April 15, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Increasing use of railroads to ship crude oil could disrupt fertilizer cargo this spring as Midwest farmers prepare for planting, U.S. agriculture leaders warn, even as one railroad said on Monday it will take...
April 15, 2014 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Industry Week, April 14, 2014) CLEVELAND, Ohio — The American Chemistry Council and several related trade groups filed a federal lawsuit against Canadian Pacific over the rail carrier’s recent decision to require rail cars hauling certain...
April 14, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, April 13, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — The present delays by BNSF Railway Co., in moving farm commodities, oil, freight and passengers, have been just over the horizon for the past six months. The situation stands on the edge of being a...
April 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, April 12, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — Building the largest oil-by-rail terminal in the Pacific Northwest was never going to escape controversy, not in a region with a robust environmental lobby. Full story: The Oregonian
April 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Spokesman-Review, April 13, 2014) SPOKANE, Wash. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Anthony Foxx testified last week that efforts to assure the safe transport of oil by rail are making progress. That’s encouraging, but federal and state regulators continue to...
April 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, April 13, 2014) NEW YORK — As shale fields scattered across the Midwest and West Texas produce millions of barrels of crude oil, energy companies are finding the national pipeline network insufficient to transport their output. Railroads...
April 11, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pierce Country Tribune, April 10, 2014) RUGBY, N.D. — The grain industry is facing a major problem: a huge backlog of grain that it hasn’t been able to ship by train. Full story: Pierce Country Tribune
April 11, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Journal News, April 10, 2014) NEW YORK — Freight trains, including those carrying explosive crude oil, travel through Rockland at average speed of 26.5 mph, speed tests by the Rockland Sheriff’s Department show. That’s well below the 50 mph...
April 11, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg Business Week, April 11, 2014) NEW YORK — Come to the west side of Chicago to find out why a power plant in Michigan is short of coal and a biodiesel maker in Brewster, Minnesota, can’t get enough grain. The trip through the city can take more...
April 11, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 10, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Grain producers, manufacturers and coal shippers told federal regulators Thursday that rail service has deteriorated drastically in the nation’s midsection in recent months, leaving crops in...
