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After West Virginia Explosion, Oil Trains Quietly Rerouted Through Virginia Towns
2015-02-24 02:31:42| Railroads - Topix.net
This aerial Feb. 17, 2015 file photo photo made available by the Office of the Governor of West Virginia shows a derailed train in Mount Carbon, W Va. After a CSX Corp. train carrying 3 million gallons of crude oil derailed and exploded in West Virginia last week, the company is quietly rerouting its volatile cargo through 16 Virginia cities and counties, according to Reuters .
Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year
2015-02-22 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people if an accident happens in a densely populated part of the U.S. The projection comes from a previously unreported analysis by the Department of Transportation that reviewed the risks of moving vast quantities of both fuels across the nation and through major cities. The study completed...
Mainline trains to get free WiFi
2015-02-20 11:13:48| Wireless - Topix.net
COMMUTERS from Basingstoke are expected to benefit from free Wi-Fi on all trains on the Wessex mainline by 2017.
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Miami-Orlando train track may host Tri-Rail commuter trains to downtown
2015-02-20 03:05:18| Railroads - Topix.net
Tri-Rail, the commuter service that has been running trains on the CSX track west of Interstate 95 between Palm Beach County and Miami since late last century, is now working on a major new plan: to run trains into downtown Miami beginning in late 2016 or early 2017. Jack Stephens, executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, said the plan calls for running the trains on a stretch of the same track that would be used by a planned Miami-Orlando passenger service.
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Feds investigating dangerous cargo on trains
2015-02-19 06:02:26| Railroads - Topix.net
The railroad industry is regulated by the feds and information on these trains is shared with each state's homeland security and emergency management officials. They are then supposed to share it with local first responders.
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