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TCI sees $2.2 billion potential CSX productivity gains
(Reuters circulated the following on May 20.) NEW YORK — British activist investor group The Children's Investment Fund said on Tuesday U.S. railroad CSX Corp. could achieve $2.2 billion in annual productivity gains within five years, much more than the $400 million...
Text of Obama’s letter to CN regarding EJ&E purchase
(The following story by Andre Salles appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on May 20.) CHICAGO — The proposed sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad to Canadian National Railway Company continues to draw controversy, with Sen. Barack Obama joining in...
Obama opposes CN’s EJ&E deal
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on May 20.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co., already getting an earful from suburban Chicago residents over its plans to buy a freight carrier in their backyard, now faces a new...
UP must cut coal rates for Kansas utility
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on May 19.) OMAHA, Neb. — Federal regulators ordered Union Pacific Corp. to lower the rates it charges the Kansas City Power and Light Co. for delivering Wyoming coal to a power plant in Missouri. The...
Quick-thinking BLET member, train crew lauded for actions after crash
(The following story by Matt Collette appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 17. R.A. Gomes is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston.) BOSTON — When engineer Ronald Gomes saw a runaway freight car barreling toward the commuter rail train he was operating, he...
Train-hopping traveler’s life, captured on film
(The following story by Colin Moynihan appeared on the New York Times website on May 18.) NEW YORK — For nearly as long as rail lines have crisscrossed the country, there have been stories about wanderers covertly climbing aboard train cars and riding away from...
Trains on the brain
(The following story by Robert Boyer appeared on the Burlington Times-News website on May 16.) BURLINGTON, N.C. — On May 10, 1869, workers from the east and west met in Promontory Summit, Utah, and drove the last spike in the transcontinental railroad. For the first...
RTD to reimburse $18.3 million to UP for land
(The following story by Dan England appeared on the Greeley Tribune website on May 18.) DENVER — The Regional Transportation District is reimbursing Union Pacific for $18.3 million of land. RTD hopes to eventually get its money back for the property, which was slated...
Boy playing ‘chicken’ hit by UP train in Oregon
(The following story by Teresa Blackman appeared at NWCN.com on May 17.) MARION COUNTY, Ore. — A boy playing "chicken" with friends on railroad tracks was struck by an oncoming Union Pacific train Friday night, police said. The friends were daring each other to wait...
Greater fuel efficiency driving popularity of trains
(The following story by Mike Hall appeared on The Capital-Journal website on May 19.) TOPEKA, Kan. — Railroads are busier than ever. Profits are up, and demand for their services is growing. Both Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Union Pacific Railroad recently...
