====== 2016 US Rail Shut-down? ======


{{:blog:coalagenov2015railshutdown.png?200|}}This is a short excerpt of a longer article appearing in the November
2015 issue of Coal Age Magazine, on possible shutdown of the US Rail
System at the start of 2016.

TIH: Toxic Inhalation Hazards.  [[http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/rpp/Working%20papers/Rail%20Transportation%20of%20TIH.pdf|TIH release in a densely populated area could have catastrophic consequences]].

As of December 14th 2015, [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3651|H.R.3651]] to extend the deadline is stuck in committee:

Latest Title: Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] (introduced 9/30/2015)
Latest Major Action: 10/1/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.


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