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Bomb scare disrupts service on LIRR’s Long Beach branch
(The following story by John Valenti appeared on the Newsday website on January 14.) NEW YORK — A bomb scare caused the brief suspension of all service on the Long Beach branch of the Long Island Rail Road Wednesday morning, causing the cancellation of one westbound...
Landowners’ suit accuses BNSF of causing wildfire
(The following story by Bill Morlin appeared on The Spokesman-Review website on January 13, 2009.) SPOKANE, Wash. — Eleven property owners who live or own land near Marshall, Spokane County, have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against BNSF Railway for allegedly...
Plainfield to join fight against CN’s EJ&E purchase
(The following story by Janet Lundquist appeared on the Plainfield Sun website on January 14, 2009.) PLAINFIELD, Ill. — Plainfield village officials are looking to join the legal fight against Canadian National's purchase of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. The...
Freight-rail tax credit bill re-enters the House
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 13.) A freight-rail tax credit bill is back on Capitol Hill. On Jan. 7, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) introduced the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009 (H.R. 272), which is...
Report of UP tanker car leaking toxic chemical causes evacuations
(The following appeared at KVAL.com on January 13.) SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A railroad tanker car reportedly leaking a toxic chemical prompted evacuations from nearby businesses in Springfield, Ore., as firefighters responded to the scene Tuesday night. The report from a...
UP blames slow economy for layoffs
(The following appeared on the North Platte Bulletin website on January 14.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad blamed the slowing economy for furloughing about 230 workers in North Platte. Chad Wilbourn, UP's general superintendent for the North Platte...
Opinion: Labor Department nominee a friend of labor
(The following column by Marie Cocco appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on January 13, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The face of hope has appeared early on Capitol Hill. The vision was fleeting, and it received little attention from journalists obsessively focused...
Officials shoring up inaugural traffic, security plans
(The following report by Jeanne Meserve appeared at CNN.com on January 13.) FAIRFAX, Va. — With all the bridges and road closings on Inaugural Day, the problem isn't just about getting people into Washington but getting them back out after Barack Obama is sworn in...
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:...
BNSF Railway gives $500,000 for Glacier’s 100th anniversary
(The following story by Rickard Ecke appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on January 13, 2009.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A railroad has continued its longstanding love affair with a big, beautiful park. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation will provide a...
