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County Commissioners working on funding Taylor Ranch railroad crossing
2015-03-21 18:28:10| Railroads - Topix.net
Baldomero P. Barajas, 60, of Alamogordo, was killed instantly after he failed to stop for an oncoming Union Pacific train while he drove his company pickup truck across the railroad tracks at Taylor Ranch Road south of town March 15, 2013. Otero County Commissioners and Union Pacific railroad are trying to hammer out an agreement to install a crossing gate at Taylor Ranch Road.
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OSHA Cites Union Pacific Railroad for Disciplining Whistle-blowers
2015-03-18 01:26:38| Railroads - Topix.net
OSHA is calling out Union Pacific Railroad after the federal agency has received more than 200 whistle blower complaints since 2001. OSHA says U.P. has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act at its North Platte yard for the third time since 2011.
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Latest inspection turns up railroad tanker defects
2015-03-17 17:02:32| Railroads - Topix.net
The Cuomo Administration is out with results of their latest round of state and federal inspections of railway oil tankers and track and they found 93 defects including seven that were serious enough to require rapid action. Trains carrying hydrofracked crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken oil fields have become an issue, particularly in places like Albany where they arrive to unload their cargo onto Hudson River barges.
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NTSB to hold forum on dangers of railroad trespassing.
2015-03-13 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Scheduled for March 24–25, Trains and Trespassing: Ending Tragic Encounters forum will be chaired by NTSB Board Member Robert L. Sumwalt. Event will feature speakers who have been seriously injured by trains; those whose communities have been affected; and railroad employee assistance program employees whose train crews have struck people on railroad property. Forum will review diversity of trespassing accidents and incidents and look at current and future prevention strategies.
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Railroad to reopen Sunday night after derailment, fire near Galena
2015-03-09 02:07:32| Railroads - Topix.net
Smoke rises from the scene of a derailed Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carrying crude oil near Galena, IL on Friday, March 6, 2015. The train derailed derailed south of Galena at 1:20 p.m. Thursday.
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