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Amtrak official says double engine failure was ‘unusual’
(The following story by Terry Britt appeared on the website on June 23.) EDGEWOOD, Texas — An Amtrak official said Thursday it is very unusual for one of its trains to have a double engine failure like the one that occurred Monday afternoon in Edgewood. More than 200...
CSX conflict with TCI means increased freight rates, buybacks
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on June 24.) NEW YORK — CSX Corp., under pressure from its two biggest hedge-fund investors to change the company's board and increase profit, may raise freight rates and buy back more stock to...
Opinion: Abolish the Canadian rail monopoly
(The following editorial by Francois Tougas appeared on the Financial Post website on June 24. Mr. Tougas is a partner with Lang Michener LLP and an adjunct professor in competition policy at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law.) OTTAWA — Canadian...
Crumbling infrastructure on Amtrak’s NE corridor awaits federal funding
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on June 23.) PHILADELPHIA — Next to Jim Cade's auto body shop in West Philadelphia, an Amtrak retaining wall is crumbling into his parking lot. Eight feet away, Amtrak and SEPTA trains...
BNSF ready for harvest season
(The following story by Marvin Baker appeared on the Minot Daily News website on June 23.) MINOT, N.D. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad is poised to handle harvest on the northern Great Plains, according to the group vice president for agricultural products....
Railroads pre-position cars for Colo. wheat harvest
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23.) PUEBLO, Colo. — Railroads are taking extra steps this year to provide transportation for eastern plains farmers' crops, a year after tons of grain spoiled in grain elevators and on the ground. Rep. John...
Damaged KCS rail line should be operational today
(The following story by Vickie Welborn appeared on the Shreveport Times website on June 24.) ADA, La. — A Kansas City Southern rail line in the Bienville Parish community of Ada should be operational sometime today following overnight repairs related to Monday...
KCS train derails in La. after crash with log truck
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23.) TAYLOR, La. — Several Kansas City Southern train cars have derailed and three are on fire after colliding with a log truck in northern Louisiana. Authorities in Bienville Parish say a tractor-trailer pulled...
Last train to cross Connecticut drawbridge
(The following story by Matthew L. Wald appeared on the New York Times website on June 23.) NEW YORK — In Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, the railroad’s weakest link — a 90-year-old drawbridge across the Thames River in eastern Connecticut — was scheduled to carry its...
CSX must choose route to bottom line
(The following story by Robert Wright appeared on The Financial Times website on June 23.) LONDON — The two rail systems that wind through the grim industrial landscape of northern New Jersey are outwardly hard to distinguish – except by the different liveries of the...
