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CSX notifies W.Va. that its oil trains will bypass derailment scene
(Source: Reuters, February 19, 2015) NEW YORK — CSX has notified state officials of its plans to bypass the scene of a crude train derailment and continue delivering oil to a terminal on the Virginia coast, emergency management officials from Virginia and West...
Fires out at train derailment site, evacuation order mostly lifted
(Source: West Virginia MetroNews, February 20, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The tanker fires were out Friday at the site of Monday’s CSX train derailment near Montgomery in Fayette County and almost all residents of Mount Carbon and Adena Village were being allowed to...
One week later, FRA says investigation continues at site of CSX oil train derailment in W.Va.
(Source: West Virginia MetroNews, February 22, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The investigation of what occurred during last week’s CSX train derailment in Fayette County continued with the removal of most of the Bakken crude oil from the 27 tanker cars, according to the...
Judge approves agreement ending government oversight of Teamsters union
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chief Judge Loretta Preska of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York approved an agreement that ends more than 25 years of...
Seat assignments and faster, more reliable Wi-Fi coming to Amtrak
(Source: Forbes, February 18, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When it comes to the Amtrak experience, there is no shortage of passenger complains. Two longstanding issues with Amtrak service, the lack of seat assignments and under performing Wi-Fi, may finally receive a fix...
Illinois governor wants to cut Amtrak service
(Source: The Southern, February 19, 2015) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak riders could see fewer trains rolling through Illinois under Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget. As part of the spending plan unveiled Wednesday by the Republican businessman, funding that helps pay...
BNSF announces spending plan for Missouri infrastructure
(Source: Daily Star-Journal, February 19, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Co. announced the company’s 2015 capital program for Missouri operations is an estimated $153 million for rail capacity improvement projects and maintenance. Full story: Daily...
CN Rail-Unifor contract talks at impasse; strike vote likely
(Source: Reuters Canada, February 18, 2015) TORONTO — Protracted contract talks between Canadian National Railway Co and the union that represents 4,800 of its mechanical, clerical and intermodal staff are at an impasse, and the union says it is considering a strike...
LIRR engineers’ vote on contract proposal ends Sunday
(Source: Newsday, February 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Long Island Rail Road engineers have until Sunday to vote on a proposed new contract that would avert a possible strike, officials said Wednesday. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division 269,...
Amtrak modifies schedules again for Thursday and Friday
(Source: PennLive, February 18, 2015) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amtrak is modifying its schedule Thursday and Friday in some service areas because of extreme cold weather expected to hit the region. Full story: www.pennlive.com
Mass. Gov. Baker is ‘done with excuses’ from Keolis, MBTA Commuter Rail
(Source: MassLive, February 18, 2015) BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters on Wednesday that the French company that operates the Commuter Rail needs to improve its quality of service as soon as possible. Full story: www.masslive.com
As high-speed rail gains momentum, U.S. can look to Europe’s example
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Most of the debate over the building of the nation's first bullet train, in California, has focused on the economics of such a monumental undertaking and its projected $68-billion first-phase price tag....
Race to build California bullet train shows value of U.S. market
(Source: Bloomberg, February 19, 2015) NEW YORK — California has set off a global race to supply train cars for the state’s nascent high-speed rail line, a $1 billion contract proponents say could fuel a U.S. manufacturing boom worth far more than that. Full story:...
Trains are carrying — and spilling — a record amount of oil
(Source: Washington Post, February 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In fact, the oil spill and fire on the banks of the Kanawha River was the latest occurrence of a type of accident that U.S. officials say is becoming distressingly common. Federal agencies are documenting...
Fiery CSX oil train derailment raises questions about oil tank cars
(Source: Associated Press, February 18, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX train that derailed about 30 miles southeast of Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday, causing explosions and fireballs, was carrying volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota’s shale fields...
CSX oil train fire seen adding pressure for U.S. safety rule
(Source: Bloomberg, February 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments. Full story: Philadelphia...
CSX, water company sued over train derailment and response
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 18, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two Fayette County restaurants and two shareholders in those restaurants sued CSX and West Virginia American Water Company on Wednesday, two days after a train carrying crude oil derailed, caught fire...
Fires from CSX oil train derailment burn for a third day as residents wait to return home
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 18, 2015) MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — Small fires continued to burn for a third day at the site of the latest crude oil train derailment, more than 100 people remain locked out of their homes and investigators trying to determine the...
CSX oil train derailment fires burning out; officials keeping close eye on water supply
(Source: Fayette Tribune, February 19, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — As the smoke clears and the fire continues to burn itself out, more details are being learned about the train derailment that took place in Fayette County near Mount Carbon on Monday. Full story:...
Teamsters call on CEOs of six companies to denounce tactics used by Compass Transportation
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 17, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — In a letter to the CEOs of six East Bay-area companies, Rome Aloise, International Vice President and President of Teamsters Local 853 in San Leandro, Calif., called on...
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