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MBTA considers possible fare refunds
(Source: Boston.com, February 23, 2015) BOSTON — MBTA staff members will review options for fare reimbursement with the Finance Committee of the MassDOT Board of Directors on March 3, in light of recent service challenges, a Monday statement said. Full story:...
CP Rail says it has reduced grain car backlog; BNSF making late deliveries
(Source: Associated Press, February 25, 2015) MINOT, N.D. — Canadian Pacific Railway says it has reduced a backlog of grain car orders, but BNSF Railway says it still has some late deliveries. Full story: Daily Journal
BNSF plans Colorado maintenance, expansion
(Source: BNSF Railway press release, February 24, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that its 2015 capital program for its operations in Colorado will be an estimated $141 million for rail maintenance and capacity improvement...
Virginia may have mis-reported amount of oil spilled in 2014 Lynchburg derailment
(Source: Daily Press, February 24, 2015) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Virginia officials reported this week that only 390 gallons of oil remain in the environment from the spill when a CSX oil train derailed in Lynchburg last April. Full story: Daily Press
Looking to gain crude and sand markets, CP expanding in Texas
(Source: LaCrosse Tribune, February 24, 2015) LA CRESCENT, Minn. — When construction equipment appeared next to the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks at Miller’s Crossing in January, sand mining opponents pounced. Full story: www.eaglefordtexas.com
Editorial: The lessons of Lac-Megantic
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 24, 2015) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadians are still gleaning lessons from the deadly Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 people in Quebec in July 2013. Full story: Calgary Herald
Canada watchdog: Recent CN derailment shows inadequacy of new tank cars
(Source: Reuters, February 23, 2015) TORONTO — A train derailment in Canada this month that set ablaze several new-model tank cars carrying crude oil shows the need for tougher rail car standards, Canada's safety watchdog said on Monday. Full story: Reuters
Ottawa proposes new insurance requirements for railways hauling crude oil, toxic inhalation hazards
(Source: Canadian Underwriter, February 20, 2015) OTTAWA — Canadian railways moving dangerous goods will have new minimum insurance requirements if a bill tabled Friday is passed into law. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt introduced Friday the Safe and Accountable Rail...
CSX says W.Va. rail line still shut after derailment
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX Corp rail line in West Virginia remained shut following an explosive oil train derailment on Feb. 16 that damaged the roadbed and tracks, though the type of work required to return the line to service...
Crews begin removal of contaminated soil at W.Va. derailment site
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 24, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workers on Tuesday started removing contaminated soil containing oil that spilled after a CSX train derailed in Fayette County, according to a CSX spokesman. Full story: Charleston Gazette
Preparedness key to W.Va. derailment response
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 24, 2015) SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emergency personnel responding to an oil train derailment in West Virginia last week applied lessons learned from a rail disaster more than three decades ago, and likely prevented a bad...
CN reaches tentative deal with Unifor, averting lockout
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) TORONTO — Canada's biggest railway reached a last-minute tentative agreement with one of its unions on Monday, averting a lockout that threatened to delay imports from Asia and compound a U.S. West Coast port logjam. Full story:...
NTSB: Driver apparently drove truck on tracks before Metrolink crash
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2015) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The truck involved in a Metrolink train derailment Tuesday morning in Oxnard that left dozens injured appears to have been traveling down the tracks just before the collision, an NTSB official said...
Metrolink train headed to Los Angeles crashes into truck; Dozens injured including locomotive engineer
(Source: New York Times, February 24, 2015) OXNARD, Calif. — Rail cars skidded onto their sides, a fireball lit up the dark, and nearly 30 people were injured early Tuesday when a commuter train slammed into a truck that had turned onto the railroad tracks and gotten...
Federal judge hears petition to halt CSX tunnel project; no ruling yet
(Source: Washington Post, February 20, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge heard arguments Friday morning on a petition for a preliminary injunction that would halt reconstruction plans for the Virginia Avenue tunnel in Southeast Washington. Full story:...
Minnesota governor wants review of proposed ‘high hazard’ train track
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, February 19, 2015) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton is asking a federal board to require an environmental study of a railroad track that could send "high hazard" freight trains through Minneapolis and west suburbs, including Crystal,...
Washington state seeks more oversight as rails carry more oil
(Source: Seattle Times, February 21, 2015) SEATTLE, Wash. — In Washington, oil-train traffic raises the stakes of what could happen in a major accident, and state regulators are asking the Legislature for more authority and more money to watchdog railroad safety. Full...
Texas attorney general orders release of oil train data
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oil train records held by the Texas Department of Public Safety are not subject to exemption under state open records law, the state attorney general ruled this week, and must be released in full...
Maryland lawmakers call for crude oil risk assessment, more railroad transparency
(Source: Baltimore Sun, February 19, 2015) BALTIMORE, Md. — State lawmakers concerned about increasingly common rail shipments of crude oil through Maryland are calling for the state to conduct a full assessment of the risks and for railroads to be more transparent...
Rail boom: Upper Mississippi becomes crude corridor
(Source: Madison.com, February 23, 2015) MADISON, Wisc. — As U.S. railroads scramble to haul growing volumes of freight and North Dakota crude oil, they are expanding workforces and sinking record amounts of money into their networks. That translates into major...
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