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All aboard the Union Pacific Girl Scout Cookie Train
(The following appeared on the Grant Tribune Sentinel website on December 31, 2009.) GRANT, Neb. — It’s almost Girl Scout cookie season! Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska and Union Pacific are hosting Cookie Train events in six Nebraska cities Monday, Jan. 4 to celebrate...
Funding for Connecticut rail line upgrade up for vote
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 1, 2010.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Next week, the State Bond Commission is expected to approve borrowing $26 million to upgrade portions of the rail line connecting New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass. The...
CN to pay $25,000 for environmental testing after derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 2, 2010.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Canadian National Railway has agreed to pay $25,000 for environmental testing of soil and water after a train carrying ethanol derailed in Rockford last summer. Canadian National will...
Canada orders CN to repay excess grain revenue
(Reuters circulated the following on December 31, 2009.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada ruled on Thursday that Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) earned too much money from hauling grain in the 2008-09 crop year and ordered it to pay more than C$700,000 ($667,000). The...
Va. Beach to get step closer to owning rail property
(The following story by Deirdre Fernandes appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on December 30, 2009.) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The city will be a crucial step closer to owning the land for a possible light-rail project Wednesday, but the final deal likely won’t close...
Leaking BNSF tanker makes unscheduled stop in Kingman, Ariz.
(The following appeared on the Kingman Daily Miner website on December 31, 2009.) KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train made an unscheduled stop outside of Kingman Tuesday morning. The train was traveling west from Kansas City to Barstow, Calif, when a...
Key U.S. coal port to restart after breakdowns
(Reuters circulated the following on December 30, 2009.) HOUSTON — Norfolk Southern Corp's Lamberts Point coal export terminal should be back in full operation by Friday, after two conveyor belt failures halted loadings last weekend, a spokesman said Wednesday. One...
Federal bill would regulate most national railroad rates
(The following story by Walt Williams appeared on the WVNS website on January 1, 2010.) GHENT, W.Va. — With only a handful of companies owning most of the nation's railways, federal lawmakers want to rewrite industry regulations to give shippers more say over the...
Rail crucial to success of Winnipeg-area’s inland port
(The following story by Martin Cash appeared on the Winnipeg Free Press website on January 2, 2010.) WINNIPEG — CentrePort Canada's initial project may be the construction of a highway but Diane Gray believes the key to the success of the inland port will be the...
Rail Association of Canada hopes 2010 will be “a better year”
(The following story by James Murray appeared at NewNewsLedger.com on January 4, 2010.) THUNDER BAY — The Railway Association of Canada is hoping that 2010 will be a better year for rail traffic in Canada. "After a bumpy run through 2009 as the global economic...
