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Railroads emerge as alternative to Keystone XL pipeline for moving oil sands from Canada (Source: Washington Post, March 3, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even if foes of the Keystone XL pipeline block it, companies seeking to get Canada’s oil sands to U.S. and world markets could travel the old-fashioned way: by rail. While TransCanada has been trying to obtain a U.S. permit to build the 875-mile northern leg of its Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian and U.S. railroad companies have been busy installing new track and loading facilities to carry the oil sands crude from northern Alberta to refineries in the United States and Canada. Full story: Washington Post Monday, March 04, 2013 © 1997-2013 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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