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VP Biden makes a case for train travel
(The following appeared on the News Journal website on January 7, 2010.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Vice President Joe Biden, who commuted on the Amtrak line between Delaware and Washington during his long years in the Senate, is making a case for train travel in America. In...
‘Once a railroader, always a railroader’
(The following story by Tammy Malgesini appeared on The East Oregonian website on January 6, 2010.) HERMISTON, Ore. — Connie Maret was born to be a railroader. The 75-year-old Hermiston man, who retired from Union Pacific Railroad after five decades, could almost hear...
Price of diesel fuel surges to near 12-month high
(The following story by Thomas L. Gallagher appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retail diesel prices surged last week across the country, soaring an average of 6.5 cents to $2.797 per gallon, less than a penny off the...
Reading & Northern Railroad buys Towanda Monroeton shippers lifeline
(The following story by James Loewenstein appeared on the Daily Review website on January 6, 2010.) TOWANDA, N.Y. — The Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad has purchased the company that provides rail service on the six-mile line between Towanda Borough and...
BNSF eyes reuse for former shops
(The following story by Jeff Abell appeared on The Hawk Eye website on January 6, 2010.) BURLINGTON, Iowa — For years, the former BNSF Railway locomotive repair shops have sat idle while railroad officials contemplated a future reuse. The once bustling facility near...
Norfolk Southern coal port returns to normal
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s large coal loading port terminal is back to normal at Norfolk, Va., and the railroad on Jan. 5 lifted its “force...
Amtrak Empire Builder canceled for 2nd day
(The following story by Heywood Hoffman appeared at ChicagoBreakingNews.com on January 5, 2010.) CHICAGO — Amtrak Empire Builder service between Chicago/St. Paul/ and Portland/Seattle was canceled Tuesday for a second day in a row because of weather problems along the...
NS to host fourth-quarter 2009 earnings conference call
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 5, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will present its fourth-quarter 2009 earnings on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at 4:30 p.m. EDT via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company...
Francis P. Mulvey designated Vice Chairman of Surface Transportation Board
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on January 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott, III announced today, January 5, 2010, that the agency designated Board Member Francis P. Mulvey as its Vice...
Amtrak’s Texas Eagle derails in Arkansas, no injuries reported
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 6, 2010.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Amtrak train from Chicago has derailed in Arkansas. Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero says no injuries were reported when the Texas Eagle derailed just after 3 a.m. Wednesday in...
