Management: Railroads

PHMSA revising hazmat rail requirements
Dec 2, 2008

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is revising the current requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations to require rail carriers to compile annual data...

Railcar market
appears in decline
Dec 2, 2008

The market for railcars is in the early stages of decline in terms of pricing and utilization, according to a November survey on railcar lessors by Paul Bodnar, an analyst with Longbow Research, Independence OH...

Railroad concerns prompt competition study
Nov 13, 2008

Railroad industry stakeholders continue to be concerned over competition, captivity, rates, service performance, and financial viability, according to a recent study commissioned by the Surface Transportation Board (STB)...

Railcar orders falling
Nov 7, 2008

FTR Associates, Nashville IN, has sharply reduced its expectations for railcar orders in 2009, in response to the fast-deteriorating condition of the general economy...

BNSF beginning ethanol
unit train deliveries
to Musket terminal
Oct 13, 2008

BNSF Railway Co, Fort Worth TX, will begin delivering unit trains to Musket Corp's newest ethanol storage terminal in in North Fort Worth, according to BNSF information....

FRA, railroad agreement aids bridge safety
Oct 1, 2008

Enhanced bridge safety will be the result of the first standard railroad bridge inspection and maintenance agreement between railroads and the Federal...

PHMSA wants comments on railcar standards
Jul 28, 2008

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is soliciting comments on the merits of petitions filed with the agency on an interim standard for railroad tank cars used to transport toxic by inhalation hazard (TIH) materials...

NACD voices concern
about railcar proposal
Jun 3, 2008

Although it is expressing support for a federal proposal to improve rail tank car safety, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD)...

NACD wants railroad
obligations maintained
May 2, 2008

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) has filed written testimony with the Surface Transportation Board...

New hazmat routing
required for railroads
Apr 30, 2008

Railroads will be required to route every train carrying the most toxic and dangerous hazardous materials on the safest and most secure route...

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