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Stop shipping volatile oil by rail
2013-07-11 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The tragedy of the train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, has brought home just how small our world has become. Oil that was drilled in North Dakota's Bakken oil fields is loaded onto rail cars and passes through a small Canadian community and shatters their world in an instant. All my thoughts and best wishes go out to the families and emergency responders in the midst of this human and environmental catastrophe. Everyone is touched by this man-made disaster -- 20 killed, 30 missing -- because...
Network Rail introduces R&D technical strategy
2013-07-11 01:00:00| Railway Technology
UK infrastructure manager Network Rail has introduced its new technical strategy, which highlights research and development (R&D) priorities and opportunities for the rail industry over the next 30 years.
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Waterloo Regional Council approves purchase of Bombardier light rail vehicles
2013-07-11 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Waterloo Regional Council in Ontario, Canada, has approved an agreement between Metrolinx and Bombardier Transportation for the purchase of 14 light rail transit vehicles (LRVs) for $92.4m.
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Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line
2013-07-11 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Abuja-Kaduna rail line is one of the first Standard Gauge Railway Modernisation Projects (SGRMP) undertaken in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa.
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EIA: rail delivery of US oil and petroleum products continues to increase, but rate slower; 1.37M barrels per day
2013-07-10 17:30:19| Green Car Congress
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