The United States averted a national freight rail strike a few weeks ago, when the Biden administration stepped in to broker a deal between rail companies and their union employees. Rail workers Continue Reading
The White House on Thursday morning announced it had reached a “tentative” agreement to avert a national rail strike that had threatened the nation’s economy. President Biden said in a Continue Reading
The Biden administration is making preparations for a complete shutdown of the railway system amid failing talks between trade unions and railways. The negotiations have been going on for more Continue Reading
Highlights 70% of US ethanol shipped by rail Strike would interrupt coal deliveries Coal shortage could boost gas demand Commodity markets were closely watching negotiations between US railroads and unions Continue Reading
For the last 20 years, the plan to dig new train tunnels under the Hudson River — among the most ambitious and important transportation projects in the country — has Continue Reading
The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Continue Reading
Canadian Pacific will significantly expand the scope of its hydrogen locomotive program with a $15-million grant announced by Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA). The grant enables CP to increase the number Continue Reading
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Siemens Mobility have developed what they say is the world’s first train that operates by itself in rail traffic. Dr. Richard Lutz, CEO of DB, and Continue Reading
Anyone who has spent Christmas morning sending a choo choo around the tree knows the primary hazards to trains are toys wandering onto the track, and taking turns at high Continue Reading
The financial impact of wildfires and heavy rains on the Union Pacific railway so far this year could top $100m, as intensifying effects of climate change brought cascading disruptions to Continue Reading
Amtrak has signed a mammoth contract with manufacturing company Siemens Mobility for 83 new train sets, part of a $7.3 billion plan to upgrade its rolling stock over the next Continue Reading
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg got a close-up look at the crumbling state of New York City’s most critical rail link on Monday and vowed that the Biden administration was committed Continue Reading
Wabtec Corporation announced that its FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive—functioning as one unit in a consist also containing two Tier 4 locomotives—delivered more than an 11% average reduction in fuel consumption and Continue Reading
U.S. freight railroads are trying to take advantage of a train enthusiast president who’s concerned about global warming with a lobbying campaign depicting their industry as a solution to climate Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to approve a rail link between Canada and Alaska could open up an export route to Asia for Alberta’s struggling oil sands producers. The presidential permit, Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to approve a $22-billion freight railway project that will run between Alberta and Alaska to transport a variety of commodities such as oil, ore, Continue Reading
With concerns growing over fuel shortages and layoffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under increasing pressure Tuesday to end a rail blockade by Indigenous protesters that has shut down the Continue Reading
A major Canadian rail company is shutting down trans-continental train services amid blockades protesting a pipeline in British Columbia. CN Rail says it will be forced to shut down its Continue Reading
Crude-by-rail shipments from Canada’s oil-rich province Alberta have nearly halted, while other provinces face critical shortages of propane, as the strike at Canadian National Railway drags on for a fourth Continue Reading
The shutdown of one of Canada’s largest crude pipelines has shippers turning to rail to move their oil. (Bloomberg) — The shutdown of one of Canada’s largest crude pipelines has Continue Reading
Highlights Union Pacific, BNSF still shipped roughly 60% of demand in March Recovery to ‘pre-flood levels’ took place in April Utilities could feel the impact of flooding in the Midwestern Continue Reading
Highlights Governor’s plans still uncertain: spokeswoman Despite changes, North Dakota plans to sue Washington — A bill that could dramatically impact roughly 150,000 b/d of crude-by-rail traffic to refineries in Continue Reading
The State of Washington’s House of Representatives has just passed a bill to reduce vapor pressure limits on crude-by-rail shipments through the state. If the bill becomes law, analysts say Continue Reading
The Washington state House of Representatives has passed a bill which would set new vapor pressure limits on crude sent into the state by rail, but with a major change Continue Reading
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday the state will not complete a $77.3 billion planned high-speed rail project but will finish a smaller section of the line. “The project, Continue Reading
