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Union Pacific’s 4Q profit up 35 percent
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 22, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. says its fourth-quarter profit jumped 35% because the railroad operator spent less on fuel, improved productivity and increased some shipping prices. The Omaha-based...
BNSF quarterly profit rises, tops Wall Street view
(Reuters circulated the following on January 21, 2009.) CHICAGO — No. 2 U.S. railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (BNI.N) on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly net profit, as higher freight prices and fuel surcharges offset a 7 percent decline...
Burlington Northern reports fourth quarter/full year 2008 results
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation issued the following on January 21, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) (NYSE: BNI) today reported quarterly earnings of $1.79 per diluted share, an increase of 23 percent compared with...
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:...
Union Pacific in coal dispute with Arizona utility
(The following appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website on January 21, 2009.) TUCSON, Ariz. — Union Pacific Railroad Co. is claiming that Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc. refused to recognize a contract that deals with transporting coal from mines in Colorado...
Cleanup crews find larger spill at Grant Park derailment site
(The following story by Jon Krenek appeared on the Kankakee Daily-Journal website on January 20, 2009.) GLEN PARK, Ill. — Crews started working Monday to clean up the hazardous materials left by Sunday's CSX Corp. freight train derailment in Grant Park, move the...
BNSF offers express international container service
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on January 20, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Already in the midst of a $200 million expansion to its Memphis intermodal yard near Lamar Avenue and Shelby Drive, BNSF Railway Co. is making another...
Metro-North, NJ Transit differ on service
(The following column by Khurram Saeed appeared on the Lower Hudson Journal News website on January 21, 2009.) NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been talking about making changes that could affect train service in Rockland. It's been warning...
KCS enhances KCSR service, advances bridge project in Laredo area
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 20, 2009.) Yesterday, The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR) began a tri-weekly service from Laredo to Houston, Texas, in conjunction with the Port Terminal Railroad Association. The new...
