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(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) OTTAWA — Crude-by-rail shipments could more than double over the next two years from historic highs as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives, said the International Energy Agency Monday. Full story: www.globalnews.ca Tuesday, March 6, 2018

(Source: KGW, March 5, 2018) CENTRALIA, Wash. — Two trains derailed in a Centralia rail yard Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. A BNSF train was slowly moving in reverse when it collided with a Union Pacific freight train entering the Centralia rail yard, according to BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. Full story: www.kgw.com Tuesday, March 6,…

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of West Virginia teachers are again hopeful about their future thanks to the announcement today that state lawmakers agreed to raise their pay by five percent, ending a nine-day strike. Teachers in the Mountain State took the dramatic action because they ranked…

(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…