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CN executive vice-president, sales and marketing leaving CN
(CN issued the following on November 6, 2009.) MONTREAL — CN today announced that James M. Foote, CN executive vice-president, Sales and Marketing has decided to leave the Company after 14 years at CN. E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer, said:...
Metrolink officials consider rate hike to counter revenue shortfall
(The following story by Rich Connell appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on November 8, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — Faced with falling ridership, deepening budget woes and increased expenses for safety reforms, officials at Southern California's commuter rail service...
Pennsylvania, four other states seek $300 million to improve rail lines
(The following story by Marcus Rauhut appeared on the Chambersburg Public Opinion website on November 7, 2009.) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania and four other states are seeking stimulus money to make upgrades to their rail systems, including the proposed intermodal...
CSX to revamp some eastern Ohio rails, bridges to allow for double-stacked trains
(The following story by Ron Selak Jr. appeared on the Tribune Chronicle website on November 7, 2009.) WARREN, Ohio — A nearly $850,000 million public and private effort to connect mid-Atlantic ports to midwest U.S. population and manufacturing markets using...
McCalla meetings to discuss Norfolk Southern hub project
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on The Birmingham News website on November 7, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After several weeks of all but disappearing from the limelight, activity over Norfolk Southern's planned railroad hub in McCalla will once again...
A railroad history lesson: Union Pacific and Burlington Northern
(The following story by Henry J. Cordes appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on November 8, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — You don't have to go too far into Nebraska's early history to find the first big clash between the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads. In 1875,...
Opinion: Anti-union rant clouds SunRail facts
(The following column by Mike Williams appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on November 8, 2009. Mr. Williams is president of the Florida AFL-CIO.) ORLANDO, Fla. — On Nov. 1 in his My Word column, Mark P. Wylie quoted Orlando Sentinel reporter Dan Tracy's article...
Opinion: BNSF rail yard held hidden peril
(The following column by Cassie Macduff appeared on the The Press-Enterprise website on November 7, 2009.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — When the intermodal rail yard came to San Bernardino in 1996, it was hailed as an economic engine. It would bring jobs to replace the...
BNSF delays southern Dallas project
(The following story by Brendan Case appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on November 7, 2009.) DALLAS — The Great Recession is apt to delay Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.'s potential construction of a truck-and-rail cargo project in southern Dallas County,...
Opinion: BNSF is doing fine, so why does it want Buffett?
(The following column by Mitchell Schnurman appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on November 6, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s easy to understand why Warren Buffett wants Burlington Northern Santa Fe. It has a great brand name, a business that’s easy to...
