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Amtrak plans to demolish old towers
(The following story by Katie Warchut appeared on The Day website on September 29.) GROTON, Conn. — An inconspicuous brick building next to the train tracks on the Groton side of the Thames River was once a key part of operations: It was where a railroad operator...
Winter Haven tweaks wording of CSX hub recommendations
(The following story by Shelly Godefrin appeared on the News Chief website on September 29.) WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — When the Winter Haven Planning Commission voted unanimously last week to recommend city approval for the CSX Intermodel Logistics Center (ILC), it went...
Driver blames GPS for crash with Metro-North train in Bedford Hills
(The following story by Yaron Steinbuch and Hoa Nguyen appeared on The Journal News website on September 30.) BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. — In a case of deja vu at an accident-prone grade crossing, a driver blamed his GPS last night for an accident in which a northbound...
KCS’s Mexico unit gets financing for locomotives
(The following story by Mark Davis appeared on The Kansas City Star website on September 29.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Mexico subsidiary said this morning it has secured a $52.2 million loan to finance locomotives, another sign that some lenders and...
Rail bill may allow one-person crews
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on September 29.) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Corp. and other U.S. railroads may be able to boost profits by trimming locomotive crews to one person from two under rail-safety legislation moving...
U.S. freight lines carrying a lighter burden
(The following story by Robert Wright appeared on the Financial Times website on September 29.) LONDON — The huge yellow crane straddling the tracks at one of Norfolk Southern Railway’s container-handling yards works steadily along the train. It lifts each of the two...
STB approves CP Rail acquisition of DM&E
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on September 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has approved the proposed acquisition of control by the Canadian Pacific Railway Corporation (CPRC), and its...
Amtrak bill survives key Senate hurdle
(The following appeared at CQpolitics.com on September 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted Monday to move ahead with Amtrak legislation, setting up a vote to clear the bill Wednesday. The chamber voted 69-17 to overcome a procedural hurdle on the bill, which...
Engineer’s family shoulders profound grief from train wreck
(The following story by Molly Hennessy-Fiske appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 30.) LOS ANGELES — At 11:30 on the morning of Sept. 19, some 60 engineers and conductors gathered at a modest La Crescenta house. They had come to memorialize Robert...
Applying for a Railroad Retirement Annuity
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 9.) CHICAGO — Railroad employees who are planning to retire should be aware of what steps to take and what documents are required when applying for an annuity from the Railroad Retirement Board...
