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Feds say CN can’t acquire EJ&E early
(The following story by Dan Campana and Andre Sallas appeared on the Daily Southtown Star website on September 9.) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway cannot purchase the EJ&E Railroad before a final study on the impact of the sale is released, the U.S. Surface...
STB rejects CN’s request for early approval of plan to buy EJ&E
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on September 9.) CHICAGO — Federal regulators on Monday denied the Canadian National Railway Co.'s demand for early approval of its plan to buy a suburban railroad, a decision likely to...
RRB: Medicare for railroad families
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 12.) CHICAGO — The Federal Medicare program provides hospital and medical insurance protection for railroad retirement annuitants and their families, just as it does for social security beneficiaries....
Iowa Interstate Railroad to operate steam train for flood relief
(The Iowa Interstate Railroad issued the following on September 5.) ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — On October 18-19, 2008 the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) will operate Railroad Development Corporation’s (RDC’s) 2 QJ-type steam locomotives on two days of special events to...
Trying to get train on track
(The following appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on September 8.) CHICAGO — When Janet Fisher's father died in 1992, the family started reminiscing, as families will, about the good old days. They remembered how their father, Milt, a lawyer in downtown...
Trio battles BNSF over tree trimming
(The following story by Tricia Leslie appeared on the Peace Arch News website on September 5.) WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Tree trimming on White Rock’s Hump has been put on hold. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway had planned to start “vegetation control” Monday, but BNSF...
“Tracks Through Time” television special looks at Michigan’s surprising railroading history
(The following story by Janet I. Martineau appeared on The Saginaw News website on September 6.) SAGINAW, Mich. — Sometimes, in the still of the night, Allegan historian Larry Massie can hear a train's whistle that is eight miles away. "The noise comes through the...
Bay Area residents moving closer to public transportation
(The following story by Janis Mara appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on September 5.) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Every weekday morning, commuter Bradley Jackson rolls out of bed, gulps a cup of coffee and walks seven blocks to the Amtrak station in Martinez,...
MBTA, MARTA and CTA post monthly passenger-count gains
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on September 5.) Three transit agencies posted ridership gains the past few months. Continuing a seven-month streak of ridership increases, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) carried a...
Police seeking help with NS rail yard theft
(The following story by Rich Davis appeared on the Evansville Courier Press website on September 6.) EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana State Police in Jasper are investigating the theft of $7,500 in items from an office at the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard in Huntingburg. The...
