May 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, May 5, 2014) NEW YORK — Historically high levels of traffic, plus numerous track and capacity improvement projects that are currently under way, are both putting the squeeze on BNSF’s northern corridor, with intermodal a potential casualty....
May 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bellingham Herald, May 5, 2014) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — While two oil-terminal proposals at Hoquiam work through the environmental review process, state agencies are increasing their efforts to gauge the adequacy of Washington’s oil-spill response. Regulators...
May 6, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Vancouver Sun, May 5, 2014) VANCOUVER, B.C. — The number of rail cars transporting crude oil and petroleum products through B.C. jumped almost 200 per cent last year, reinforcing the resolve of municipalities to prevent a disastrous accident similar to the...
May 6, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 5, 2014) TORONTO — The Canadian unit of global grain trader Louis Dreyfus Corp has filed a complaint with the Canadian government about service from the country’s biggest railway, Canadian National Railway Co, following a record-breaking...
May 6, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 5, 2014) NEW YORK — What Buffett didn’t mention is that a growing number of BNSF’s customers say the vital artery is clogged, causing economic losses for industrial firms and farmers scrambling to get their products to market. As more...
May 6, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 5, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian exports of crude oil by rail rose 83 percent in the last quarter of 2013 from the same period a year earlier, Canada’s National Energy board said on Monday. Full story: Reuters
May 6, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The News & Advance, May 5, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — While cleanup continues in downtown Lynchburg where a train derailed last week, Virginia’s U.S. senators called for better safety and communication in hauling hazardous materials. Full story: The News...
May 5, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Billings Gazette, May 2, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. — Rail shipping delays are hurting Montana’s economy and need to improve, the state’s U.S. senators told BNSF on Friday. In a letter to Burlington Northern Sante Fe President Carl Ice, Sens. Jon...
May 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Record, May 4, 2014) Trains carrying millions of gallons of highly combustible crude oil are passing through neighborhoods in Bergen County every day, even as federal officials are questioning the safety of such rail shipments after a spate of explosive...
May 5, 2014 | Convention, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 1, 2014) NEW YORK — The CSX Corp train that derailed and erupted in flames in Lynchburg, Virginia, was carrying crude oil from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the kind of oil involved in several other fiery derailments over the last few...
