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SEPTA, TWU may be headed for showdown
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Metro website on February 26, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA. SEPTA and the union representing its drivers, conductors and mechanics could be headed for a showdown with the current contract set to expire March 15 and the transit...
BNSF presents plan for reducing rail yard pollution
(The following story by Abby Sewell appeared on the Desert Dispatch website on February 25, 2009.) BARSTOW, Calif. — As part of a statewide push to reduce pollution from railyards, BNSF Railway has put together a preliminary plan to cut in half the diesel emissions...
Durbin urges regulator to fight CN appeal
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 25, 2009.) CHICAGO — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says Canadian National Railway should have to meet a key condition placed on it before its hotly debated acquisition of a nearly 200-mile railway line encircling...
Forecast for this year’s ton-miles, rail-car orders far from favorable, FTR says
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 25, 2009.) U.S. railroad ton-miles are projected to decline 9.4 percent this year, which would represent the largest year-over-year drop since 1982, when ton-miles fell 12.3 percent, according...
New rail line means shorter shipping route to Mexico
(The following story by Bill Hensel Jr. appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on February 24, 2009.) HOUSTON — Railroad competition around Houston is expected to pick up steam with the opening of a newly reconstructed rail line to serve the market. Sometime...
KCS to re-open Houston rail line
(The following story by Janet Nodar appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on February 25, 2009.) Kansas City Southern Railway plans to re-open a long-closed 90-mile link southwest of Houston before July. The line between Victoria and Rosenberg will shorten the...
Class Is continue to slash monthly fuel surcharges
(Progressive Railroading posted the following article on its website on February 24.) WASHINGTON -- CSX Intermodal’s fuel surcharge will drop for the ninth-straight month. On Monday, the company will implement a 12 percent fuel surcharge for March. The company...
N.Y. high-speed rail project closer to reality
(The following article by Jill Terreri was posted on the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle website on February 25.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Development of a rail system in which cars reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour between Buffalo and Albany isn’t that far off,...
Fast track for high speed?
(The following article by Larry Sandler was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on February 24.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- After years of being parked on a siding, plans for 110-mph passenger trains in Wisconsin and Illinois could be ready to roll, with the aid...
Will stimulus funds put rail on the fast track?
(The following article by Nicole C. Wong was posted on the Boston Globe website on February 25.) BOSTON -- The US economic stimulus package is fueling the country’s beleaguered efforts to create a railroad system that would rival Japan’s bullet train and France’s TGV...
