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Amtrak and First Class Motorcycle Tours team up for two Auto Train vacation packages
(Amtrak issued the following on July 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak and First Class Motorcycle Tours have teamed up to offer two new vacation packages which include first-class accommodations on Amtrak's Auto Train that allows motorcycle riders to travel with...
Opinion: A consensus on the rails
(The following column by Christopher Barker appeared on the Motley Fool website on July 30, 2009.) NEW YORK — Consensus is both rare and beautifully constructive. Once achieved, it allows Fools to continue to the next station in their investing journey. But be sure...
CSX rerails train cars in Greenwood
(The following story by E. Richard Walton appeared on the Greenville News website on July 31, 2009.) GREENVILLE, S.C. — CSX railroad says it has “rerailed” the 12 cars involved in a mishap in Greenwood County on Wednesday. “The operation of the 12 cars is complete,”...
Texas business exec ‘livid’ after BNSF trains block fire truck
(The following story by Fred Afflerbach appeared on the Temple Daily Telegram website on July 31, 2009.) TEMPLE, Texas — An executive vice president for Delta Centrifugal Corp. said he is “livid” with the railroad company whose trains sandwiched a fire truck between...
Amtrak resumes service in Rensselaer after flooding
(The following story by Christen Gowan , Juliette Price and Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 30, 2009.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Amtrak resumed train service to New York this afternoon. Trains between the Rensselaer Rail Station and Penn...
BNSF building rail line near Butte, Mont., for storage
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 31, 2009.) BUTTE, Mont. — BNSF Railway is installing 1,700 new feet of rail line near a Butte rail yard and plans to use the line to store excess rail cars. Advertisement BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said Thursday...
Man who lured Norfolk Southern hub proposal to McCalla, Ala., now works for railroad
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on July 30, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The man who spent three years helping to lure the $112 million Norfolk Southern railroad hub to McCalla is now working for the railroad in an...
Tennessee Rep. shifts gears on NS rail-truck facility
(The following story by Scott Barker appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on July 31, 2009.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — State Rep. Frank Niceley has been lobbying against the placement of a railroad-truck interchange facility in Jefferson County that would bring...
Norfolk Southern moves to carry itself beyond recession
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website July 30, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — A day after Norfolk Southern Corp. reported that its second-quarter profit dropped 45 percent from a year ago, its top executives told Wall Street analysts in...
STB Chair nominee vows to address rail shippers’ concerns
(Dow Jones circulated the following on July 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama's nominee to head the U.S. agency that regulates the railroad industry said he would be "proactive" in addressing shippers' allegations of pricing abuses by freight-rail...
