Category: Railroads
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LNG ‘Bomb trains’ should stop rolling on FEC tracks after appellate court’s order
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Federal judges have struck down President Trump’s first-term decision that led to rules allowing so-called “bomb trains” transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to roll through densely populated cities along the Florida East Coast Railway. -
Fortress forgave huge Trump loan, got federal permits to transport LNG by rail
By Ann Henson Feltgen and Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A multi-billion dollar private equity firm whose subsidiary was awarded two special permits by the Trump Administration to haul hazardous liquified natural gas (LNG), including by rail along Florida’s east coast, apparently forgave more than $100 million in debt owed by President Trump. -
Before Brightline became nation’s deadliest railroad, its owners rejected safety fixes
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The owners of Brightline, the nation’s only privately funded and operated train, have been on notice for years that they weren’t doing enough to prevent fatalities on their tracks. -
Trump’s push to fast track LNG by rail collides with LNG projects in Ukraine
By Ann Henson Feltgen and Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
President Trump’s effort to ramp up rail transport of volatile Liquified Natural Gas in the U.S. collided spectacularly last week with his administration’s push to export LNG to Eastern Europe. -
LNG ‘bomb trains’ ignite nightmare scenario for South Florida
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
“If I lived in South Florida near the Florida East Coast Railway corridor, I would move now…If a train derailed and there was an explosion and fire, you’re dead!,” said Amtrak engineer Ron Kaminkow, general secretary for Railroad Workers United. -
Gov. Scott’s huge, hidden stake in Chinese company supplying maker of Brightline trains
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Rick Scott and his wife had an enormous, hidden financial stake in a Chinese railway company that supplies components to the U.S. contractor building Brightline passenger trains for All Aboard Florida, a venture the governor strongly backed.
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