload of crude oil travels through Montana on BNSF Railway tracks daily, mostly along the state’s northern Hi-Line route and sometimes through Great Falls, according to BNSF....
Acknowledging influx of oil by rail shipments, Minnesota braces for disaster
(Source: Think Progress, January 3, 2014) NEW YORK -- At least one state has learned a lesson from the crude oil train derailment in North Dakota that caused massive explosions and forced 65 percent of the nearby town’s residents out of their homes. Minnesota...
Interest in Tulsa-OKC passenger rail heightens again
(Source: Tulsa World, January 5, 2014) TULSA, Okla. -- Starting next month a promotional rail company, Iowa Pacific Holdings, will chart three round-trip passages from Tulsa to the Oklahoma capital and back called the "Eastern Flyer," a test for many to see if there...
Gov. Jerry Brown eyes cap-and-trade money for high-speed rail
(Source: Sacramento Bee, January 6, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown plans to propose spending millions of dollars in fees paid by carbon producers to aid the state’s controversial high-speed rail project. Full story: Sacramento Bee
High-speed rail plans in California caught in a political storm
(Source: New York Times, January 6, 2014) LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Jerry Brown of California is riding into an election year on a wave of popularity and an upturn in the state’s fortunes. But a project that has become a personal crusade for him over the past two years — a...
NJ Transit announces details on Super Bowl service
(Source: MyCentralJersey.com, January 7, 2014) NEWARK, N.J. -- Dubbing it the “mass transit” Superbowl, NJ Transit officials on Monday revealed details on how the bus and train will get people to the big game. Full story: MyCentralJersey.com
