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MARC meltdown is bad; reason is worse
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on January 20, 2010.) BALTIMORE, Md. — The news from MARC today was bad in a typical kind of way -- three canceled trains after a locomotive breakdown on the Penn Line, delays of 30-90...
Kansas City Southern to retrofit five locomotives
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 19, 2010.) Later this year, Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR) plans to repower five GP40 locomotives at a diesel shop in Shreveport, La. The locomotives will be equipped with more...
Grand jury indicts two Kansas men in BNSF conspiracy
(The following story by Bob Cox appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on January 20, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Two Kansas men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Worth on wire fraud charges in connection with a conspiracy to bilk BNSF...
Freight central: Memphis chosen for logistics conference
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on January 20, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When Bruce Lambert was looking for a place to host a regional freight conference, he set his sights on a city about six hours upriver from his hometown of New...
Final report on deadly Metrolink crash comes down to signal color
(The following story by Robert J. Lopez and Rich Connell appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on January 20, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — As federal authorities prepare to close out a 16-month investigation of the deadly Chatsworth Metrolink disaster, a key issue remains...
DOT stimulus spending tops $8 billion
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Payments by the Department of Transportation to reimburse states for stimulus projects reached $8.101 billion as of Jan. 8, DOT said, up about...
Aboard America’s neglected passenger trains
(Reuters circulated the following story by Nick Zieminski on January 20, 2010.) NEW YORK —Anyone who wants to travel by train from the United States' third-biggest city, Chicago, to Houston must board a bus for part of the journey. Amtrak, the national passenger rail...
Danville, Ky. railroad jobs may move
(The following story by David Brock appeared on the Advocate-Messenger website on January 19, 2010. Rodney Noakes is Local Chairman of BLET Division 199 in Danville, Ky.) DANVILLE, Ky. — Norfolk Southern is considering the elimination of Danville as one of its crew...
Container traffic on the rise at U.S. ports
(The following story by Steve Tarter appeared on the Journal Star website on January 18, 2010.) PEORIA, Ill. — More good news for the economy: Container traffic may be picking up. Twenty-foot-long containers, referred to as 20-foot Equivalent Units, carry most of what...
Berkshire shareholders to vote on B-share split
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on January 19, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is getting ready to split the company's Class B shares Thursday as part of its plan to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
