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(Source: Bloomberg, April 30, 2015)

NEW YORK — Tougher Canadian and U.S. joint standards for rail tanker cars to be unveiled Friday will stop short of harmonizing train brake rules, a government official said. Instead, each country has agreed to set train braking standards through their respective operating rules “because that is where they are best addressed,” the Canadian government official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal isn’t yet public.

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