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Railroad company Norfolk Southern Corp. is moving its headquarters from Norfolk, Virginia, to Atlanta, bringing with it 850 jobs and more than $500…
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After a nearly 40 year hiatus, passenger rail service returns to Roanoke Tuesday morning.Rail fans cheered as a special Amtrak train rolled up to the new…
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It’s been two years since several petroleum tank cars derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic, claiming 47 lives and almost destroying the small Canadian…
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Tickets are now on sale for Norfolk & Western Class J 611 excursion this spring and summer.There are several day trips around the state, and you can find…
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It’s been nearly two months since a train derailed in Lynchburg, sending a fireball into the sky above that city’s downtown and spilling oil into the…
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Each year officials investigate an average of ten derailments in Virginia alone. Most involve coal or grain – cargoes unlikely to cause trouble for nearby…
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For decades Americans have worried about our dependence on foreign oil and gas. By 2005 we were importing 60% of our energy, but in 2008 a new technology…
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Within hours of a rail crash in Lynchburg on April 30, inspectors for the state and federal governments and CSX were on the scene – trying to figure out…
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In just over a year, North America has seen a dozen serious accidents involving trains that derailed while carrying flammable crude oil. One of those…
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The derailment in Lynchburg of a CSX train carrying Bakken crude oil in April could have been much worse … and procedures and policies should be revised…