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Rockford officials seek commuter trains
(The following story by Bill Braksick appeared on the Northwest Herald website on July 20, 2009.) CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Rockford area officials pushing to bring commuter train service Metra to Winnebago County are using Amtrak to help deliver the service – and their...
Appeals court reverses $8.2 million verdict against UP, orders change of venue
(The following story by David Yates appeared on the Southeast Texas Record website on July 20, 2009.) BEAUMONT, Texas — Ruling that a case tried in the wrong county is "never harmless," justices on the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals reversed an $8.2 million...
Car’s black box reveals new details of Amtrak collision that killed 5
(The following story by Brad Kadrich appeared on the Observer website on July 20, 2009.) DETROIT — The 2006 Ford Fusion driven by Daniel Broughton in the Amtrack collision at the Hannan Road railroad crossing July 9 reached speeds as high as 68 mph as it approached...
NS says railroads can help relieve highway congestion
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 20, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Wick Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), called on the nation’s governors Saturday to consider railroads as “a vital part of the solution to our nation’s transportation...
New NS yard expected to spark business activity in Fayette, Tenn.
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on July 20, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Don Culbreath has about 200 acres for sale in Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park, a 2,600-acre site in Marshall County, Miss., but so far no one has shown any...
Member Kathryn O’Leary Higgins to leave NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 20, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Member Kathryn (Kitty) O’Leary Higgins today submitted to President Obama her resignation from the Board, effective August 3. In...
Companies that make passenger trains cars in US
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A sampling of major international companies that are positioned to make new passenger trains in the U.S. • Bombardier Inc., based in Montreal, operates an assembly plant in...
Foreign firms eye Obama rail plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Joan Lowy and Matt Leingang on July 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Foreign companies that dominate the international high-speed rail industry are trying to cash in on the Obama administration's plan to pump...
CN outlook a sign economy on mend
(The following story by Brent Jang and Karim Bardeesy appeared on the Globe and Mail website on July 21, 2009.) TORONTO — The sharp downturn in freight shipments has bottomed at Canada's biggest railway, yet another sign that the economy is on the mend. Canadian...
CN profit off 16 percent sees better second half
(Reuters circulated the following story on July 20, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) reported a 16 percent drop in quarterly profit on Monday but the country's biggest railroad predicted the worst of the economic downturn was behind it. "I...
