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UP’s coal train loadings slipped a bit at year’s end
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 5, 2010.) In December, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 958 coal trains in the southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) compared with 1,118 trains in December 2008. The Class I registered 160 missed SPRB...
Railroad shares up at the close of Jan. 5 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 5, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.01 or percent, to $98.81. CSX rose $1.29 or 2.6 percent, to $50.15. Canadian National rose...
Boardman to head Amtrak for ‘indefinite’ period
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 5, 2010.) Joseph Boardman will continue to lead Amtrak for a while. The national intercity passenger railroad’s board recently extended his contract as interim president and chief executive...
Graniteville residents recount fateful day of NS crash
(The following story by Haley Hughes appeared on the Aiken Standard website on January 6, 2010.) AIKEN, S.C. — On Jan. 6, 2005, a Norfolk Southern train veered off the main track and collided with a parked train. The resulting crash resulted in the release of 160,000...
Girl Scout Cookie trains arrive
(The following story by John Keenan appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on January 4, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — In the basement of the Durham Museum, displayed on tables in front of bright-yellow Southern Pacific rail cars, a different set of “train cars” was...
CSX on track to develop reclaimed land in Indiana
(The following story by Howard Greninger appeared on The Tribune-Star website on January 5, 2010.) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A more-than-4,500-acre site stretching across Vigo and Clay counties has been certified as a CSX Transportation Large Industrial/Light Manufacturing...
Council OKs $61,000 for redesign of Normal transportation center
(The following story by Mary Ann Ford appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on January 5, 2010.) NORMAL, Ill. — A change in Amtrak’s station guidelines has prompted a redesign of the first floor of the planned transportation center in uptown Normal. The City...
Opinion: The rebirth of the Grafton & Upton Railroad
(The following column by Rick Holmes appeared on The Taunton Gazette website on January 4, 2010.) TAUNTON, Mass. — When I first moved to Upton back in the mid-1980s, the train still rattled through town once a week. I remember walking my kids, just toddlers then,...
Houston oil producer uses rail to deliver crude to unloading site
(The following story by Rod Walton appeared on the Tulsa World website on January 3, 2010.) TULSA, Okla. — A Houston-based oil producer has begun delivering crude by rail to a new unloading facility in Stroud, officials said Monday. EOG Resources Inc.'s first...
CN to report fourth-quarter, year-end 2009 financial results on Jan. 26, 2010
(CN issued the following on January 4, 2010.) MONTREAL — CN will issue its fourth-quarter and year-end 2009 financial and operating results on Jan. 26, 2010, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time (ET). CN's senior officers will review the results and the railway's outlook...
