March 11, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Devils Lake Journal, March 10, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp received commitments this week from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) to make specific investments to improve rail transportation in North Dakota, which come following...
March 11, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2014) COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The number of oil trains moving through north Idaho is expected to increase in coming years, raising fears of accidents. Full story: Idaho Statesman
March 11, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 11, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Lac-Mégantic train disaster was a wake-up call that was heard in the United States and is helping to put pressure on the railroad industry and the government to tighten safety regulations. Full story: CBC...
March 10, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: St. Could Times, March 7, 2014) FARGO — After a year marked by delays in passenger service and agricultural shipments, BNSF Railway says it plans to spend almost $250 million to expand rail traffic on its network in North Dakota. In a letter to U.S. Sen Heidi...
March 10, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Coeur d’Alene Press, March 9, 2014) COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — America’s domestic oil boom has eased the need for foreign oil and meant big business for railroads, but industries are scrambling to erase fears of more rail catastrophes....
March 10, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, March 9, 2014) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Uncertainty over how a spill would play out on the Hudson River is prompting lawsuits from environmental watchdogs and calls for a moratorium on the transport of crude oil. Regular shipments of...
March 10, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News Journal, March 10, 2014) WILMINGTON, Del. — Lawmakers have summoned first-responders and refinery and railroad reps to a community meeting Monday night in Delaware City to discuss emergency-response plans for the mile-long trains hauling volatile...
March 10, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: National Journal, March 9, 2014) NEW YORK — Communities across the country seeing a glut of trains carrying crude from America’s booming oil fields could feel left behind by a new government and industry push to improve safety on the rails. But...
March 10, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, March 6, 2014) NEW YORK — The crude oil aboard the ill-fated train that destroyed downtown Lac-Mégantic was as explosive as gasoline, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board revealed on March 6, 2014, eight months to the day after the...
March 7, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Platts, March 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Increased congestion across the US rail network due to several weeks of extreme winter cold has forced some utilities to pull coal-fired units out of service in order to preserve dwindling stockpiles, according...
