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Sixth and final fatality identified from Amtrak crash
(Source: Lahontan Valley News, July 10, 2011) FALLON, Nevada — Medical examiners identified the sixth fatality from the June 24 Amtrak train accident as Barbara Bell, 60, a resident of from the United Kingdom. Officials said DNA tests had to be used to identify the...
U.S. coal exports on track for 19-year high
(Source: Bloomberg News, July 9, 2011) NEW YORK — Filling a gap created when flooding interrupted Australian coal supplies, the United States stands to export the highest levels of coal since 1992. It is a boon for railroads such as Union Pacific and CSX...
Rail executive gets probation in campaign finance case
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 8, 2011) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — William Gardner, CEO of the Wisconsin & Southern short line and a major donor to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation for violating state campaign finance...
STB cuts filing fees for certain rate and unreasonable practice complaints
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, July 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an action that will provide greater public access to its processes, the Surface Transportation Board today announced that it is reducing the fee charged shippers to file a...
BNSF offers $5,000 reward for information about trestle fire
(Source: Bellingham Herald, July 7, 2011) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The BNSF Railway is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people who started a July 4 fire on the railway's bridge in Bellingham, Wash. The railroad said the...
NS derailment in Ohio blamed on broken rail
(Source: The Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune, July 8, 2011) ARCADIA, Ohio — A Norfolk Southern derailment in rural Ohio has been blamed on a broken rail. The February 6, 2011, derailment of 33 NS cars was caused by head and web separation, according to the Federal Railroad...
UP boosted PRB coal train loadings in June
(Source: Progressive Railroading) Despite Missouri River floods, Union Pacific Railroad in June loaded 982 coal trains in the Southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) compared with 921 trains in June 2010. Full story: Progressive Railroading
AAR: Steady growth in weekly rail traffic
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, July 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported solid weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads originating 285,943 carloads for the week ending July 2, 2011, up 0.3...
Lawyer defends Nevada truck firm in Amtrak crash
(Source: The Associated Press, July 7, 2011) RENO, Nevada — A lawyer is defending the Nevada trucking company whose tractor-trailer slammed into an Amtrak train and killed six people on June 24. He said the company had a respectable safety record and was not at fault...
Editorial: Gov. Rick Scott’s plutocratic Florida
(Source: Miami Herald column by Joy-Ann Reid, July 6, 2011) MIAMI — "Meanwhile, his trip to Colorado for a secretive meeting, hosted by David Republican governors, seemed like creepy confirmation that this guy isn’t so much the governor of Florida as he is one of...
