by SRTC Staff | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized |
The decision on whether to fine the owners of coal and oil trains that pass through downtown Spokane will likely be up to voters. According to the Spokesman-Review, the Spokane County Elections Office yesterday reported the initiative, first proposed last year by...
by SRTC Staff | Aug 16, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Spokane’s City Council did an about-face last night and withdrew a measure from the November ballot that would have let voters decide whether to fine railroad operators up to $261 per train car carrying flammable crude or coal through downtown Spokane. According...
by SRTC Staff | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized |
A coal train travels through downtown Spokane. Photocourtesy Spokesman-Review archives. Spokane’s City Council last night voted 6-0 to ask voters if they want to fine railroads for running coal and oil trains through the city. According to the Spokesman-Review,...
by SRTC Staff | Jul 20, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Photo courtesy the Spokesman-Review Two to three oil trains a day travel through the area on over a mile of elevated train tracks that run right through downtown Spokane. An article in today’s Spokesman-Review says the proximity of the tracks to Spokane’s most...
by SRTC Staff | Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized |
An oil train burns near the town of Mosier last week. Spokane’s City Council is asking Union Pacific to halt train shipments of oil through the Columbia River town of Mosier, Oregon, until the oil tankers from Friday’s derailment are removed from the accident...
