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Ann Arbor-to-Detroit rail project part of Senate spending bills
(The following appeared at AnnArbor.com on December 21, 2009.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After the Senate passed a $636-billion defense bill Saturday, the Detroit Free Press tallied all the Michigan-specific items in all the spending bills. One highlight for the Washtenaw...
Port of Seattle buys BNSF line
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on December 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Port of Seattle will pay BNSF Railway some $81 million for a 42-mile section of track northeast of the port, ending a long negotiation the port says will keep the...
BNSF, UP to serve new Wyoming logistics hub
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 21, 2009.) After several years of development efforts, the rail-served Cheyenne Logistics Hub is set to get under way next year at Swan Ranch in Wyoming. The McMurry family, which owns 7,200...
LIRR apologizes to stranded passengers
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 22, 2009.) FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The president of the Long Island Rail Road has apologized to the 150 passengers who were stranded for hours on a train during the snowstorm. Helena Williams vowed on Monday to...
Amtrak says northeast corridor trains nearly back on schedule
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak said its operations on the northeast corridor are almost back to normal following the weekend's snowstorm. Spokesman Steve Kulm said a handful of trains between Washington...
Railroad shares up at the close of Dec. 21 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 21, 2009.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.08 or .1 percent, to $98.40. CSX rose $.70 or 1.4 percent, to $49.17. Canadian National...
Environmental group threatens lawsuit to block BNSF rail hub
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on The Kansas City Star website on December 22, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The federal government has cleared the way for BNSF Railway to start construction of a massive rail hub that critics say could hurt the environment....
Buffett says of Burlington deal, ‘I’d rather be in the West’
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Andrew Frye on December 21, 2009.) NEW YORK — Billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., told employees of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. that he’s buying the railroad because of its position...
Depleted uranium train arrives at Utah site
(The following story by Judy Fahys appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on December 21, 2009.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — EnergySolutions Inc. opened its gates Sunday night to the latest shipment of depleted uranium from the Savannah River cleanup site in South...
STB report: U.S. Class I workforce continues to shrink
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 21, 2009.) The U.S. Class I workforce shrank some more last month, remaining well under 150,000. As of mid-November, the workforce stood at 147,097, down 1.3 percent from October’s level and...
