September 12, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, September 11, 2014) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Railroads have been hauling more than a dozen trains weekly through Missouri carrying volatile crude oil from the Northern Plains that’s been involved in multiple fiery accidents, according to...
September 12, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 11, 2014) Rail congestion in parts of the nation are slowing grain, automotive and chemical shipments, and railroads need to do more to improve their performance, rail shipper organization representatives and politicians...
September 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 3, 2014) HOUSTON — Phillips 66 is buying more railcars to eventually move up to 185,000 barrels per day (bpd) of North American crude oil, including output from North Dakota’s Bakken shale and Canada, to its refineries on the East and...
September 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Houston Chronicle editorial, September 4, 2014) HOUSTON — With Texas production reaching 3 million barrels a day this year, rail companies are expanding to transport more crude through the state. At least four new rail terminals or expansions are underway in...
September 5, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, September 4, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Amtrak executive told federal regulators on Thursday that delays on freight rail lines that it shares track with could hurt ridership on the nation’s passenger rail service. Full story: The...
September 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Houston Chronicle, September 4, 2014) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Rail shipments of crude oil rose to 119,634 carloads in the most recent fiscal quarter, an increase of more than 10 percent over the 106,605 shipments in the comparable period last year, according to...
September 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, September 4, 2014) FARGO, N.D. — Farmers and grain shippers in Iowa and Nebraska, states little affected by rail delays so far, should be paying attention to the shipping problems that have plagued North Dakota, said one of the nation’s...
September 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Bloomberg, September 4, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials from North Dakota and other upper Midwestern states today urged U.S. regulators to pressure railroads to fix the logjams that are blocking grain shipments as harvest season approaches. Full story:...
September 4, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: St. Cloud Times, September 3, 2014) ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hiring more rail inspectors as required by a new state law. Federal authorities also have bolstered the ranks of their rail inspectors in Minnesota....
September 4, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Press release from the office of U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), September 2, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following months of rail service delays and backlogs U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce,...
