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 smashup that the first two cars had. They hit, it was explained, a device on the track. They were doing maintenance and of course an investigation will be to be looked into why that was on the tracks while the train was coming. You are taught at an early age in science that when an object like a train is moving 80 Miles Per Hour it takes a long time to come to a halt. Host this is around the identif
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 rules are going to be. So mr. Brown, and mr. Lonegro, just a question to the two of you. About a year ago, jenese whoa eming train carrying 2. 7 million gallons of crude oil derailed in alabama, derailed and spilled oil all over the wet lands. I want to ask to see what your company is doing to make sure that is not happening again. And last year a scx train auto derailed in virginia and spilled 30,
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 business, we know that price is reduced the volume has lessened greatly so in some cases we have some of those cars in a storage status but maybe mr. Lonegro deals with it on a much larger scale than i do. Thanks. David is right they all move in different pieces of equipment. In the crude situation specifically, the grand majority of those are privately owned by the shippers not by any of the railr
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, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 410. The speaker on this vote 413 yeas, no nays. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended the bill is passed and
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 whether or not the government should be increasing funding for the rail way. We want to get your thoughts on that this morning. If you live in the eastern part of the country dial in. Mountain pacific area and amtrak riders riders remember you can also join the conversation on twitter cspan wj and also spend an email journal. The phone lines are open so you can start dialling in. Well get your though