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Illinois lawmakers propose overhaul of federal rail authority
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on August 2.) CHICAGO — Under new legislation proposed this week, the federal Surface Transportation Board would have to consider the impact of any railway sale on local communities...
BNSF expects track, closed by derailment, to reopen at midnight
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 4.) HELENA, Mont. — BNSF Railway says its track 45 miles east of Libby is likely to reopen at midnight, about 18 hours after a derailment. Ten cars in a train hauling corn from Minnesota to the West Coast...
Many pick Amtrak over plane, automobile
(The following story by Jonathon Braden appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on August 4.) OMAHA, Neb. — Thirty minutes before the scheduled boarding time of Amtrak's California Zephyr, no one waited in the small train station at 1003 S. Ninth St. The dozens of...
Man attempts suicide on CSX track, police say
(The following story by Craig Myers appeared on the Press-Register website on August 5.) MOBILE, Ala. — A 46-year-old man apparently tried to commit suicide with the help of a CSX Corp. train in Bay Minette early Saturday, police said. Michael Bryan Merch of U.S. 31...
Rise in train deaths in South Florida causing concern among rail officials
(The following story by Angel Streeter appeared on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel website on August 5.) ORLANDO, Fla. — More people have been struck and killed by trains in South Florida this year than any time in the past two decades, raising alarms among railroad...
Hoffa blasts DOT for illegally extending cross-border pilot
(The following official statement of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa was issued on August 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, through her designated fall guy Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator John Hill, announced the...
NS donates thousands of acres of land
(The following story by Scott Harper appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on August 5.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has given up its development rights on 12,488 acres of ecologically important forest and wilderness in South Carolina, a donation described...
UP fighting fines for drugs on trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on August 4.) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Corp. wants a federal judge to set aside nearly $38 million in proposed penalties a U.S. agency has assessed against the railroad since 2002. The fines against the...
Deadline is August 18 for Teamster Disaster Relief assistance in Missouri
CLEVELAND, August 4 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Missouri after severe storms and flooding caused major damage in the following counties: Clark, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Ralls and St....
Pullman exhibit represents new era at Wisc. rail museum
(The following story by Warren Bluhm appeared on the Greed Bay Press Gazette website on August 3.) ASHWAUBENON, Wisc. — A just-opened exhibit marks a change of direction for the National Railroad Museum, as it tells more about the people who worked on the historic...
