DEERFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Pan Am Railways has agreed to pay $152,000 to settle allegations that it violated the federal environmental laws at rail yards in western Massachusetts and Maine. The EPA announced the agreement Tuesday. The agency says the Billerica-based railroad company violated conditions of a permit related to storm water management at its […]
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Cause yet to be determined in Rumford train derailment
RUMFORD — After a week of investigating, a cause has yet to be determined for the six rail cars that slipped off the tracks on the evening of July 11 on Route 108 in Rumford, said Cynthia Scarano, the Pan Am Railways vice president of human resources. The trains, which are part of Pan Am […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Railway alerts Androscoggin County dispatchers to train derailment
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police were alerted last week that a Pan Am train had derailed across Strickland Loop Road, off Route 106, and a section of rail was broken. Pan Am Railways advised the Androscoggin County dispatch center in Auburn on Aug. 15 at 11:34 p.m. that 10 cars had derailed and they were blocking […]
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Maine DEP investigating why Pan Am stopped paying monthly oil shipping fees
AUGUSTA — As revenue to a state oil spill clean-up fund shrivels, officials are investigating why Pan Am Railways has not paid the legally required monthly fees into that fund for crude oil the company has shipped over Maine rails. Every company that ships crude oil or refined petroleum products through Maine is required to […]
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Maine DEP says Pan Am behind on paying oil shipping fees
AUGUSTA — As revenue to a state oil spill clean-up fund shrivels, officials are investigating why Pan Am Railways has not paid the legally required monthly fees into that fund for crude oil the company has shipped over Maine rails. Every company that ships crude oil or refined petroleum products through Maine is required to […]