August 29, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, August 28, 2014) NEW YORK — U.S. coal-burning power utilities are being forced to turn to barges and more expensive trucks to move coal, desperate to shore up stockpiles left dangerously low by the widespread bottlenecks on rail networks. The shift...
August 29, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, August 29, 2014) MONTREAL — The union and lawyers representing two railway employees accused in the Lac-Megantic disaster are urging the Crown to drop the charges in light of recent findings by the Transportation Safety Board. Full story:...
August 29, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: USA Today, August 29, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid a boom in U.S. oil production, the amount of crude oil and refined petroleum products moved by rail continues to climb. Full story: USA Today
August 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, August 27, 2014) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Aiming to boost trade between North Dakota and the Pacific Rim, the Port of Vancouver has launched a new venture of leasing rail cars to move agricultural products to the West Coast. Full story: The...
August 28, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, August 25, 2014) MONTREAL — Transport Canada has ordered a reduction in the speed limit for Canadian National trains carrying crude oil through a South Shore municipality after tracks in the area were found to be in extremely poor condition....
August 28, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Olympian, August 27, 2014) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway’s executive chairman Matthew Rose says his company wants safer ways to haul volatile oil by rail from the Bakken fields of North Dakota to refineries and terminals in...
August 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, August 27, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A study that shows Minnesota grain farmers lost $109 million in revenue from March through May proves that the state’s major rail carriers are not sufficiently addressing agricultural shipping problems, Gov....
August 27, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, August 25, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — Wilton Farmers Union Elevator, which has locations in Wilton and Washburn, says its facilities are full and Central Pacific Railway is 525 cars behind in its service. The elevator has not received any cars...
August 27, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, August 26, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and outspoken advocate for improving oil train safety, has repeatedly criticized loopholes in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed safety rules. It may...
August 27, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, August 26, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — At a Tuesday meeting of an Oregon task force tightening railroads’ hazardous materials disclosures, a BNSF Railway Co. representative wanted to know: Why were the public and media included? Full story:...
