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Norfolk Southern reports 2008 fourth-quarter and full-year results
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 27, 2009.) NORFOLK, VA. – Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today reported record fourth-quarter 2008 net income of $452 million, an increase of 13 percent compared with $399 million for fourth-quarter 2007....
Norfolk Southern 4Q profit rises, beats views
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Samantha Bomkamp on January 27, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Railroad operator Norfolk Southern said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent as higher shipping prices and lower fuel costs offset tumbling...
RRB implementing next phase of new toll-free service project
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on January 12, 2009.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) announced that an additional 18 field offices will be added to its nationwide toll-free telephone service by the end of January 2009. A...
RRB customer service plan update
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on January 12, 2009.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s revised plan, effective...
Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen News for January available online
CLEVELAND — The January 2009 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News is now available on the BLET website. Past issues of the official BLET monthly publication dating to 1997 are also on the BLET website. The current issue is available here as a PDF:...
Historians explore former New York Central Railroad depot tunnel in Syracuse
(The following story by Dick Case appeared on the Post-Standard website on January 27, 2009.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dennis Connors and his helpers crawled into a hole in a parking lot along Franklin Street last week and came out with some pieces of Syracuse history. Dennis...
State commission to decide DM&E condemnation power
(The following story by Kevin Woster appeared on the Rapid City Journal website on January 25, 2009.) RAPID CITY, S.D. — It's a question of good faith. Bill Janklow and Jeff Hurd say the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad hasn't shown it. Brian Donahoe says it has....
Metro-North, LIRR to jointly purchase train parts
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 27, 2009.) In an effort to reduce costs in light of a huge New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) budget deficit, MTA Metro-North Railroad and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) plan...
New Lenox mayor: Village right to hold out for more from CN
(The following story by Susan DeMar Lafferty appeared on the Southtown Star website on January 27, 2009.) CHICAGO — As the battle against the Canadian National Railway's acquisition of the EJ&E Railroad moves into the courts, New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann said he's...
Barrington won’t soon be ruled by extra freight trains rolling by
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on January 26, 2009.) CHICAGO — Once the Canadian National Railway wraps up its contentious purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern rail line, it could still be years before some suburbs...
