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Railroad shares mixed at the close of January 25 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 25, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.18 or .2 percent, to $99.29. CSX rose $.83 or 1.9 percent, to $44.95. Canadian...
Railroads, utilities clash over dust from coal trains
(The following story by Josh Voorhees of Greenwire appeared on the New York Times website on January 25, 2010.) NEW YORK — An effort by railroad companies to control dust blowing from coal trains has drawn the wrath of electric-power generators and the attention of...
Railroads cut U.S. jobs to new low in December
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Class I railroad workforce shrank again in December, the Surface Transportation Board said, bringing the number of jobs at the largest...
Railroad Retirement Board customer service plan update
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board circulated the following on January 8, 2010.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the...
Union Pacific gets on track after Neb. derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 22, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Neb. — A Union Pacific spokesman says two rail lines damaged by a train derailment in Columbus are set to reopen. UP spokesman Mark Davis says about 240 feet of damaged track have been...
Amtrak train partially derails near Fairfax, Va.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 24, 2010.) FAIRFAX, Va. — An Amtrak spokeswoman says a train heading to Florida derailed just outside Washington, causing several minor injuries and delaying the train for about four hours. Amtrak spokeswoman...
Metra train halted as Wilmette cops inspect suspicious package
(The following appeared at ChicagoBreakingNews.com on January 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — An inbound Metra Union Pacific North Line train was delayed about an hour north of Wilmette as police there investigated a suspicious package on a curb at the station, officials said....
Norfolk Southern sees light at the end of the tunnel
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on January 24, 2010.) COOPERS, W.Va. — When the workers laboring to raise the roof of the old Cooper Tunnel on the Norfolk Southern mainline in Mercer County see daylight, it’s about...
Opinion: The seeds of job growth: The Heartland Corridor
(The following column by U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) appeared on the Williamson Daily News website on January 23, 2010. He represents West Virginia’s 3rd District.) WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Norfolk Southern rail line that traverses southern West Virginia will soon see...
Don’t judge rail report by its partisan cover
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on January 24, 2010.) TAMPA, Fla. — When it comes to attention-grabbing covers, the title "Great Rail Disasters" with an illustration of a train wreck is tough to beat for creating a sense of...
