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Rail a part of dramatic transportation changes in the works for 2011 Super Bowl in Texas
(The following story by Jeff Mosier appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on February 7, 2010.) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Super Bowl events next year will require a dramatic but temporary overhaul of parts of the North Texas transportation system, including a...
Arson suspected as fire damages NS maintenance equipment
(The following story by Christopher Magan appeared on the Dayton Daily News website on February 5, 2010.) FAIRBORN, Ohio – Police and firefighters are investigating what appears to be an intentionally set blaze that damaged one and destroyed another railroad track...
UP’s coal train loadings continued to lag in January
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 5, 2010.) Union Pacific Railroad’s January coal train loadings reflect lagging coal demand as utilities continue to maintain large stockpiles. Last month, the Class I loaded 975 trains in the...
Union Pacific replacing ties in Arizona
(The following story by Paul Ingram appeared on The Arizona Daily Star website on February 6, 2010.) TUCSON, Ariz. — Like a wood pile fit for a giant, thousands of wooden railroad ties are resting in stacks each the size of a house. The ties are part of a rail line...
Standard & Poor’s upgrades BNSF rating
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Credit evaluator Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its long-term ratings on debt issued by BNSF Railway, and said after acquisition by...
Genesee & Wyoming 4Q slides; demand firms up
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 8, 2010.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Regional freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 28 percent as a weak economy knocked down demand for the goods it hauls. But...
Michigan short line marks its first anniversary
(The following story by Jef Rietsma appeared on the Sturgis Journal on February 6, 2010.) WHITE PIGEON, Mich. — A Kalamazoo-based railroad is approaching its first anniversary of service on its Elkhart-to-Grand Rapids route, and officials with the Grand Elk Railroad...
Amtrak plans concern Galesburg
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The Register-Mail website on Febraury 6, 2010.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Amtrak ridership has been booming in recent years in Galesburg, staying just under the 100,000 mark in 2008 and 2009. A big question for the future is...
Ridership up on Milwaukee-Chicago Amtrak line
(The following appeared on the Pierce County Herald website on February 7, 2010.) ELLSWORTH, Wisc. — An Amtrak spokesman says more poeple are deciding to skip the crowded highways and take the train to Chicago. Ridership on the Hiawatha service from Milwaukee was up...
Montana’s Amtrak ridership dips
(The following story by Kim Skornogoski appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 8, 2010.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — With hands clutched tightly around their travel dollars, it should be no surprise that far fewer people rode Amtrak in Montana last year....
