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Fresno rail consolidation plan halted
(The following story by Russell Clemings appeared on The Fresno Bee website on January 25, 2010.) FRESNO, Calif. — A new report on moving the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks out of central Fresno to relieve traffic congestion says it would cost at least $803...
Sulfuric acid tanker among derailed UP cars near Houston
(The following story by Cindy Horswell appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on January 25, 2010.) HOUSTON — Union Pacific brought in heavy equipment late Monday to remove eight cars that had derailed in Baytown, including one filled with sulfuric acid and another...
Public hearings scheduled this week on Va. rail study
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on January 26, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Public hearings on a state study of high-speed rail to Hampton Roads will be held this week in Richmond, Newport News and Norfolk. The hearings are...
Could lawsuit jeopardize stimulus money for proposed KC-area rail hub?
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on the Kansas City Star website on January 26, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The lawsuit probably couldn’t have come at a worse time for BNSF Railway. The federal government is getting close to announcing whether BNSF will get...
New CN chief shakes up leadership team
(Canwest News Service circulated the following on January 25, 2010.) TORONTO – The new chief executive of Canadian National Railway Co., Claude Mongeau, said Monday he has shuffled his leadership team following the retirement of Hunter Harrison as CEO in December, and...
KCS announces revised conference call time for fourth quarter earnings release
(Kansas City Southern issued the following on January 25, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern is revising the time for its fourth quarter 2009 conference call to 8:45 a.m. eastern on Thursday January 28, 2010 from the previously announced time on the same...
Wisconsin & Southern calls on feds, state to provide funds for ‘shovel-ready’ projects
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 25, 2010.) The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) is promoting a plan to federal and state lawmakers that calls for soliciting about $90 million in government funds for “shovel-ready”...
Mexico railroad rights dispute is close to solution
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Thomas Black on January 25, 2010.) MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s two largest railroads will have to resolve a dispute over using each other’s tracks within a month or the government will step in and impose a settlement, said...
President Obama nominates candidates for Amtrak’s board, NTSB and NLRB
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 25, 2010.) On Jan. 20, President Obama announced his nomination of Jeffrey Moreland as an Amtrak board member for a five-year term. In 2007, Moreland retired from BNSF Railway Co. as executive...
In Indiana, hard times still ride rails
(The following story by Marty Schladen appeared on The Journal Gazette website on January 26, 2010.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Officially, the recession likely is over, but the trains that haul the freight that chugs through the economy still aren’t burning up the tracks....
