April 14, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, April 13, 2022) NEW YORK — For the week ending April 9, 2022, total U.S. rail traffic was down 1.0% from the same week last year; carloads came in 1.4% higher while intermodal volume dipped 3.1%, according to the Association of American...
March 25, 2022 | Canada, CN, CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, March 24, 2022) HOUSTON — Energy executives and analysts acknowledge there now exists ample pipeline and rail capacity to move additional barrels from Alberta into US refining hubs, even without the infamous Keystone XL Pipeline. Full...
March 14, 2022 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, March 11, 2022) CALGARY — With a ban on Russian oil imports leaving the U.S. short on supply, Canada’s energy heartland is making it clear it’s ready to step up and fill that void. Experts say we’re likely to see crude-by-rail shipments to the...
February 14, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Reuters, February 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservation groups on Friday accused the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) of improperly approving a roughly $1.5 billion rail line in Utah’s Uinta Basin because the resulting boost in the...
February 4, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Missouri Times opinion column by Bob Gallagher, February 3, 2022. Mr. Gallagher is mayor of Bettendorf, Iowa.) BETTENDORF, Iowa — Last year, Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced one such deal — a merger that would create the first...
February 2, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Vail Daily, February 1, 2022) EAGLE, Colo. — Eagle County officials are launching an effort to keep rail cars filled with crude oil off the rail line that runs along the Colorado River through much of western Colorado. Full story: Vail...
January 6, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, January 5, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board recently approved a new rail line in Utah, and officials can’t say enough against it. Full story: Railway Track & Structures
January 4, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB, UP
(Source: Colorado Times Recorder, January 3, 2022) DENVER — The prospect of up to 350,000 barrels of oil a day rolling through Colorado on trains has caught the attention of Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet following the Dec. 15 U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB)...
December 20, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Department of Justice press release, Western District of Washington, December 17, 2021) SEATTLE — A 28-year-old Bellingham, Washington, woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 months and one day in prison and three years of...
December 17, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, December 16, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The bitumen-by-rail project to produce and transport a type of heavy Canadian crude oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast is now fully operational, according to project organizers US Development Group (USD)...
