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Heartland Flyer looking at northern routes
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Tim Talley on May 18.) OKLAHOMA CITY — A grass roots alliance wants to launch passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and Kansas, a move they say would make Amtrak's existing Heartland Flyer service between...
Suburb wants new Metra stop
(The following appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on May 19.) BELLWOOD, Ill. — Bellwood Mayor Frank A. Pasquale is waiting on the railroad. Pasquale wants a new Metra station in Bellwood to replace the current Bellwood and Melrose Park stations. It would anchor...
CSX plans likely to roll ahead
(The following story by Rick Rousos appeared on The Ledger website on May 18.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Headlines blaring "Railroad Deal Dead in Its Tracks" don't mean downtown Lakeland won't see a significant increase in freight trains. And it doesn't mean the so-dubbed...
CN: No need for grade separation along EJ&E
(The following story by Kathy Cichon appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on May 18.) LISLE, Ill. — Based on a preliminary independent analysis of the data, officials with Canadian National Railway said they do not see a need for under/overpasses at any of...
SEPTA police say strike is a possibility
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 19.) PHILADELPHIA — Amid increased fears about rider safety, SEPTA transit police are threatening to strike because of a long-standing impasse over wages. Officials from SEPTA...
Opening glance: Rails hit highs, shippers slip
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 16.) NEW YORK — Shares of railroads hit highs in early trading Friday, as investors reacted to a trade group report that said freight traffic rose last week. Shippers lost ground, though, as oil prices soared more...
Enola line sale nears
(The following story by P.J. Reilly appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on May 16.) LANCASTER, Pa. — It's been 19 years since Conrail first moved to abandon the train tracks that stretch across southern Lancaster County. And ever since then, the owner of the...
BNSF marks 100th 10,000-foot intermodal train
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 16.) BNSF Railway Co. recently marked three milestones: its 100th 10,000-foot intermodal train, an international stack units-per-train record and an all-time-low daily number of foreign end-of-train...
Towns see mixed blessing in extra trains
(The following story by John Dyer appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 18.) BOSTON — Congressman Jim McGovern stood in front of a crowd of state and local officials, representatives of both freight and commuter rail operations, and about 50 other interested...
La. evacuees allowed to return home after derailment clean up
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 19.) LAFAYETTE, La. — Residents driven from their homes by a chemical spill returned home, but a narrow evacuation perimeter remained around the site of a freight train derailment. About 3,000 residents were...
