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BNSF’s ethanol leaks force closure of Route 66 in N.M.
(The following story by Leslie Wood appeared on the Gallup Independent website on February 2.) GALLUP, N.M. -- Five Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway cars derailed Monday afternoon causing a flammable liquid to stream from at least two of the tankers' valves and...
CN strike looms for CN locomotive engineers
(The following report appeared on the Winnipeg Sun website on February 2. Dan J. Sewachuk is one of the BLET’s General Chairman (CN-P&M) on the Canadian National.) WINNIPEG -- Locomotive engineers with Canadian National Railways have voted overwhelmingly in favour of...
Town seeks answers on NECR derailment response
(The following story by Howard Weiss-Tisman appeared on the Brattleboro Reformer website on February 2.) ROCKINGHAM, Vt. -- Municipal Manager Shane O'Keefe will meet with representatives from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and New England Central Railroad (NECR)...
Pittsburgh derailment evacuees may return home soon
(The following story by Mike Bucsko appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on February 2.) PITTSBURGH -- Residents of the Creighton section of East Deer who were evacuated Monday because a derailed Norfolk Southern tanker car was leaking a hazardous chemical...
UP locomotive burns on Donner Summit
(The following story by Paul Raymore appeared on the Sierra Sun website on February 1.) TRUCKEE, Calif. -- When the Union Pacific freight train heading eastbound from Fresno to North Platte, Neb. came to a stop in the middle of Soda Springs Road just after 3 p.m. on...
90-day hazmat ban is passed in D.C.
(The following article by Eric M. Weiss and Spencer S. Hsu was posted on the Washington Post website on February 2.) WASHINGTON -- The D.C. Council yesterday approved a temporary ban on shipments of hazardous materials through the nation's capital, becoming the first...
D.C. City Council bans hazmat transport
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Brian Westley on February 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The D.C. Council yesterday approved emergency legislation that bans train and truck shipments of hazardous materials within about two miles of the Capitol. The...
Legislators move to toughen federal rail oversight
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich and James Dao was posted on the New York Times website on February 2.) NEW YORK -- In a sign of growing Congressional concern about railroad safety and security, two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, joined yesterday to...
Bush budget to scrap subsidy for Amtrak-sources
(Reuters circulated the following story by Caren Bohan and Adam Entous on February 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration will for the first time propose eliminating operating subsidies for passenger train operator Amtrak as part of a push to cut budget...
Bush to propose elimination of federal subsidy for Amtrak
(The following article by Matthew Wald was posted on the New York Times website on February 1.) WASHINGTON -- The president's budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1 will propose eliminating operating subsidies for Amtrak, administration officials said on...
