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Intermodal dreams slow to take shape in Northwest Indiana

(The following story by Keith Benman appeared at NWITimes.com on November 30, 2009.) MUNSTER, Ind. — Four years after Northwest Indiana leaders threw their weight behind an effort to land a major truck and rail intermodal center capable of creating thousands of jobs,...

Now riders and nonriders can add up value of Minnesota’s Northstar

(The following story by Jim Foti appeared on the Star Tribune website on November 27, 2009.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — In this season of gift-giving, the metro area just received a whopper: the shiny new train known as the Northstar Line. But as with some presents,...

Opinion: It’s time for better passenger rail service

(The following column by Tom Belden appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 30, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The first train I ever rode pulled out of the station when I was about 4 years old, yet I can remember the experience almost six decades later....

Norfolk Southern raising the roof in W.Va.

(The Associated Press circulated the following story by George Hohmann on November 28, 2009.) KERMIT, W.VA. — Opening a new rail gateway for double-stacked containers is taking place across southern West Virginia 20 grueling feet at a time. Every weekday, Norfolk...

Union Pacific’s double-stack trains now rumbling through Placer County

(The following story by Gus Thomson appeared on the Auburn Journal website on November 27, 2009.) AUBURN, Calif. — Double-stack container shipping is now part of the Union Pacific Railroad through Auburn. The Union Pacific opened its Donner Pass route to domestic...

BNSF preps for UPS’ peak season

(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on November 25, 2009.) BNSF Railway Co. has a new slogan for the United Parcel Service (UPS) peak season this year: Perfection isn’t a goal, it’s the goal. The peak season for BNSF’s second-largest...

New CSX locomotives to cut fuel use, emissions

(The following story by Bruce C. Smith appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on November 26, 2009.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The old story goes that railroaders gave the crossroads community of Avon its name many years ago, and now town officials say they've returned...

Rush is on for stimulus’s high-speed rail dollars

(The following story by Jordan Schrader appeared on the USA Today website on November 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The prospect of bullet trains whisking travelers from city to city at more than 200 miles an hour, stalled for years in America's car-loving culture,...

Editorial: Commuters beware

(The following editorial appeared on the New York Times website on November 29, 2009.) NEW YORK — The train wreck last summer that killed nine commuters and injured 80 in the nation’s capital laid bare a deadly paradox: the safety failures at the heart of the...

Florida sets special session for rail proposals

(The following story by Marc Caputo appeared on the Miami Herald website on November 26, 2009.) MIAMI, Fla. — The leaders of the Florida Legislature on Wednesday all but guaranteed they would call a special session Dec. 3 to handle South and Central Florida...

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