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CSX completes $43 million rail yard expansion near North Baltimore, Ohio
(Source: The Courier, March 3, 2015) TOLEDO, Ohio — An already-huge CSX rail yard near North Baltimore just got bigger, and it grew faster than CSX leaders anticipated. Full story: The Courier
Keolis fined $434,000 over Boston snow delays
(Source: Associated Press, March 2, 2015) BOSTON — The company that operates the state's commuter rail system has been fined more than $434,000 after nearly two-thirds of the trains were late or canceled during the heavy snowfalls that pounded the region last month,...
Mass. governor set to unveil $190 million rescue plan for MBTA
(Source: Boston Herald, March 3, 2015) BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker will call for a nearly $190 million rescue plan for the MBTA as part of a proposed budget that will be unveiled tomorrow, the Herald has learned. Full story: Boston Herald
Grain shippers concerned about short line railroad shutdown
(Source: Salina Journal, March 3, 2015) BEARDSLEY, Kan. — Until Jan. 19, R.J. Sabatka had two choices for transporting farm commodities to market from Beardsley Co-op in western Rawlins County — rail and truck. For the past 40 years, he said, 90 percent of the wheat...
Rail car shortage has auto makers parking SUVs
(Source: Bloomberg, March 3, 2015) NEW YORK — Railroad companies are struggling to keep up with surging U.S. demand for trucks and sport utility vehicles, frustrating Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. and prompting Warren Buffett to boost investments at his rail...
Report details KCS, BNSF oil trains crossing Texas
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Texas Department of Public Safety has released information about crude oil trains crossing the state, following the dismissal of one railroad’s arguments that they be kept confidential. Full story:...
Oil by rail continues sharp rise in Washington state
(Source: The Columbian, March 2, 2015) VANCOUVER, Wash. — Proposed oil-by-rail facilities and refinery expansions in Washington would be enough to bring nearly 20 oil trains rolling into the state every day by 2020, according to a report by the state Department of...
Study: Oil trains pose risk to Pa.’s Lehigh Valley region
(Source: Allentown Morning Call, March 2, 2015) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Oil trains coursing through Pennsylvania put a sizable portion of state's population at risk daily, including tens of thousands of Lehigh Valley residents, according to two reports released Monday. Full...
KCS Director Michael R. Haverty sells $9.4 million in company stock
(Source: WKRB, March 2, 2015) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern Director Michael R. Haverty sold 80,973 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 27. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.39, for a total transaction of $9,424,447.47....
Hoffa: Reopen Mexican cross border trucking issue
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa called on him and the administration to protect highway...
FRA may require risk reduction programs for some railroads
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, March 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration is considering a rule that would require Class I freight railroads and railroads with poor safety performances to develop and implement formal risk reduction...
Federal bill could make railroad crossings safer
(Source: The Journal News, March 2, 2015) CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — U.S. Reps. Nita Lowey and Sean Patrick Maloney on Monday said Congress should approve passenger rail legislation that would provide funding to relocate grade crossings, advanced train technology and boost...
House likely to vote on $7.8 billion Amtrak bill on March 3
(Source: The Hill, March 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House is likely to vote on nearly $8 billion funding bill for Amtrak on Tuesday. The measure (H.R. 749), which calls for spending approximately $1.7 billion annually over the next four years on the rail service,...
Two weeks later, W.Va. families continue feeling effects of CSX derailment
(Source: WOWK TV, March 2, 2015) MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — Two weeks after the Fayette County trail derailment, William Patton still has many unanswered questions. He lives in Montgomery, about four miles away from Mount Carbon, and he says he continues to see the effects...
Crude oil on CSX train that derailed in W.Va. had high level of gas
(Source: Albany Times Union, March 3, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning that the CSX oil train that derailed and exploded last month in West Virginia carried Bakken crude with so much combustible gas that it would have been barred...
Terrorists a greater threat to crude by rail than derailments, CP Rail CEO says
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 2, 2015) TORONTO — The chance of a terrorist attack on a train hauling flammable goods is a greater threat to public safety than a derailment, says Hunter Harrison, chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Full story:...
North American rail consolidation unlikely to involve CP Rail, CEO says
(Source: Reuters, March 2, 2015) NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd is unlikely to be involved in the consolidation of the North American industry in the short term, Chief Executive Hunter Harrison said on Monday. Full story: Reuters
New York, New Jersey trains depend on icicle brigade
(Source: New York Times, March 2, 2015) NEW YORK — The rail tunnels that connect New York City and New Jersey are 105 years old, and the technique that Amtrak employees have been using to keep trains running through them this frigid winter is hardly more modern. In...
Records show trains carry Bakken crude through Fort Worth
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As many as four trains carrying crude oil from North Dakota pass through the Fort Worth area each week on their way to the Gulf Coast, according to documents filed with the state by BNSF Railway....
New company looks to transform Bonner into a freight hub
(Source: Missoulian, Marc 1, 2015) MISSOULA, Mont. — There is an entire magazine dedicated to inland ports, aptly called Inland Port Magazine, but not a lot of people in the Missoula area are familiar with the term. Full story: www.missoulian.com
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