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Safety-tech deadline may exempt US railways from freight obligations

The Dec 31 deadline to implement PTC prompts Buffett's BNSF Railway to consider suspending service

Published Tue, Sep 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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US RAILROADS may not be obligated under federal law to carry freight including crude oil and hazardous materials from Jan 1 if they fail to meet a year-end deadline for implementing new train safety technology, according to a top federal regulator.

In a Sept 3 letter to the Senate Commerce Committee, US Surface Transportation Board chairman Daniel Elliott says the common carrier obligation requiring freight railroads to honour reasonable requests for service from shippers "is not absolute, and railroads can suspend service for various reasons, including safety".

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