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Senators to reintroduce grade crossing safety act
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/05/19) U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced they will reintroduce a bill to fund improvements to “dangerous” grade crossings. The announcement comes nearly a week after a fatal accident involving two MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains and a car at a crossing in Nassau County, New York. …
Read MoreMore growth planned for UP-CP Can-Am corridor
(Source: Railway Age, March 4, 2019) NEW YORK — The past two decades have been a time of steady growth for Union Pacific’s only route to the Canadian border, running from Hinkle, Ore., north through Spokane, Wash., to Eastport, Idaho. Capacity improvements performed over the past several years, and more scheduled for 2019, are evidence…
Read MoreWashington state safety bill would set lower pressure standards for trains carrying oil
(Source: The Spokesman-Review, March 5, 2019) SPOKANE, Wash. — Trains carrying crude oil through Spokane and the rest of the state to Washington refineries would have to keep it under lower pressure under a bill supporters say will reduce the chance of catastrophic accidents. The bill requires the oil in the tanks be loaded, unloaded…
Read MoreRegistration open for BLET’s St. Louis regional meeting, June 24-28, 2019
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 28 — Registration is now open for the BLET regional meeting at the Hilton at the Ballpark in St. Louis, Mo., June 24-28, 2019. The BLET National Division is planning a meeting filled with educational opportunities and entertaining leisure time activities. Guests will stay at the Hilton at the Ballpark (1 South…
Read MoreU.S. rail traffic down a bit in Week 8
(Source: Progressive Railroading 02/28/2019) A dip in intermodal volume led to a 1.1 percent decline in total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 23 compared with the same week a year ago, according to Association of American Railroads (AAR) data. U.S railroads moved 522,630 carloads and intermodal units during the week. Of that, carload volume…
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