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Rail stocks mixed at close of March 23 trading
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on March 23, including Kansas City Southern, which fell 1.0 percent, and CN, which rose 0.3 percent. Full story: CBS News
Amtrak: Number of track miles equipped with PTC to more than triple in 2012
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 23, 2012) By year’s end, Amtrak expects to more than triple the number of track miles on its system featuring positive train control (PTC). Full story: Progressive Railroading
DesertXpress high-speed rail: A gamble or good thing?
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2012) LAS VEGAS — On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the...
Bid to appease California bullet train critics may violate law
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2012) LOS ANGELES — A series of concessions over the last year to quiet opposition to the California bullet train has created a potentially lethal problem: the revised blueprint for the system may violate requirements locked into...
Men blocked railroad tracks with TV, tables for photo shoot
(Source: Bellingham Herald, March 23, 2012) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Three men set up a flat-screen television, tables and a pillow on Bellingham railroad tracks for a photo shoot Thursday afternoon, March 22, before they were cited for trespassing, according to police....
Two Union Pacific employees injured after material spill in Martinez
(Source: Contra Costa Times, March 24, 2012) MARTINEZ, Calif. — Two Union Pacific employees were treated at a hospital for respiratory problems Friday night after possibly being to exposed hazardous materials, police said. Full story: San Jose Mercury News
House GOP budget would cut high-speed rail funds, green energy efforts
(Source: Detroit News, March 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A House Republican budget proposal would end all loan programs for green energy efforts — including canceling up to $16 billion in unawarded funds for auto factory retooling — and funds for high-speed rail....
Union Pacific fined for intimidating locomotive engineer
(Source: Associated Press, March 18, 2012) OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Labor Department has ordered Union Pacific to pay an engineer $24,823 for forcing the employee to continue working while ill. Officials say the engineer told UP officials that he was too sick to...
Famed locomotive engineer Casey Jones to get Blues Marker in Water Valley
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2012) WATER VALLEY, Miss. — Legendary railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones is getting a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Water Valley. Full story: The Republic
UP to use traveling museum as part of 150th anniversary celebration
(Source: Union Pacific press release, March 22, 2012) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — The Union Pacific Railroad Museum is taking its Building America exhibit on the road, or at least out on the rails. The Promontory, a Union Pacific Railroad 1962-vintage baggage car, has been...
