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Train traffic resumes through Galena-area derailment site
(Source: Quad-City Times, March 10, 2015) GALENA, Ill. — Trains began running again Monday on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line near Galena after work crews cleared enough space from last week's derailment. Full story: Quad-City Times
Gogama oil train derailments raise questions about CN operations
(Source: CBC News, March 9, 2015) OTTAWA — Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says she's made her concerns known to CN Rail after two derailments near the community of Gogama, Ont., where crews were still working Monday to put out fires and clear debris following the most...
Canadian government speeds up work to develop safer tank cars
(Source: Toronto Star, March 9, 2015) TORONTO — The federal government is working in an “expedited manner” with U.S. counterparts to develop a new standard of tank car to carry flammable liquids, the federal transport minister’s office said Monday. Full story: Toronto...
Editorial: Federal U.S. oil train rules are inadequate
(Source: The Olympian editorial, March 10, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Tougher federal rules for hauling crude oil by rail are moving slowly toward adoption in Washington, D.C. It’s becoming clearer that the government isn’t moving quickly enough or with tough enough...
Canada under pressure after oil train derailments
(Source: UPI, March 9, 2015) GOGAMA, Ontario — The Canadian government faces similar pressure as its U.S. counterparts to do more to ensure oil is carried on railways safely, a lawmaker said. Full story: UPI
Spate of four oil train derailments raises safety concerns
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways and igniting spectacular fires that burned for days....
Fiery rail accidents put safety focus on cutting oil’s volatility
(Source: Bloomberg, March 10, 2015) NEW YORK — A series of rail accidents involving oil tank cars that exceed federal safety standards yet still burst into flames after derailing is shifting the focus from the container to the crude -- and whether it’s too explosive...
Supreme Court says Amtrak is like a government agency in helping set rules
(Source: New York Times, March 9, 2015) NEW YORK — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously handed Amtrak an interim victory in a lawsuit challenging the power it wields over competitors. The ruling was a setback for a trade group that had challenged a 2008 federal law...
More than 60 injured, including Amtrak engineer, when truck blocks crossing in N.C.
(Source: News & Observer, March 9, 2015) RALEIGH, N.C. — Sixty-two people, including the train’s engineer, were taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening, said Lt. Jeff Gordon, a Highway Patrol spokesman. The...
Paulsboro span opens to train traffic after 2012 derailment
(Source: Courier-Post, March 8, 2015) PAULSBORO, N.J. — Freight trains have begun crossing a new Conrail bridge near the scene of a November 2012 derailment in Paulsboro. Full story: Courier-Post
Connecticut senators vow to block high-speed rail proposal that bypasses state
(Source: Connecticut Mirror, March 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Connecticut’s U.S. senators on Friday vowed to stop a proposal approved in the House of Representatives this week that would require Amtrak to study the feasibility of a new high-speed train from...
Indiana to end Indianapolis-Chicago Amtrak route in April
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2015) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An Amtrak line that has linked Indianapolis and Chicago since 1980 will halt April 1, state officials said Friday, citing what they called a last-minute policy change by a federal agency that effectively...
Hall joins thousands of Teamsters at West Virginia rally for workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 7, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall delivered a rousing speech to thousands of rallying protesters in his home state of West Virginia on Saturday, urging...
CSX agrees to long-term cleanup, restoration plan in W.Va. oil train derailment
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal regulators say CSX Transportation has agreed to a long-term plan for cleaning up and restoring the area around a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia. Full story: Daily Reporter
EPA: Galena derailment threatens Mississippi River
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An oil train derailment and spill in northwest Illinois poses an “imminent and substantial danger” of contaminating the Mississippi River, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday. Full...
Galena train derailment recovery nearly complete
(Source: Associated Press, March 9, 2015) GALENA, Ill. — Recovery efforts at the scene of Thursday's train derailment south of Galena are nearly complete, and BNSF Railway expected to resume rail operations in the area Sunday night, according to an update from the...
Derailments put oil train expansion in the crosshairs
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a BNSF Railway oil train derailed and burst into flames Thursday near Galena, Ill., at least one community group has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend permits for rail expansions...
CN, BNSF tackle accidents as group seeks ban on oil trains
(Source: Bloomberg, March 8, 2015) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co. is building a 1,500-foot (457 meter) long track to bypass a burning train that derailed Saturday in northern Ontario, while BNSF Railway Co. crews are working to reopen track in rural Illinois...
Safety concerns rise in wake of another CN oil train derailment in Gogama
(Source: Canadian Press, March 8, 2015) GOGAMA, Ontario — Another train derailment in northern Ontario has added new fuel to the ongoing debate over whether rail is a safe way of transporting crude oil. CN said on March 8 there were 94 cars on the train, all carrying...
Province criticizes feds on rail safety after northern Ontario derailment
(Source: Toronto Star, March 8, 2015) TORONTO — As emergency crews battled a fire sparked by the derailment of a CN train carrying crude oil in northern Ontario, provincial politicians came out swinging against the federal government’s failure to ensure rail safety....
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