Archive for March 7, 2018

(Source: Globe and Mail, March 7, 2018) OTTAWA — The backlog of crop shipments that has raised tensions between the railways and grain industry has clogged West Coast ports with ships waiting to be loaded. Full story: Globe and Mail Wednesday, March 7, 2018

(Source: Observer-Reporter, March 6, 2018) FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. — On March 6 near Fredericktown, Pa., a train broadsided a tanker truck hauling some 4,400 gallons of a corrosive solution of hydrochloric acid as the rig’s driver crossed the tracks about 10:30 a.m. Officials said the truck driver was flown by helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital. Washington…