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Two men die in fiery crash with Amtrak on tracks
(The following story by Jacques Von Lunen and Arthur Gregg Sulzberger appeared on The Oregonian website on August 17.) PORTLAND, Ore. — The two men who were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in view of hundreds of visitors to the Clackamas County Fair on Friday...
Fatal guess may have put man in train’s path
(The following story by E, Richard Walton appeared on the Greenville News website on August 17.) GREENVILLE, S.C. — A 33-year-old man made a fatal mistake when he was struck by a Norfolk-Southern train at Pleasantburg Drive and Worley Road on Friday night, a...
Metra passengers stranded into wee hour of early Saturday morning
(The following appeared at WBBM.com on August 16.) CHICAGO — Metra is apologizing to passengers stranded on a train for three hours Friday night while crews worked on multiple technical problems on its tracks. A Union Pacific West Line train that left Ogilvie...
Opinion: Miami’s TriRail outperforms Virginia Railway Express
(The following column by Steve Dunham appeared at Fredericksburg.com on August 17. Mr. Dunham of Spotsylvania County commutes on Virginia Railway Express to Arlington. He chairs the board of directors of the Virginia Association of Railway Patrons.) FREDERICKSBURG,...
NS pricing power drives profits
(The following column appeared at SeekingAlpha.com on August 17.) Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) has been able to leverage its strong pricing power in order to grow its profits, as seen by the company's recently reported strong second-quarter results. Analyst estimates...
County officials oppose UP on bridge conversion
(The following story by Jennifer Johnson appeared on The Examiner website on August 16.) BEAUMONT, Texas — Orange County Commissioners officially made a stand against Union Pacific Railroad this week, electing to support testimony against the railroad’s request to...
Traffic is main concern in CSX central Florida report
(The following appeared on the Lake Wales News website on August 16.) WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Just how many trucks can State Route 60, U.S Highway 27 and U.S. Highway 98 handle should CSX build a massive rail transfer facility between Lake Wales and Bartow? While there...
BNSF wants flood lawsuit moved
(The following story by Kevin Murphy appeared on the Dubuque Telegraph Herald website on August 15.) MADISON, Wisc. — The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad wants the class-action lawsuit -- filed by village of Bagley residents whose homes were damaged in a July...
Port of Coos Bay may get Oregon railroad
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 17.) COOS BAY, Ore. — The Port of Coos Bay soon may own a 111-mile railroad. Trouble is, it has no experience in running one. It applied to the federal government to buy the Coos Bay tracks from Central Oregon &...
Opinion: The power of quiet
(The following column by James Katz appeared on the New York Sun website on August 18. Mr. Katz, a professor of communication, is the director of the center for mobile communication studies at Rutgers University.) NEW YORK — On a Long Island Rail Road train heading to...
