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Amtrak to bus passengers to destinations after barge accident
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Passengers on Amtrak's California Zephyr will arrive at their destinations -- by bus. Amtrak uses a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River in Burlington that was closed when it was hit by...
Barge accident closes 2 Mississippi River bridges
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Melanie S. Welte on May 1.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Several fully loaded barges broke loose on the flood-swollen Mississippi River, striking two key bridges and forcing a halt to highway and railroad traffic early...
Fla. Senate blows CSX deal off the rails
(The following story by Aaron Deslatte appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 2.) ORLANDO — Senate leaders announced late Wednesday they were stripping a transportation bill of the legal protections CSX Corp. says it needs to pave the way for Central...
Report says CSX hid worker injuries
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on May 2.) TAMPA, Fla. — Bobby Lightfoot braced himself as the train engineer hit the brakes in the Polk County rail yard, but the hard stop rippled through the railroad cars to where...
Closing glance: Rails, shippers finish up
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.) NEW YORK — Shares of railroads and shippers mostly closed higher Thursday as the broader market rallied and oil prices pulled back. Light, sweet crude for June delivery fell 94 cents to settle at $112.52 a...
UP announces 2-for-1 stock split
(Union Pacific issued the following on May 1.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) announced that its Board of Directors voted today to authorize a two-for-one stock split, distributed as a stock dividend. Shareholders will receive one additional share...
CP Rail pays residents after 2002 Minot derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Blake Nicholosn on May 1.) BISMARCK, N.D. - About 3,100 Minot residents will share in a $7 million lawsuit settlement with Canadian Pacific Railway stemming from a derailment and chemical spill more than six...
AAR: Carload freight up, intermodal down
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on May 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sharp gains in loadings of coal and grain were large enough to offset drops in metallic ores, automotive traffic and lumber and produce a small gain in carload freight on the...
STB: BNSF trackage rights exemption for DM&E
(The U.s. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on April 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pursuant to a written amendment to a trackage rights agreement, the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) has agreed to modify an existing trackage rights...
Obama, Clinton court working families
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 30.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in Indiana today, trying to pick up support from working families. Obama and his wife Michelle were talking about middle-class tax cuts; Clinton...
