January 20, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, January 19, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — Hopefully, railroads and the communities they run through will continue to work together to solve the problems brought on by rail traffic at historic highs. Full story: Bismarck...
January 20, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, January 20, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway has in some cases more than quadrupled the number of tank cars routing through Nebraska, as tracks in the Cornhusker State accommodate North Dakota oil traffic diverted from other lines...
January 20, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, January 19, 2015) DALLAS, Texas — Fracking sand makes up 90 percent of the car loads hauled by Texas Pacifico through South Texas, but it is dwarfed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Full story: Dallas Business...
January 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Investors in the rail industry lately have measured their excitement by the increasing number of carloads of crude oil being shipped from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to refineries. Full...
January 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station KFYR, January 19, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — A recent report required by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board shows that BNSF is delivering its grain cars just under three weeks late but that pales in comparison to Canadian Pacific who are...
January 19, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 15, 2015) NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil Corp’s new joint-venture oil-by-rail terminal in Canada, set to be the nation’s largest, will begin shipping crude directly to its own refineries in Illinois and Louisiana by March, another...
January 19, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, January 17, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — BNSF Railway more than tripled the number of trains it moved through Nebraska with a million gallons of oil or more aboard late last year and has changed its route to bypass Lincoln, at least for some...
January 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Great Falls Tribune, January 15, 2015) SAN DIEGO — Agriculture producers who depend on freight trains to move their harvest have managed to avoid the major rail gridlock that plagued farmers across much of the region last winter and into the spring. Full...
January 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Record, January 16, 2015) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Despite plummeting crude prices and an expected drop in production, CSX railroad executives say they will continue to ship the same amount of oil for the foreseeable future, including the 15 to 30 oil trains that...
January 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: MarketWatch, January 15, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — Shale-oil tankers may be leaving the train, but that won’t dent a bull case for railroads as the best way to play industrials stocks amid plunging crude prices. Full story:...
