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Sewage sludge train cars in Birmingham to be moved after odor complaints
(Source: www.al.com, March 6, 2018) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Several dozen train cars loaded with what appears to be sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in New York and New Jersey will be pulled back into a rail yard and off the tracks in north Birmingham,...
Transportation giants show interest in Van Buren port
(Source: Times Record, March 6, 2018) BOONEVILLE, Ark. — Two of the nation’s largest players in the transportation arena — Union Pacific Railroad and Ports America — are interested in Van Buren for an inland intermodal facility. Full story: Booneville...
Hoffa: Case is cover for anti-union advocates
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, March 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Workers in Michigan and across the nation have repeatedly come under attack from corporate interests looking to tamp down on wages so they...
CP says service improves daily after extreme winter conditions
(Source: CP Rail press release, March 7, 2018) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited continues to deliver overall for the grain supply chain with our year-to-date shipments, through Week 31, up 3 percent, or approximately 400,000 metric tonnes. While...
CN to invest C$250 million to clear Western Canada grain backlog
(Source: Reuters, March 7, 2018) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co said on Wednesday it would invest more than C$250 million ($193 million) this year to improve its infrastructure to ease grain supply issues in Western Canada. Full story: Reuters
CSX: ‘Extreme wind gusts’ led to freight train derailment
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2018) PERRYVILLE, Md. — CSX is attributing "extreme wind gusts" to the derailment of a freight train on a river bridge in Maryland during last week's nor'easter. Full story: ABC News
W.Va. teachers prove unity brings more pay
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of West Virginia teachers are again hopeful about their future thanks to the announcement today that state lawmakers agreed to raise their pay by five percent,...
Canada’s western ports clogged as slowdown in crop shipments by rail weighs
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 7, 2018) OTTAWA — The backlog of crop shipments that has raised tensions between the railways and grain industry has clogged West Coast ports with ships waiting to be loaded. Full story: Globe and Mail
Trump seeks to block Gateway railroad tunnel to New York, Chao says
(Source: Bloomberg, March 6, 2018) NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is trying to kill federal funding for a new commuter railroad tunnel under the Hudson River, saying New York and New Jersey must pay more, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said....
Train crew injured as train collides with tanker hauling hydrochloric acid solution
(Source: Observer-Reporter, March 6, 2018) FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. — On March 6 near Fredericktown, Pa., a train broadsided a tanker truck hauling some 4,400 gallons of a corrosive solution of hydrochloric acid as the rig’s driver crossed the tracks about 10:30 a.m....
