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Plans for fast Twin Cities-Chicago train hit speed bump
Prospects for a high-speed train between the Twin Cities and Chicago in the foreseeable future have disappeared, the casualty of funding shortfalls and political priorities. The refusal of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, to accept federal money to build a...
NS prepares to rebuild track at site of Ohio ethanol derailment
Norfolk Southern expected to rebuild its track Tuesday after clearing the last wreckage from a site where 26 cars in an ethanol train derailed and burned in northeast Hancock County west of Arcadia, Ohio. An investigation continues into why the train, en route from...
Genesee & Wyoming Q4 rises on strong freight revenue
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., which owns and operates short-line and regional railroads, reported higher quarterly profit, helped by a rise in freight revenue. Genesee & Wyoming operates railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands, and transports...
Labor Secretary Solis cites environmental jobs training in visit to Detroit
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on Monday commended a local branch of the Laborers' International Union of North America here for training workers to get green jobs, part of an Obama administration effort to increase infrastructure spending. LIUNA Local 1191 in...
Teamsters, TWU applaud PBS Frontline report on airline maintenance
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Transport Workers Union issued the following press release on February 7, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division and Transport Workers Union (TWU) commended PBS...
BNSF announces $3.5 billion capital commitment program
(BNSF issued the following on February 7, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF on Feb. 7 announced a planned 2011 capital commitment program of $3.5 billion. The largest component of the capital plan is spending $2 billion on BNSF's core network and related assets. BNSF...
FRA awards grant to address Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in train crews
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on February 4, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a $50,000 grant to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) to design a program that will mitigate the...
KCS achieves record high run time performance on Meridian Speedway
(Kansas City Southern issued the following press release on February 4, 2011.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 2006, KCS and NS closed on a joint venture to increase capacity and improve service on KCS’ Meridian Speedway between Meridian, Miss. and Shreveport, La. This rail...
CN, CP push for a ‘pipeline on rails’
Canada’s two major railroad companies have begun making regular shipments of oil, in a move that changes how Canadian crude moves to market – and opens the door to new destinations for energy exports, including Asia. Although pipelines continue to carry the...
N.J. governor sticking with decision to scrap tunnel
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is standing by his decision to kill the nation's biggest public works project, a train tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York City, he announced Wednesday (February 7). Christie has argued that his cash-strapped state can't afford to...
