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Opinion: Florida rail bill was a bad one
(The following story by Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on December 13, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — I believe in mass transit as a solution to a sustainable future. There is no doubt that we are overdue for more efficient...
Opinion: SunRail deal a winner
(The following column by Brian Ackley appeared on the Lake Wales News website on December 12, 2009.) LAKE WALES, Fla. — Although the vote was hundreds of miles away, the Florida legislature’s green light to a massive high-speed rail project in the state could pay...
CSX directed rail legislation to its benefit
(The following story by Dara Kam appeared on the Palm Beach Post website on December 13, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thousands of e-mails from state transportation officials show that the transportation giant that stands to get at least $432 million from taxpayers in a...
Railroads call longer trains an efficiency measure
(The following story by Chuck Lentz appeared on the Grand Island Independent website on December 12, 2009.) GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — If some trains at railroad crossings and along Nebraska highways have seemed longer lately, you probably weren't imagining things. Without...
BNSF shareholders vote on Berkshire offer
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on December 12, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — Shareholders of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. will meet Feb. 11 in Fort Worth, Texas, to vote on a purchase offer by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren...
CN, TCRC seek arbitration after talks fail
(Reuters circulated the following on December 13, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) and the union representing 1,700 locomotive engineers will submit unresolved wage and benefits issues to binding arbitration after talks failed to yield a deal,...
Chemical loads hit 2009 high at large railroads
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on December 14, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Major U.S. railroads posted their highest new loadings of chemical cargoes in 2009 during the week ending Dec. 5, a signal of stirring industrial...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of Dec. 11 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 11, 2009.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern fell $.10 or .1 percent, to $98.58. CSX rose $.17 or .3 percent, to $48.94. Canadian...
Ohio Central Railroad employees vote to join BLET
(The following story by Kathie Dickerson appeared on the Coshocton Tribune website on December 12, 2009.) COSHOCTON, Ohio — Engineers, trainmen and conductors who work for Ohio Central Railroad Co. voted to become members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and...
Final RRB Informational Conference of 2009 is today
CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board holds free information conferences for railroaders. Conference registration begins at 8 a.m., with the programs beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. The final Conference of 2009 is as follows: December...
