by SRTC Staff | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized |
BNSF Railway says it’s moving less oil trains through Washington state than in past months. BNSF previously reported as many as 19 trains of Bakken crude oil trains came through the area in a week. That number dropped to 13 for June. The railroad had tried to...
by SRTC Staff | Jun 18, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Area residents got to share their thoughts and opinions yesterday with state lawmakers working on a bill that would regulate an expected boom in trains carrying crude oil across the state. The focus of the session at Spokane City Hall was legislation co-sponsored...
by SRTC Staff | May 5, 2014 | Uncategorized |
BNSF Railway is putting some major money into track improvements in our area to increase rail capacity and improve track condition. The railroad plans to spend $235 million to refurbish 1,200 miles of track and hire about forty people in the area. The Spokesman-Review...
by SRTC Staff | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
As more information becomes available, more concerns are surfacing concerning oil and coal trains. A report released last week estimates that shipping the fuels by rail could bring 82 trains a day through Spokane and Sandpoint in ten years. At the...
by SRTC Staff | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized |
According to KXLY News, shipments of freight and oil are bumping Amtrak’s use of rail lines, causing the trains to detour. Amtrak uses BNSF Railway Co. lines and says “severe freight train interference” is causing long delays along the...
