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Coal dust on tracks may increase costs
(The following story by Dustin Bleizeffer appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on January 30, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — Some public utilities are in a tussle with BNSF Railway over the cost to control coal dust on tracks serving the Powder River Basin, and the end...
UP begins to recall mothballed railcars
(The following appeared on the Wallowa County Chieftain website on January 29, 2010.) ENTERPRISE, Ore. — Union Pacific Railroad this week began pulling mothballed railcars out of storage in Wallowa County as its business picks up. Some 150 cars were moved off Wallowa...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of Jan. 29 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 29, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.19 or .2 percent, to $99.73. CSX fell $.82 or 1.9 percent, to $42.86. Canadian...
Rail giant CSX cautiously optimistic
(The following appeared on the Louisville Courier-Journal website on January 30, 2010.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX, the nation's third-largest railroad, anticipates a slow economic recovery this year but warns that weak coal demand could undermine its earnings. Chief...
BNSF unveils hydrogen-fueled locomotive
(The following story by Eric Carpenter appeared on the Orange County Register website on January 29, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Freight trains that run through Orange County could soon be powered by cleaner-burning fuel – hope given by newly emerging technology announced....
Rail advocates laud $8 billion for high-speed trains
(The following story by Ken Valenti appeared on The Journal News website on February 1, 2010.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Rail supporters were thrilled by President Barack Obama's announcement last week of $8 billion to improve passenger rail across the country in the first...
Obama rail package could benefit service in Canada
(Canwest News Service circulated the following story by Mike De Souza on January 28, 2010.) CALGARY, Alberta — U.S.-bound travellers from several Canadian cities stand to benefit from $8 billion in funding awarded Thursday by the Obama administration to speed up...
In Ohio, even rail supporters doubt slow travel times will attract riders
(The following story by James Nash and Marla Matzer Rose appeared on The Columbus Dispatch website on January 30, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — A business traveler hoping to take a train from Columbus to Cleveland would have to leave the capital city at 6:32 a.m. and wrap...
Railroad worker dies after fall from bridge in N.J.
(The following story by Gem Jefferson appeared on the Jersey Journal website on January 30, 2010.) HACKENSACK, N.J. — A 55-year-old North Arlington man who fell into the Hackensack River from the Wittpenn Bridge early yesterday died from his injuries about nine hours...
New federal money boosts passenger rail travel in Missouri
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on the Kansas City Star website on January 29, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s what Missouri train riders might expect from $2.6 billion in high-speed rail money that the federal government announced Thursday is coming to...
