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NS names Manion COO; Vice Chairman Tobias retires
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on March 24, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. —Mark D. Manion, a 34-year veteran of railroad operations, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer for Norfolk Southern Corporation, with headquarters in Norfolk,...
Amtrak seeking to honor former Pullman porters
(The following story by Howard French appeared on the Journal-Enquirer website on March 24, 2009.) MANCHESTER, Conn. — As part of its ongoing commemoration of the contributions of Pullman porters to the development of the nation's passenger railroad, Amtrak is looking...
Opinion: Building better locomotives in Dixmoor
(The following column by Phil Kadner appeared on the Southtown Star website on March 25, 2009.) CHICAGO — I call it the Prius of locomotives. The folks at the National Railway Equipment Co. factory in Dixmoor quickly correct me. The N-ViroMotive system, as they call...
Amtrak to skip some flood cities in North Dakota
(The following appeared on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune website on March 24, 2009.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Amtrak says it's detouring its Empire Builder around three North Dakota communities for at least a week because of flooding. Spokesman Marc Magliari says the...
Report on fatal train wreck in Trail, B.C., calls for braking retrofit
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on March 24, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — A train engineer lauded for heroic actions in an accident two years ago that took his life was in part responsible for the crash, a Transportation Safety Board report says. A report...
Union Pacific wants to limit shipments of chlorine
(The following story by Judy Fahys appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on March 24, 2009.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A fight in Washington between Union Pacific Railroad and US Magnesium has put a harsh spotlight on the risks chlorine rail shipments pose for...
Jury finds Pan Am Railways guilty of failing to report environmental contamination
(The office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley appeared at www.mass.gov on March 24, 2009.) WOBURN, Mass. — Today, a Middlesex Superior Court Jury convicted a New Hampshire railway company, and three of its subsidiaries, of failing to report a hazardous...
IBM seeks share of $8 billion in U.S. high-speed rail funding
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on March 25, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — International Business Machines Corp. is seeking a share of $8 billion the U.S. will spend on high-speed rail, part of an effort by the largest computer-...
CP feels the pinch, can’t predict turnaround
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on March 25, 2009.) TORONTO — North American railways are increasingly feeling the pain of the recession and erosion of global trade, prompting a leading executive to caution that it's hard to...
CP Rail trying to control costs as volumes slump
(Reuters circulated the following on March 24, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway's (CP.TO) average weekly carload volumes are down around 16 percent so far in 2009, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer said on Tuesday. To handle...
