by SRTC Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Uncategorized |
A train derailment yesterday is still blocking traffic today, and could be until tomorrow. the grain train jumped the tracks yesterday at Cheney-Spokane Road on the northeast side of Cheney. Meanwhile, the incident is drawing attention to another risk involving...
by SRTC Staff | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The perception in Spokane has always been that travel by rail just really isn’t convenient because of the hours. Traditionally, the Amtrak passenger plane would arrive in Spokane around 1 a.m. and department a while later. The SRTC offices are in the bus and...
by SRTC Staff | Sep 30, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last Friday, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on freight transportation and related congestion. The GAO did this study because projected increased in freight transportation by truck and train is expected to increase traffic...
by SRTC Staff | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Did you see this video or these pictures over the weekend? They’re pretty incredible. Three Boeing airplane fuselages slid down a steep embankment into the Clark Fork River following a train derailment in western Montana, about ten miles west of Alberton. The...
by SRTC Staff | May 22, 2014 | Uncategorized |
According to the Spokesman-Review, a freight train has derailed in North Idaho near the Kootenai River, but BNSF officials said nothing has spilled into the waterway and no hazardous materials were involved. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said the train with three...