November 18, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, November 17, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Mark Dayton emerged from a closed-door meeting with railroad officials today and said that track upgrades and more oil pipelines are needed to unclog rail shipments in Minnesota. Full story:...
November 18, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, November 17, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Mark Dayton emerged from a closed-door meeting with railroad officials today and said that track upgrades and more oil pipelines are needed to unclog rail shipments in Minnesota. Full story:...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 16, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Railroad bottlenecks, congestion and high freight prices have frustrated Minnesota farmers this year as they try to sell their corn and soybeans. Now some are turning to an alternative: barges instead of...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 16, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Railroad bottlenecks, congestion and high freight prices have frustrated Minnesota farmers this year as they try to sell their corn and soybeans. Now some are turning to an alternative: barges instead of...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 15, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Electric utilities that serve Minnesota say they still aren’t getting enough coal. Two power companies that serve northern and western parts of the state have halted or reduced power generation at five...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 15, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Electric utilities that serve Minnesota say they still aren’t getting enough coal. Two power companies that serve northern and western parts of the state have halted or reduced power generation at five...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 14, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — North Dakota officials were calling for answers Friday on how another train derailed near the town of Casselton, just down the track from the scene of a fiery wreck involving a crude oil train less than a...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 14, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — North Dakota officials were calling for answers Friday on how another train derailed near the town of Casselton, just down the track from the scene of a fiery wreck involving a crude oil train less than a...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Jamestown Sun, November 15, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. — The earlier incident happened last December when a derailed train hauling soybeans was struck by an oil train. The resulting fireball reminded many of the exploding oil train in Quebec that killed nearly 50...
November 17, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Jamestown Sun, November 15, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. — The earlier incident happened last December when a derailed train hauling soybeans was struck by an oil train. The resulting fireball reminded many of the exploding oil train in Quebec that killed nearly 50...