Archive for July 2016
BLET to host S-T training class in September
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 26 — The BLET Education and Training Department will conduct a training class for Secretary-Treasurers from September 13-15, 2016, at the Training Center at BLET National Division headquarters in Independence, Ohio. Registration for the class will be filled by Division Secretary-Treasurers who sign up on a first come, first served basis. Attendance…
Read MoreThis spot in Chicago is the epitome of a more than $100 billion problem facing America
From businessinsider.com By Andrew Stern Jul. 21, 2016, 12:56 PM A freight train more than 10,000 feet long, hauling hundreds of shipping containers, sits idle in residential Chicago. It’s the middle of the afternoon, and the CSX train is just parked there. Waiting. At this stretch of railroad, known as the 75th Street Corridor, that…
Read MoreCity proposes fining railroad for all oil cars passing through Spokane
From inforum.com By Jessica Holdman / Bismarck Tribune on Jul 21, 2016 at 7:51 p.m. SPOKANE, Wash. — A proposal by the city of Spokane, Wash., that would fine rail companies for cars carrying crude oil sets a “dangerous precedent” of targeting specific commodities that move by rail, according to BNSF Railway. But the Spokane…
Read MoreCanada to accelerate oil train car phaseout
From The Hill Canadian regulators are pushing up the deadline for old tank cars to be banned from carrying crude oil. Tank cars that do not meet new safety standards from Canada’s federal government must not carry oil after Nov. 1 under a new schedule due to be formally announced Monday, CBC News reported. That’s…
Read MoreDozens of lawmakers blast Chinese rail car deal
From The Hill Over 50 bipartisan lawmakers are urging federal agencies to investigate a pending Chinese rail car deal that say would threaten national security. In a letter to the Department of the Treasury, House members blasted a pending joint venture with the North Carolina-based rail manufacturing company Vertex Railcar Corporation, and two Chinese corporations,…
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