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VIA rail cars may sleep bus drivers during Olympic Games
(The following story by Bruce Constantineau appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on April 17, 2009.) VANCOUVER — About 100 Olympic Games bus drivers will sleep in VIA Rail cars in Vancouver next year if the railway successfully concludes a proposed deal with...
Engineer tells students train tracks deadly
(The following story by Matthew Schomer appeared on the Salem News website on April 16, 2009.) LEETONIA, Ohio — Trespassing on railroad tracks isn't just illegal, it's dangerous. That was the message sent Wednesday to Leetonia junior high and high school students by...
No St. Cloud Amtrak service until next week
(The following story by Lisa Schwarz appeared on the St. Cloud Times website on April 17, 2009.) ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud won’t see Amtrak trains until at least next week because of high water in North Dakota. Amtrak’s main and alternate routes along BNSF Railway...
ODOT says rail money could speed Amtrak service
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 16, 2009.) PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon Department of Transportation official says President Barack Obama's plan for a high-speed rail network could quicken Amtrak Cascades service. Obama on Thursday allocated $8...
CN hopes to reduce street blockages in Chicago
(Dow Jones Newsires circulated the following story by Monica Gutschi on April 14, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI) says it is unhappy about the frequency with which its trains are blocking street crossings in Chicago and plans ways to cut them...
Illinois DOT approves Amtrak route through Belvidere
(The following story by Thomas V. Bona appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on April 17, 2009.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Everyone’s all aboard on a new Amtrak route for northern Illinois. Now someone just has to pay the fare. Illinois Department of Transportation...
Can railroads end the recession?
(The following appeared on the Seeking Alpha website on April 17, 2009.) Can the railroads end the recession? Here is a plan that could help the country get back on its feet. There are a few steps that each railroad needs to take that would create jobs and make our...
Opinion: Investors should step away from railroad stocks
(The following column by Christopher Barker appeared on the Motley Fool website on April 16, 2009.) Spring fever has reached a pandemic stage this year, spreading wildly among investors to fuel a most unsustainable equity rally. To prevent the fever from progressing...
AAR: Rail freight traffic off in most recent week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 16, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bad weather in the Upper Midwest, the slow economy and the Good Friday holiday all combined to produce another down week for U.S. rail freight traffic during the week...
CP Rail employees bracing for more job cuts
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Monica Gutschi on April 17, 2009.) TORONTO — Employees at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) are bracing for another round of job losses as the Calgary-based rail scrambles to slash costs in line with the dramatic...