While rising incomes in developing economies create stronger transportation demand — where the need for flexibility tends to favor car and air travel — increased railway use would save energy, Continue Reading
The use of trains to carry crude is surging after dropping in recent years amid concerns about safety, as drillers in parts of North America produce more oil than area Continue Reading
The Government of Alberta has been forced into buying more oil trains to move crude from the province, the Calgary Sun reports, quoting Premier Rachel Notley as describing the situation Continue Reading
Alberta is working to buy rail cars to help ship more crude as pipeline bottlenecks have the oil-rich province grappling with historic low prices. (Bloomberg) — Alberta is working to Continue Reading
Faced with a crisis moving oil out of the country, the provincial government in Alberta is stepping in to purchase trains in order to ease the midstream bottleneck. Western Canada Continue Reading
Canada’s Alberta is in talks to buy rail cars to transport 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and expects a deal to conclude within weeks, Premier Rachel Notley Continue Reading
Canadian National Railway Co. expects to set a record for crude-by-rail shipments next year as it vies with Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to dominate a booming market for the alternative Continue Reading
The Prime Minister of Alberta, Rachel Notley, has called on the federal government in Ottawa to supply more rail cars to transport the province’s rising crude oil production to refineries Continue Reading
Norbert Gresing shook his head as two teenage boys, deep in conversation and wearing earplugs, stepped out in front of his tram. “This is the type of situation I face Continue Reading
Crude by rail is making a comeback as North American crude production outpaces takeaway pipeline capacity in the Permian and lower rail costs make Bakken margins attractive to both US Continue Reading
Highlights Concerns over available rail capacity for coal this winter Total rail traffic up 4% from year-ago: AAR Houston — North American railroads have begun to invest in improving rail Continue Reading
A Canadian energy regulator reported the average daily amount of crude oil exported by rail has nearly doubled from the previous year. Canada designates nearly all of its oil exports Continue Reading
Growth in Canadian crude oil production has outpaced expansions in pipeline takeaway capacity and, along with past pipeline outages, has driven Canadian crude oil prices lower and increased Canadian crude Continue Reading
A potential strike by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. workers threatens to derail a recovery in Alberta’s beaten-down heavy oil prices. On Tuesday, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and the International Continue Reading
Canadian railway operators see a lucrative opportunity to transport more crude oil to the United States as a rise in output force producers to find new routes to its southern Continue Reading
Throughout 2016 and 2017, a rail terminal built to accept crude oil for the largest East Coast refinery often sat idle, with few trains showing up to unload. Although little Continue Reading
A big winner from surging imports of energy products into Mexico from the United States is the rail industry, benefiting from weak pipeline systems beset by a lack of connectivity, Continue Reading
Canadian crude-by-rail exports to the United States climbed to a six-month high of 137,000 barrels per day in October, data from the National Energy Board showed on Friday, the latest Continue Reading
“It’s hard for the railroads to change their operating plan really quickly,” Steve Owens, rail analyst at IHS Markit, said in a phone interview with World Oil. “There are equipment Continue Reading
One of the largest haulers of US coal says fossil fuels have no future, despite pledges to the contrary from President Donald Trump. CSX, a freight railroad company with origins Continue Reading
Despite a string of recent successes by West Coast communities to block the construction of oil-by-rail facilities, the oil industry has no plans to give up using rail to move Continue Reading
Argentina’s national government is in the preparatory stages for equipping an aging railway and laying new train tracks to service the Vaca Muerta shale play. Jorge Ocampos, a legislator in Continue Reading
Getting older rail cars that carry crude oil out of service quicker means eliminating the weakest link in the chain of safety, the Canadian government said. Canadian Transport Minister Marc Continue Reading
Even at its height in 2014, crude-by-rail accounted for less than 2% of total rail… The oil-train boom is waning almost as quickly as it began. Rail became a major Continue Reading
U.S. regulators on Wednesday proposed a rule on trains carrying crude that requires railroads to share information on the shipments with local governments and emergency responders, a month after a Continue Reading
