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CSX chief says railroad is catching up
(The following story by Robert Wright appeared on The Financial Times website on June 23.) LONDON — The chief executive of the US rail company facing a crucial showdown with investors this week has admitted that the company underperformed for many years but insisted...
UP, NS introduce new automotive co-loading service
(Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern issued the following on June 23.) OMAHA, Neb., and NORFOLK, Va. — Automotive manufacturers now have the ability to take advantage of each other’s rail car capacity to deliver finished vehicles to market faster and more efficiently....
Rail buffs from far and wide ride famous Tehachapi Loop
(The following story by Steven Mayer appeared on the Bakersfield Californian website on June 22.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — They came from as far away as South Carolina, Arizona and Chicago with one goal in mind: to be among the few who can say they’ve ridden a passenger...
Benefit rate increase for railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on June 2.) CHICAGO — The maximum daily benefit rate payable for claims under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act increases to $61 from $59 in the new benefit year, which begins July 1, 2008. Benefits are...
Rail line’s fortunes fall with Atlantic City casinos
(The following story by Eric Scott Campbell appeared on the Press of Atlantic City website on June 23.) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The train line between the resort and Philadelphia has not accompanied other NJ Transit routes in gaining ridership, the organization's...
Vintage passenger train provides educational opportunity
(The following story by Kati O’Hare appeared on the Daily Press website on June 23.) MONTROSE, Colo. — Every two hours in the United States, a vehicle or pedestrian is struck by a train. “People at a crossing have a choice. I don’t,” said engineer Steve Wareham,...
Conn. bridge work will disrupt Amtrak’s NY-Boston service
(The following story by Anna Mageras appeared on The Journal News website on June 20.) NEW YORK — Westchester travelers heading to Boston on Amtrak next week will have to take slower, regional inland trains from Tuesday to Friday due to a bridge replacement near New...
Amtrak stop resurrected as possibility
(The following story by Stephanie Harris-Smith appeared on the Hope Star website on June 20.) HOPE, Ark. — The Hope Advertising and Tourist Promotion Commission Secretary Paul Henley recently asked the Amtrak train system to make a stop in Hope. “We made a formal...
Biodiesel will drive Eastern Wa. train during summer-long test
(The following story by Shawn Vestal or The Spokesman-Review appeared on the Seattle Times website on June 23.) CRESTON, Wash. — When the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad train pulled out of town Friday, it was hauling 52 cars, about 6,600 tons of wheat and — for...
11 BNSF train cars carrying corn syrup derail in Texas
(The following appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on June 20.) HOUSTON — Emergency crews were cleaning up a train derailment on the north side of Pearland on Thursday night. The derailment happened at 5:43 p.m. Thursday in the area of Mykawa and Knapp roads....
