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Washington governor signs safety bill to lower Bakken crude oil vapor pressure requirements
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, May 9, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — The governor of Washington state signed a bill Thursday with new requirements for Bakken crude oil shipped by rail, setting up a likely legal battle with North Dakota. The bill requires Washington refineries and...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending May 4, 2019
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 8, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 535,089 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.0 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week...
Panel shifts gears on best rail route to move oil from eastern Utah, says line now can be built for billions less
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, May 8, 2019) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Five years ago, Utah state transportation planners studied building a railway for shipping Uinta Basin crude oil via Indian Canyon to the Union Pacific line in Price Canyon, but abandoned the idea as too...
CN willing to work with Alberta to find solutions if Premier cancels rail leases
(Source: Calgary Herald, May 8, 2019) CALGARY — The Alberta government could have to pay for unused capacity if it goes ahead with Premier Jason Kenney’s pledge to cancel $3.7-billion worth of crude-by-rail contracts, but the head of Canada’s largest railway said...
CN acquires new intermodal division
(Source: CN press release, May 9, 2019) MONTREAL — CN, through a subsidiary company, has reached an agreement to acquire the intermodal division of the Alberta-based H&R Transport Limited. “H&R is well known in Alberta and across the industry for investing in its...
California lawmakers grill leaders of high-speed rail project
(Source: Your Central Valley, May 8, 2019) FRESNO, Calif. — In Sacramento, state lawmakers grilled leaders of the high-speed rail project. Wednesday's hearing comes after the rail authority updated lawmakers on the rail's progress. Leaders of the high-speed rail...
VRE promises frustrated riders that PTC delays are easing
(Source: WTOP, May 8, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every day for the last month, delay after delay has left many Virginia Railway Express riders frustrated. But the agency is confident it has now worked out most of the kinks with a new safety system. Full story:...
Descendants reflect on Chinese rail workers 150 years later
(Source: Associated Press, May 9, 2019) OGDEN, Utah — Michael Kwan can’t help but think about what life was like on a daily basis for his great-great-grandfather in the 1860s, working 12-hour days in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range on the Transcontinental...
Boston Surface Railroad, Siemens test new PTC prototype
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 8, 2019) Boston Surface Railroad Co. Inc. (BSRC), a private intercity passenger railroad that has proposed a new route in the U.S. Northeast, is developing a pilot to prove new enhancements to positive train control (PTC)...
UP keeps Hermiston in the dark about layoffs
(Source: My Columbia Basin, May 8, 2019) HERMISTON, Ore. — Layoffs continued to occur earlier this week at Union Pacific’s Hinkle rail yard in Hermiston, but the company remains quiet about how far the personnel cuts will go. Hermiston City Manager Byron Smith says...
