March 19, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters Canada, March 18, 2014) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canadian grain shipments by rail have picked up since earlier this month when Ottawa ordered Canadian National Railway Co and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited to improve service, CN and a...
March 19, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2014) TORONTO — Canada wants a faster phase-out of older, flawed tanker railcars than what has been proposed in the United States, the country’s top-ranking transport official said on Tuesday. Full story:...
March 19, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Billings Gazette, March 19, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana farmers are struggling to get their wheat to Pacific ports, as weather, construction and traffic take a toll on grain trains. Wheat has been slow to move to the Pacific Northwest for several...
March 19, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 18, 2014) CALGARY and TORONTO — A prominent oil-by-rail proponent is urging Ottawa to back away from legislation that would give grain priority over crude oil on the nation’s rails, saying such a move would hurt the energy sector...
March 19, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, March 18, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Three bills were introduced Monday that would require railroads to regularly notify local officials about oil train movements, require railroads and pipeline operators to respond to spills promptly,...
March 19, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: AlterNet, March 18, 2014) NEW YORK — Spurred by the shale drilling rush that has progressed at breakneck speed, the railroad industry has moved fast to help drillers transport petroleum and its byproducts to consumers. Last year, trains hauled over...
March 18, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 17, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. — Democrats and Republicans blamed each other after the legislative session ended last week with little agreement on how to deal with increasing numbers of oil trains entering Washington state. Full...
March 18, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Journal News, March 17, 2014) WEST NYACK, N.Y. — A small cadre of federal, state and Rockland officials on Monday demanded that the U.S. transportation department boost safety standards for trains that carry crude oil through local communities and...
March 18, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 17, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bitumen from Canada’s oil-sands formations is free to ride in older rail cars under an amended set of rules issued by the US that also eased testing for oils that shippers are familiar with handling. The US...
March 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sacramento Bee, March 16, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California Energy Commission official Friday said the agency wasn’t aware that the state had become a destination for crude oil shipments by rail, even though Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget...
