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Ohio tracks cleared to resume runs on NS line to Chicago
(The following appeared on the Toledo Blade website on April 21, 2010.) BRYAN, Ohio — Norfolk Southern expected to reopen at least one of two tracks on its Toledo-Chicago railroad line late last night after removing wreckage from a 31-car freight-train derailment on...
California group protests BNSF rail yard pollution
(The following story by Michael J. Sorba appeared on the San Bernardino County Sun website on April 20, 2010.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Equipped with breathing masks, picket signs and megaphones, around 50 people on Tuesday protested outside of the BNSF rail yard's...
CSX CEO Michael J. Ward sells 50,000 shares of stock
(The following appeared at GuruFocus.com on April 20, 2010.) Chairman, President and CEO of CSX Corp. (CSX) Michael J. Ward sells 50,000 shares of CSX on 04/16/2010 at an average price of $54.57 a share. CSX Corp. has a market cap of $21.09 billion; its shares were...
Suspicious packages delay trains in Seattle
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 20, 2010.) SEATTLE — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman says two Amtrak trains and five Sounder commuter trains were delayed Tuesday evening after two suspicious packages were seen near the track south of...
Cattle-based fuel powers Amtrak test train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Kelly P. Kissel on April 20, 2010.) ABOARD THE HEARTLAND FLYER — Amtrak began an experiment Tuesday to let cows produce horsepower. Officials from the railroad and the Oklahoma and Texas transportation...
BNSF moves idled rail cars from Helena and Great Falls, Mont.
(The following story by John S. Adams appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on April 21, 2010.) HELENA, Mont. — Railroad workers on Tuesday began moving some of the long-idled railcars between Great Falls and Helena. According to BNSF Railway officials, the...
Railroad shares up at the close of April 20 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 20, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $1.01 or 1.9 percent, to $55.21. Canadian National rose $1.39 or 2.3 percent, to $63.00. Canadian Pacific...
Rail workers scrambled to save woman’s life
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 20, 2010.) CHICAGO — Believing they had fixed malfunctioning railroad gates and warning lights, Canadian National Railway workers let an Amtrak train pass through the intersection...
Amtrak seeks revolutionary transport funding bill
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on April 20, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is calling for Congress and the Obama administration to shape a new multiyear surface transportation bill that is “revolutionary, not...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, April 19 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
