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Two track alternative through Bay Area picks up steam for high-speed rail
(The following appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on May 1, 2011.) SAN JOSE, Calif. — That sparkling new $6.1 billion high-speed rail line that California has been eyeing for the Bay Area might get traded in for a 150-year-old fixer-upper. Facing a...
Norfolk Southern starts building Memphis hub
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on April 29, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railroad is starting to build its Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility, planned as a western anchor of its latest cross-country double-stack route, as...
BNSF’s Rose ‘very bullish’ on economic recovery
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on April 29, 2011.) NEW YORK — Matt Rose, chief executive officer of the railroad business at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he is confident about economic expansion led by trade with Asia. “I’m very, very...
New rules give shareholders a say on CEO pay
(the following appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on May 2, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It happens every spring. As publicly traded companies prepare for their annual shareholders meetings, the companies issue proxy statements that include data on how much...
Man killed in collision at CSX yard in Waycross, Ga.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 29, 2011.) WAYCROSS, Ga. — Police in Waycross say a vehicle collided with a train at a CSX rail yard, and one man was killed. Police Chief Tony Tanner says officers were called to the scene about 6 a.m. Friday....
U.S. offices worldwide on terror alert
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 2, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. embassies and other government sites around the world were on alert Monday and the State Department issued a travel alert for Americans abroad in case of retaliation...
Terrorist Osama bin Laden is dead
(The following appeared on the New York Times website on May 2, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States...
Termites behind Taiwan train wreck that killed five
(The following appeared at CNN.com on April 28, 2011.) TAIWAN — Termites are responsible for a train crash in Taiwan that killed five Chinese tourists and injured more than 100 others, government officials said in a report on the state-run Taiwan Today website....
Norfolk Southern supports Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee storm recovery
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on April 28, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern said it is supporting relief efforts in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, three of the states hardest hit by severe storms earlier this week. Norfolk Southern’s contributions...
Metro-North looking into brake problem with new rail cars
(The following appeared on the News Times website on April 28, 2011.) STAMFORD, Conn. — Metro-North Railroad is investigating how a brake pad locked and flattened the wheel of one of Metro-North Railroad's new M-8 cars during a late-night run Wednesday morning between...
