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Senators ask Amtrak to get rail cars ready for Q-C route
(The following story by Ed Tibbetts appeared on the Quad City Times website on May 27.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Iowa and Illinois lawmakers are asking that Amtrak move quickly to prepare rail cars in the event Amtrak connections between Chicago and Iowa are built. U.S....
TCI court battle with CSX to focus on share movements
(The following story by James Quinn appeared on The Telegraph website on May 24.) LONDON — Secretive hedge fund manager Chris Hohn is set for a court showdown with American railway operator CSX today over his Children Investment Fund's (TCI) bid to install five of his...
CSX urges shareholders to reject activist slate
(Reuters circulated the following on May 27.) NEW YORK — Railroad CSX Corp. on Tuesday said it sent a letter to shareholders urging them to disregard a proxy card from hedge funds seeking to nominate a slate of directors and to instead re-elect the board. The...
Disabled train causes NJ Transit delays
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on May 29.) NEWARK, N.J. — Wednesday morning was a perfect storm of commuting calamity, when a disabled train blocked two tracks in Newark's Penn Station, delaying tens of thousands of...
Omaha residents return home after BNSF leak causes evacuation
(The following story by Maggie O’Brien and Andrew J. Nelson appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on May 29.) OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha fire officials and BNSF Railway Co. representatives allowed residents of an evacuated part of south Omaha to return to their homes at...
Management blames worker for Chicago derailment
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch and Mary Owen appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 29.) CHICAGO — A veteran CTA train motorman apparently disobeyed a red "stop" signal and overruled equipment that triggered the emergency brakes, resulting in a...
Trolley operator dies after collision in near Boston
(The following story by Noah Bierman, Ralph Ranalli, and James Vaznis appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 28.) NEWTON, Mass. — An outbound Green Line trolley crowded with rush-hour passengers slammed into the back of a second trolley along an idyllic stretch...
Officials probe train wrecks in Boston, Chicago
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Steve LeBlanc on May 29.) NEWTON, Mass. — Federal investigators arrived Thursday at the tracks outside Boston where two commuter trains collided and derailed during rush hour a day earlier, trapping and killing a...
Royal Canadian Pacific named “Tour of a Lifetime”
CALGARY, May 27 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific's (CP: TSX/NYSE) luxury rail service, the Royal Canadian Rockies Experience has been named a "Tour of a Lifetime," by National Geographic Traveler. "The Royal Canadian Pacific is the most spectacular way to see the Canadian...
Filmmaker follows hobo scribblings
(The following story by R. A. Dyer appeared in the Fort Worth Star – Telegram on May 28) It's a simple cartoon face, scrawled in what appears to be white chalk. Imagine an iconic 1970s smiley face -- except that instead of a smile there's a scowl, and instead of a...
