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Union Pacific locomotive reported missing from Omaha yard
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 18, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha police are trying to track down an 8,000-pound Union Pacific locomotive and those responsible for its disappearance. The four-ton engine was recently discovered missing by...
Flashing caution on weak rail demand
(The following story by Kelly Evans appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on January 19, 2010.) NEW YORK — The improving economy likely helped railroad companies deliver better fourth-quarter results. But a recent slowdown in rail demand could be a warning sign...
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...
Train thefts disputed by BNSF officials
(The following story by John Bear appeared on the News-Bulletin website on January 16, 2010.) BELEN, N.M. — The Valencia County Sheriff's Office is helping investigate the theft of high dollar items from freight trains from the BNSF rail yards, but a spokesman for the...
Amtrak’s second daily train to B.C. averages nearly 67 riders
(The following story by Jared Paben appeared on The Bellingham Herald website on January 18, 2010.) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Ridership numbers for the second daily Amtrak Cascades train to Vancouver, B.C., may be good enough to justify making the service permanent. Between...
Union Pacific gains steam with shipping record
(The following story by Natasha Gural appeared at Forbes.com on January 15, 2010.) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Railroad Corp., the second-largest railroad by revenue, chugged through the recession and set a new record for intermodal shipments in 2009. Intermodal is...
Despite suburbs’ attempts to derail plans, Canadian National’s Chicago bypass on track
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on January 18, 2010.) CHICAGO — Nearly one year after the Canadian National Railway purchased a suburban rail line as a freight bypass around Chicago, fears of a massive influx of...
SunRail’s debt load drops by $11 million a year
(The following story by Dan Tracy appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on January 15, 2010.) ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida backers of the SunRail commuter train may be relieved of more than $11 million in annual debt payments that were headed their way. The...
Berkshire stock split: Questions answered
(The following story by Steve Jordon and Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on January 17, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. of Omaha and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas, will hold special meetings...
Governor envisions South Mississippi as a major hub
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Michael Newsom on January 16, 2010.) JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Haley Barbour supports creating a large transportation hub at Palmer's Crossing to handle increased container traffic from a $1 billion expansion of the Port...
