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Santa Cruz strikes new deal to purchase line from UP for $14.2 million
(The following appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on August 7.) SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — County transportation leaders announced today that they have struck a deal with Union Pacific to buy the 32-mile rail line between Davenport and Watsonville for $14.2...
San Bernardino partnership helps train dispatchers for BNSF Railway
(The following story by Zeke Minaya appeared on The Press-Enterprise website on August 7.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — To the layman, the bank of computer monitors might as well be flashing hieroglyphics. Red, green and white lines shoot off in various directions. Jonathan...
Whitefish, Mont. moving forward with railroad quiet zones
(The following story by Richard Hanners appeared on the Whitefish Pilot website on August 7.) WHITEFISH, Mont. — Whitefish is moving closer to quieting train horns at two of its three at-grade railway crossings. Dealing with the third one is not in the cards, at least...
Feds add $210 million for LIRR East Side project
(The following story by Steve Ritea appeared on the Newsday website on August 8.) NEW YORK — Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday announced $210 million in federal funding for East Side Access, the $7.2-billion project to link the Long Island...
Enforcing train crossing rules
(The following story by John Bulger appeared on the Idaho State Journal website on August 7.) POCATELLO, Idaho — The two engines rumble down the track, horns blaring. A green truck approaches the crossing, which is marked with a sign. The truck driver hesitates, then...
Texas town wants answers in BNSF train derailment
(The following report appeared on the Brenham Banner-Press website on August 7.) BRENHAM, Texas — Local officials say they are confident that the cause of a derailment that sent dozens of train cars careening off the track will be made public. State Rep. Lois W....
State allocates $4.8 million for Metro-North upgrades
(The following story by Lynn Doan appeared on the Hartford Courant website on August 5.) HARTFORD, Conn. — The state is spending almost $5 million to upgrade the nearly century-old wires that power Metro-North trains traveling between New Haven and New York. The State...
Business fears election will boost labor
(The following story by Jordan Fabian appeared at TheHill.com on August 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Business leaders say a Democratic sweep of the presidency and key Senate contests this fall could lead to major changes in U.S. labor law. Business has viewed the Senate as...
AAR: U.S. rail carloadings up in July
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on August 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. railroads originated 1,606,877 carloads of freight in July 2008, up 16,825 carloads (1.1 percent) from July 2007. U.S. railroads also originated 1,125,795 intermodal...
S.D. senator thinks feds will approve CP Rail-DM&E merger
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 7.) HURON, S.D. — Sen. John Thune says he thinks the federal Surface Transportation Board will approve the Canadian Pacific Railway’s proposed merger with the Sioux Falls-based Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern...
