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Oil trains rumble into Philly, bringing Dakota crude oil, new jobs and safety concerns
(Source: Newsworks.org, September 19, 2013) PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is at the center of a new industrial boom. A visible sign of that are the long trains snaking through the city, bringing crude oil from North Dakota to the city's revived refineries. The trains...
Upgrades key to Bakken rail shipments and safety, BNSF CEO says
(Source: The Dickinson Press, September 19, 2013) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The head of BNSF Railway says federal regulators will have to find a balance in creating incentives for railroads to upgrade to newer tanks cars while ensuring there’s enough old cars available to...
Fatal bus crash investigators get train’s black box data
(Source: CBC.ca, September 20, 2013) TORONTO — The Ottawa city bus involved in a horrific crash with a Via passenger train Wednesday that left six people dead has been towed away from the scene. The investigators will be looking at data obtained from recorders on both...
Via was powerless to dodge bus disaster in Ottawa, veteran engineer says
(Source: Globe and Mail, September 20, 2013) TORONTO — When disaster looms down the track, there’s little a train engineer can do – apply the brakes, then hope. That was the only option facing Paul Proudlock, 46, about two years ago along his freight route near...
2 injured after CSX train derails in Virginia
(Source: Associated Press, September 19, 2013) SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. — Two railroad employees were injured Thursday when a train derailed and caught fire in Southampton County. Full story: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Government hands out more than $1 trillion to wealthy while deficit is $642 billion
(Source: Truth Out, September 17, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — While our government is laying off hundreds and hundreds of thousands and cutting services in the name of cutting deficits, a new report exposes that taxpayers are handing more than $1 trillion a year to the...
Teamsters praise SEC for proposed rule on corporate pay
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcement of a new proposed rule requiring corporations to...
Union Pacific to announce 3Q 2013 results on October 17
(Source: Union Pacific press release, September 19, 2013) OMAHA, Neb. — You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation's third quarter 2013 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet and via teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 17,...
CSX to announce 3Q 2013 results on October 15
(Source: CSX press release, September 18, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) will release third-quarter financial and operating results on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, after the market close. The company will host an earnings conference call at 8:30...
Big Boy locomotive completes voyage to Frisco
(Source: Frisco Enterprise, September 19, 2013) FRISCO, Texas — After nearly two months of delays, the Big Boy is finally in Frisco. The locomotive left Irving a little after 10:30 a.m. Sunday for the last leg of its journey from Dallas. Around 2:20 p.m., it arrived...
