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Track Problems Snag LIRR Trains During Evening Rush
2014-02-22 23:09:43| Railroads - Topix.net
A track condition at Penn Station caused major delays on the Long Island Rail Road during the Friday evening rush.
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Deal Reached to Slow Freight Trains Carrying Crude
2014-02-22 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Department of Transportation and Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced an agreement Friday to lower the speed limit for freight trains carrying crude oil. They also agreed to inspect tracks more frequently as part of a new safety effort. The voluntary reforms follow the high-profile December derailment of a train in Casselton, N.D., that resulted in 400,000 gallons of crude oil being spilled and prompted a push for more stringent federal regulation of freight rail shipments involving...
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Railroads government reach agreement to make oil trains safer
2014-02-21 21:02:15| Railroads - Topix.net
Railroads that haul crude shipments of oil reached an agreement Friday with U.S. transportation officials to adopt voluntary safety measures, according to the Associated Press.
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Oregon Safety Inspections Lag Behind Spike in Oil Trains Traveling Through Northwest Towns
2014-02-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: When the Oregon state inspector got close enough to the hulking black rail car with the red placard warning about flammable liquids inside, he heard hissing. It was August. TILX 350519, a tank car that holds 30,000 gallons of crude oil, was waiting to be unloaded at an industrial park on the Columbia River near Clatskanie. The car had traveled 1,200 miles from Dore, North Dakota, a tiny town at the heart of a boom feeding a rapidly growing amount of oil into the country`s rail system -- a new...
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Metro-North riders endure packed trains, long waits; railroad to run more trains for evening commute
2014-02-14 17:26:34| Railroads - Topix.net
Friday has been a rough ride for Metro-North commuters -- if they were lucky to even catch a train.
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