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Collaborative effort: Here’s what it took to clean up a fiery train derailment
(The following story by Jason Kotowski appeared on the Bakersfield Californian website on March 5, 2010.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The fiery train derailment on the Tehachapi Loop last month required several agencies to share resources in a coordinated effort to clean up...
BNSF crews removing derailed train cars in E Washington
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 7, 2010.) WILSON CREEK, Wash. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe workers plan to have the railroad's mainline track reopened Sunday evening after 24 cars from a train carrying corn derailed in Eastern Washington. No...
CSX agrees to take soil samples near southern Kentucky bridge
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 7, 2010.) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — CSX has agreed to take soil samples from under a bridge it owns in south central Kentucky to test for any contamination from peeling paint flakes. A group of concerned citizens in...
Port looks for big upgrades to benefit from dredging
(The following story by Aaron Nathans appeared on the News Journal website on March 7, 2010.) PORT OF WILMINGTON — The folks at Dole are looking forward to the day when a deeper shipping channel on the Delaware River might allow them to bring in their fruit in bigger...
Dispute with BNSF threatens Central Montana Rail line
(The following story by Donna Evaro appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on March 7, 2010.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Three months after BNSF Railway stopped making payments to the operators of Central Montana Rail, the branch line that snakes 87 miles from...
NJ Transit riders ‘very angry,’ but chief vows future growth
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 7, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — In systemwide service cuts announced Friday, NJ Transit said it planned to eliminate six trains on its Philadelphia-Atlantic City line. That would be...
Opinion: CSX deal boosts passenger trains
(The following column by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Worcester Telegram & Gazette website on March 7, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — Make no mistake about it, the most important thing about CSX Corp.’s plans to more than double the size of its freight yard on Franklin...
Railroad shares up at the close of March 5 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 5, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $.91 or 1.9 percent, to $48.97. Canadian National rose $1.26 or 2.3 percent, to $56.25. Canadian Pacific rose...
Bridge to ease rail gridlock, create 1,450 jobs
(The following report by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 6, 2010.) CHICAGO — A $133 million federal stimulus project to build a railroad "flyover" at the Metra, Amtrak and freight tracks in Englewood will untie a knot in the nation's...
Gridlock at Tower 55 rail interchange hems in Fort Worth neighborhood
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on March 6, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Alice Cuellar has taught her children how to crawl under parked trains. In her Rock Island/Samuels Avenue neighborhood, homes are surrounded...
