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Amtrak mired in freight traffic
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on September 26.) CHICAGO — Amtrak ridership has surged thanks to high gas prices, but increased interference from freight trains is causing the passenger railroad's poor on-time...
Heartland Corridor progress: Army Corps to study Prichard expansion
(The following press release from Congressman Nick Rahall appeared at Huntingtonnews.net on September 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The proposed expansion of the Prichard Intermodal Facility as part of the Heartland Corridor Project took a step closer to reality with the...
Frankfort braces for approval of CN/EJ&E merger
(The following story by Gina Kenny appeared on the Southtown Star website on September 25.) CHICAGO — Frankfort village officials are not putting all of their eggs in one basket. The village will spend money to prevent a hurried ruling on Canadian National's...
Court is CN’s next stop to EJ&E purchase
(The following story by Kevin P. Craver appeared on the Kane County Chronicle website on September 26.) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway on Thursday made good on its promise to go to court to force a federal regulatory decision on its proposed purchase of the...
CN found in breach of service to 4 grain shippers
(Reuters circulated the following story by Roberta Rampton on September 25.) WINNIPEG — Canadian National Railway, Canada's largest railway, breached its service obligations to four small grain shippers last year, the Canadian Transportation Agency said on Thursday....
CSX wraps June election
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on September 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After waging a long, bitter fight against dissident investors led by two activist hedge funds, CSX this week finally concluded its June 25 shareholders...
TCRC: Metrolink accident should serve as a safety lesson
(The following statement by Dan J. Shewchuk of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference was issued on September 25.) OTTAWA — The toll from the head-on collision between a Metrolink passenger train and a Union Pacific freight train, on September 15 in Chatsworth (50 km...
LA County to help Metrolink pay for train braking system
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 25.) LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County transportation officials agreed on Thursday to help fund technology that could help prevent train collisions and called for putting a second engineer and video cameras in...
Metrolink chief says agency would consider installing safety systems
(The following story by Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 26.) LOS ANGELES — In his most extensive public statement since the deadly Chatsworth train crash, Metrolink Chief Executive David R. Solow said Thursday that his agency would...
AAR: Hurricane Ike causes rail freight downturn
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on September 25). WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was off sharply during the week ended September 20 in comparison with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads...
