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Opponents appeal EJ&E deal in federal court
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on January 17, 2009.) CHICAGO — Opponents of a $300 million rail transaction have filed an appeal in federal court, looking to stop the deal in its tracks. A dozen communities, under...
Analysts cut estimates on rails as volumes slide
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 16.) NEW YORK — A pair of analysts cut their profit estimates on a number of the nation's largest railroads on Friday, as they cited uncertainty on when the industry's plunging volumes will start to improve....
Amtrak off to record start despite recession
(The following story by Tim Landis appeared on The State Journal-Register website on January 17, 2009.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak ridership is off to another record-setting start in the first three months of the federal fiscal year in Illinois after topping 1 million...
MBTA ridership grew in 2008, despite delays
(The following story by Priyanka Dayal appeared on the Worcester Telegram & Gazette website on January 19.) WORCESTER, Mass. — Even while delays on the commuter rail remain a problem, the number of passengers taking trains in and out of Boston grew in 2008. Across the...
Traffic World: Recession rides the rails
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic Word website on January 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Across the rail freight industry, the only business piling up is debris from a worsening economic crunch. Shippers, watching demand evaporate from their...
Rail safety improves with tougher rules, greater effort
(The following story by Jill Schramm appeared on the Minot Daily News website on January 18, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — Each year about 1.7 million carloads of hazardous materials travel by rail across the United States. Only a small portion 100,000 carloads or 0.3 percent...
2002 Minot derailment: A look back
(The following story by Dave Caldwell appeared on the Minot Daily News website on January 18, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — The effects on the railroad industry of catastrophic rail accidents such as the Minot derailment of 2002 still reverberate. The Minot derailment played a...
BNSF freight train derails near Denver
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 19, 2009.) LITTLETON, Colo. — A freight train hauling dozens of cars of molten sulfur derailed, spilling some of its cargo onto the ground and releasing an eggy smell into the air, authorities said. There were...
Grant Park evacuates 50 homes as UP train derails
(The following story by Jon Krenek appeared on the Kankakee Daily-Journal website on January 19, 2009.) KANKAKEE, Ill. — About 50 homes were evacuated in Grant Park on Sunday evening following a train derailment involving a hazardous materials spill. The incident...
Rail still has value: analyst
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the Financial Post website on January 19, 2009.) OTTAWA — There's little doubt that, given the current economic downturn, North America's top-tier railways will be announcing some troubling figures when they start to...
