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Americans drove 100 billion fewer miles in 2008
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on December 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans drove more than 100 billion fewer miles between November 2007 and October 2008 than the same period a year earlier, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E....
Editorial: Fla. commuter rail’s back on track thanks to efforts of local leaders
(The following editorial appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on December 14.) ORLANDO, Fla. — Just because it's the right thing for Florida doesn't mean lawmakers in Tallahassee will support it. Commuter rail's the right thing, and the Legislature opposed it last...
NS offers $1 million challenge grant to assist Virginia Museum of Transportation
(Norfolk Southern issued the followingo n December 12.) ROANOKE , Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation has offered a challenge grant of $1 million to the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) for capital and operating expenses over a three-year period to help the...
Appeals court sides with Ala. on railroad tax suit
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Phillip Rawls on December 12.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal appeals court has sided with Alabama in a lawsuit filed by Norfolk Southern Railway Co. that could have wiped out several million dollars in taxes that...
FRA weekly news digest
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on December 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — FRA to Hold Public Meeting on Maglev Project Funding. On December 17, 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will be holding an open, public meeting to answer...
Railroad employee struck by train
(The following appeared on the St. Joseph News-Press website on December 13.) ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — A BNSF Railway employee was hospitalized after being struck by the handrail of a moving train earlier in the week. Steve Forsberg, general director of public affairs for...
Graffiti-covered train cars sitting idle in Utah County
(The following story by Rodger L. Hardy appeared on the Deseret News website on December 13.) PAYSON, Utah — A string of graffiti-covered railroad cars parked on a Union Pacific spur along I-15 in southern Utah County is sitting idle, not because of the tagging, but...
For BNSF, 2008 was a good year
(The following appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on December 14.) Burlington Northern Santa Fe President Matt Rose says the global economic slowdown will impact the railroad company in 2009, but just what that impact will be is unclear. "We had good growth...
Editorial: CN and Chicago win
(The following editorial appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on December 15.) CHICAGO — Canadian National's proposed purchase of the EJ&E rail line would boost the Chicago-area economy by $60 million a year, create hundreds of new jobs and ease freight gridlock....
Kansas City So warns economy hurting; stock drops
(Reuters circulated the following on December 12.) CHICAGO — Regional U.S. railroad Kansas City Southern (KSU.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) warned on Friday that weakness in the U.S. and global economies had pushed down freight volumes and would hurt...
