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Frac sand producers spent millions and filled wetlands for now underused rail yards
(Source: www.madison.com, December 17, 2018) MADISON, Wisc. — In 2016, the startup frac sand producer Smart Sand began construction on a state-of-the-art rail yard along the Union Pacific line in Monroe County, claiming it is the largest private industrial rail loop...
CN, Unifor reach tentative agreement for 2,100 workers
(Source: Canadian National Railway press release, December 14, 2018) MONTREAL — CN announced today that a new tentative collective agreement has been reached between Unifor Local 100 and CN. Unifor represents approximately 2,100 locomotive and freight-car mechanics,...
Lawmaker: Virginia erred by paying NS to relocate Roanoke jobs
(Source: Roanoke Times, December 16, 2018) ROANOKE, Va. — The McAuliffe administration erred in 2016 by issuing Norfolk Southern Corp. a state grant for moving hundreds of high-paying jobs from Roanoke to a consolidated head office in Norfolk, according to a state...
Crews still clearing wreckage from October train derailment in Wyoming
(Source: Associated Press, December 14, 2018) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific Railroad Company officials have no definitive timeline for clearing the remaining wreckage from a 56-train-car derailment west of Cheyenne that claimed the lives of two railroad employees....
Cleanup efforts underway following UP derailment in Oklahoma
(Source: Television station KFSM, December 16, 2018) PITTSBURGH COUNTY, Okla. — Cleanup efforts are underway after several rail cars on a train derailed. According to Union Pacific, 16 rail cars and the rear-facing locomotive on a northbound train derailed about two...
Canadian grain shippers wary as more oil moves to rail
(Source: Manitoba Co-operator, December 12, 2018) WINNIPEG — Western grain shippers are watching closely to ensure their rail service doesn’t decline as oil shipments increase. Crude oil shipments by rail are increasing because there aren’t enough pipelines. Last...
Canadian government declares oil trains safe, plans to get into the oil train business
(Source: DeSmog Blog, December 12, 2018) NEW YORK — As Canadian oil-by-rail numbers reach record new volumes (and expected to rise), Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) announced recently that it would no longer list shipping the hazardous material by rail as a...
NS contractor killed in accident in N.C.
(Source: Television station WBTV, December 15, 2018) SPENCER, N.C. — A contractor died after being trapped between two metal plates on railroad tracks in Rowan County Saturday. Officials said it happened around 12 p.m. near the North Carolina Transportation Museum in...
CSX shareholders suing board of directors over Hunter Harrison’s hiring
(Source: Florida Times-Union, December 15, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville judge may soon decide if CSX shareholders have the right to take the Jacksonville railroad giant’s board of directors to task for its decision to spend $84 million to hire former CEO...
Survivors healing, seeking accountability one year after Amtrak Cascades derailment
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, December 16, 2018) PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly one year after a deadly Amtrak Cascades derailment in Washington, some of the seriously injured are still healing. And the courts are just beginning to deal with the lawsuits stemming from...
