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Wilmington, the train was moving along and made a sudden jerk like it was going to make an abrupt stop. This isnt the slowdown during the a curve. It came to a complete stop, there was smoke, smelt like the brakes were smoldering so we sat there wondering what had happened. The electricity was knocked out so there was no pa system. So the rumors started to fly but after about 25 minutes one of the crew came back and started to explain what happened. The first two cars were hit badly but we were lucky to be in the next to last car of the train so we felt the impact obviously but didnt get to sm...

A danger to our citizens and our communities. Secretary fox announced the rule making for the safe transport of crude oil in july of 2014. Were still waiting for those final rules but the longer we delay, the more that lives are actually in danger. And those standards call for tank cars both retro fitting old cars and building new ones for tank car thickness the length of time how long the shippers have to refurbish or build new cars and the speed and routes which these trains take, all of this is in this rule making. I think its critical for us to get some certitude in terms of what the new r...

Coal. Well, in terms of the various commodities that you mentioned often they are in different types of equipment. Cole is handled in coal cars and oil is handled in tank cars and agriculture are certainly in covered hoppers. So its different types of equipment. We certainly endeavor to have the available supply of cars either through our car 1 partners or those that we provide ourselves for our customers to be able to move the amount of commodity that they wish to ship. As that grows we try to keep pace with additional equipment throughout the various market segments. So in terms of the oil b...

Host the house will be in order. Puffer sunt to clause 8 of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is the volt on the motion of the gentleman from washington, mr. Reichert on h. R. 606. The clerning will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 606 a bill to amend the Internal Revenue code to remove Public Safety officers and their dependents from gross income. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, i...

Senate for pass. And over on the house side republicans to approve a bill to ban most abortions. Lawmakers will vote in the house on legislation allowing congress to review any nuclear deal. The senate has passed the bill and the president said he would sign it if there are no major changes added. In philadelphia investigators are still determining what caused amtrak train 188 to derail. The train had been traveling 106 Miles Per Hour and that part of the track had not been equipped with safety programs to limit train speed. Well begin this morning with a debate in washington on amtrak and whe...