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SMART TD applauds DOT's tank car final rule
Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced its final rule for rail shipments of flammable liquids. The rule calls for enhanced safety standards for High-Hazard Flammable Trains (HHFT), including stricter tank car construction standards, [...]DOT issues final rule for transporting liquids
Rule will make significant and extensive changes to improve accident prevention, mitigation and emergency response WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a final rule for the safe transportation of flammable liquids by rail. The final rule, de [...]Treasurers’ workshop scheduled for May 12-14
The SMART Transportation Division is conducting a second local treasurers’ workshop at its headquarters in North Olmsted, Ohio, May 12-14. Attendance is limited to 25 registrants. Those interested in attending the workshop should contact the office of the SMART Transportation [...]
Mother of former NLD James Stem dies
Josephine Mae Catlette Stem, 106, the mother of retired former National Legislative Director James Stem, died April 27. Stem said his mother was at peace and not in pain at the time of her death. Mrs. Stem was born Oct. 18, 1908, in the Brassfield Parish of Granville County, [...]House GOP proposes tighter transportation spending
The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal-year 2016 budget proposals for transportation, housing and urban development, which call for cuts to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) discretionary spending, as well as reductions in th [...]
Pa. hires expert on preventing oil-train mishaps
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is hiring a railroad engineering expert for three months to advise on ways to prevent oil-train accidents. Allan M. Zarembski, a University of Delaware research professor and director of the university’s railroad enginee [...]Freight train hits parked train in N.M., one dead
A freight train struck another train head-on early Tuesday in southeastern New Mexico, killing one crew member on the moving train and injuring a second, a railroad official said. The accident occurred about 6:20 a.m. on a siding — a short section of tracks alongside the main [...]
Class I railroads release 1st quarter 2015 earnings
CSX Corporation announced increases in its first quarter earnings April 14. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2015 came in at $442 million, an 11 percent increase over the $398 million reported for the same quarter of 2014. The company announced a 13 percent increase of e [...]