BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Daily Headlines
Analysts say Canada’s two major railways are well-poised for trade headwinds in 2019
(Source: Canadian Press, January 4, 2019) OTTAWA — Canada's two major railways are well-positioned to weather potential economic headwinds and the U.S.-China trade war, analysts say, as ongoing investments in new cars and track bolster crude-by-rail and commodities...
Amtrak still balking at SW Chief improvements
(Source: La Junta Tribune-Democrat, January 6, 2019) LA JUNTA, Colo. — La Junta City Manager Rick Klein, one of the driving forces behind keeping the Southwest Chief in operation, last week reported that TIGER VII (Transportation Investment Generating Economic...
U.S. intermodal traffic set record in 2018
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 4, 2019) U.S. railroads moved more intermodal volume than carloads in 2018, with carloads up 1.8 percent to 13,640,641 units and intermodal volume up 5.5 percent to 14,472,849 units compared with 2017's figures, according to...
Canada is producing more oil than it can handle
(Source: www.rt.com, January 2, 2019) Western Canada is producing 365,000 bpd more crude oil that current pipeline capacity can handle, a new report from the National Energy Board has revealed. According to the authority, as of September, Western Canada produced a...
Fans of iconic Philly rail sign are rallying to save it from retirement
(Source: National Public Radio, January 2, 2019) NEW YORK — A 1970s-era status board at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station has been making a familiar clickety-clack sound for decades, but now, as it's set to be replaced, there's an effort to save it. Full story:...
NJ Transit meets PTC deadline, but had to do some unconventional things
(Source: www.northjersey.com, January 3, 2019) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Yes, NJ Transit finished the required work on a safety system before the Dec. 31 deadline. But riders may see a few unusual arrangements, temporarily, because of it. First, NJ Transit has leased...
Hoffa urges Congress to stand for workers
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News, January 2, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Starting tomorrow, there will be a new sheriff in Washington taking charge of the House of Representatives. And the Teamsters are...
5 years after Casselton oil train derailment, some changes made, others opposed
(Source: Forum News Service, December 29, 2018) CASSELTON, N.D. — Minutes after it rumbled through town on a frigid December afternoon, a westbound train laden with grain broke an axle, tossing grain cars into a jumble. A short time later an eastbound train, loaded...
Senate confirms Fuchs, Oberman appointments to STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2019) The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Patrick Fuchs and Martin Oberman as Surface Transportation Board (STB) commissioners. Full story: Progressive Railroading
California’s 2018 crude by rail imports reach highest level since 2013-14
(Source: S&P Global Platts, January 3, 2019) HOUSTON — California crude imports by rail in 2018 rebounded from the year prior and are nearing levels not seen since the initial crude-by-rail heyday of 2013-14, according to the latest figures from the state government....
