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UP locomotive sprays oil on Winona’s East End homes
(The following story by Mark Sommerhauser appeared on the Winona Daily News website on May 6, 2009.) WINONA, Minn. — East End residents got a slimy surprise Friday when their homes and cars were sprayed with oil from a locomotive on a nearby rail line, state officials...
Ride the rails to the Railsplitter’s Springfield home on National Train Day
(The following story by Lori Rackl appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on May 6, 2009.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Everybody knows this Saturday is National Train Day. By everybody, I mean me and a bunch of train geeks. But here's something a lot of people really do...
Plan for Amtrak study derailed in Missouri Senate
(The following story by Alyson E. Raletz appeared on the News-Press website on May 6, 2009.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Senate budget committee on Tuesday derailed a possible Amtrak study for passenger service connecting Kansas City to St. Joseph on its way to Omaha,...
Amtrak signal problems fixed in New Jersey
(The following appeared on the Newsday website on May 6, 2009.) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ transit commuters and Amtrak rail riders got a break Wednesday after Amtrak fixed signal problems. The problems, near Newark's Penn Station, started Tuesday afternoon. NJ Transit said...
Florida commuter rail backers look for options
(The following story by James Miller appeared on the News-Journal website on May 6, 2009.) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Only days removed from a stinging defeat in the Florida Legislature, prominent backers of the proposed Central Florida SunRail say they're exploring ways...
STB adopts annual revisions to its user fees
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on May 5, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board (Board) today announced that it has adopted its 2009 User Fee Update Schedule ("2009 Update") setting forth updated fees for each of the types...
UP logs fewer PRB, Colorado/Utah region coal train loadings in April
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 5, 2009.) In April, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 835 coal trains in the southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) compared with 1,047 trains in April 2008. The Class I logged 106 missed loading...
Union Pacific cuts fuel, targets emissions
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 5, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific Railroad saved 60 million gallons of diesel fuel in 2008, cutting the railroad’s expenses and significantly reducing its diesel...
VP Biden kicks off face-lift of his favorite train station
(The following story by Ginger Gibson appeared on The News Journal website on May 5, 2009.) WILMINGTON, Del. — As part of a $32 million renovation to the Wilmington train station, riders will soon notice a more modern waiting room, restoration of the historic...
Engineer avoids disaster after vandals tamper with CP Rail locomotive
(The following appeared on the KFYR television website on May 5, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. — The Minot Police Department is looking for any information regarding the tampering with Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives. Early Sunday Morning between 3:30am and 5:00 am,...
