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Editorial: Iowa slams door on Amtrak
(Source: Quad-City Times, December 26, 2013) DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Credit Gov. Terry Branstad for drawing the line that stopped Amtrak expansion at the Iowa border. Full story: Quad-City Times
CP Rail selling DM&E west end to Genesee & Wyoming
(Source: Associated Press, January 2, 2013) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Canadian Pacific says it's selling the west end of its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad line to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. for about $210 million. Full story: Albany Times Union
Head of railway in Lac-Megantic disaster says he is ‘also a victim’
(Source: Canadian Press, December 27, 2013) OTTAWA -- The railway executive behind the company whose train smashed into Lac-Mégantic wants people to know he's been suffering, too. Ed Burkhardt, chairman of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, told the Canadian...
AAR: Rail traffic up 9.2 percent over 2012 for week ending December 28
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 2, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported increased U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 28, 2013 with 230,933 total U.S. carloads, up 8.1 percent...
CEO Matt Rose says BNSF heading toward 1 million barrels of crude per day
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, December 30, 2013) DALLAS -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe expects to be hauling 1 million barrels of crude oil per day by the end of 2014, said Matthew K. Rose, executive chairman of the railroad. Full story: Dallas Business Journal
BNSF Railway reopens tracks after Casselton train crash
(Source: Reuters, January 2, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. — BNSF Railway Co said it reopened the two mainline tracks that it shut after a crude oil train exploded after it hit a derailed grain train earlier in the week. Full story: Reuters
BNSF blast probe looks into crude oil impurities
(Source: Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2014) NEW YORK -- After three fiery accidents involving trains carrying crude oil out of North Dakota's Bakken Shale, regulators and industry officials are trying to figure out why the oil is exploding. Full story: MarketWatch
Burning question: How to safely ship Bakken oil
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, January 3, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. -- While an investigation continues into an explosive derailment near Casselton, federal agencies are nearing completion on an effort to verify if Bakken crude is properly classified when its loaded into...
Broken axle found at scene of North Dakota train derailment
(Source: Associated Press, January 1, 2014) FARGO, N.D. -- Federal investigators said Wednesday that they have recovered a broken axle at the scene of an oil train derailment and fire in southeastern North Dakota but don't know whether it caused the wreck. Full story:...
North Dakota’s governor, delegation seek improved tank car safety
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, January 2, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota’s congressional delegation and the governor Thursday came out in favor of expediting improvements to rail tanker car standards and bringing improved cars into the nation’s tanker car fleet....
