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NS set to fight EPA lawsuit, CEO tells shareholders
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 9.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. will go to trial if necessary to fight a federal environmental lawsuit filed against it because of a deadly January 2005 train wreck in...
BLET member donates Cleveland Terminal Tower construction archives
(The following story by Michael O'Malley appeared on the Plain Dealer website on May 9. Brother R.H. Linsey is a member of BLET Division 659 in Buffalo, N.Y., and is Vice General Chairman of the Norfolk Southern-Northern Lines General Committee of Adjustment.)...
Chemical spill in train car derailment forces evacuation in Mass.
(The following story by Mark E. Vogler appeared on the Eagle Tribune website on May 9.) LAWRENCE, Mass. — A railroad tanker car laden with 250,000 pounds of a potentially dangerous chemical was ripped open and derailed early last night, spilling a white sandy powder...
AAR: U.S. rail traffic mixed in April
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on May 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. railroads reported mixed results in April, with carload freight up and intermodal traffic down, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today. A total of...
UP poles blown down by winds
(The following story by Mike Peters appeared on the Greeley Tribune website on May 8.) GREELEY, Colo. — Eleven power poles, which carried electricity to Union Pacific properties in La Salle, were blown down by last Friday's powerful winds which swept through Weld...
Man talking on cell phone killed by Amtrak train
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on May 7.) SEATTLE — Police say a man struck and killed by an Amtrak train at Auburn was talking on a cell phone and apparently did not hear the horn. Police say the train was traveling northbound at about 80 mph...
RTD buying unneeded land to satisfy UP deal
(The following story by Jeffrey Leib appeared on The Denver Post website on May 6.) DENVER — RTD is paying nearly $15 million for about 300 acres of Weld County farmland it doesn't need. The Regional Transportation District arranged to buy the land as part of its...
A SLO-SF train is on the way
(The following story by Kathy Johnston appeared on the New Times website on May 8.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A new passenger train route connecting San Luis Obispo County with downtown San Francisco—known as the Coast Daylight—is on track for service within a few...
Opinion: Lawyers got it right on CSX
(The following editorial by Carl Howard appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 7. Mr. Howard teaches fourth grade in Orlando.) ORLANDO — My $600 economic-stimulus check is on the way, and a friend of mine wants me to buy beer with it. His logic is sound, if...
CSX wants new complaint against Pittsburgh firm entered
(The following story by John O'Brien appeared on the West Virginia Record website on May 7.) WHEELING, W.Va. — A railroad giant is again trying to bring to light what it feels is fraud on the part of asbestos lawyers who have filed thousands of claims in West...
