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Train hits car after GPS unit leads man onto tracks
(The following appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on April 18.) OAK LAWN — A Wisconsin man claims he was following his in-car navigational system when drove onto railroad tracks in southwest suburban Oak Lawn and got stuck. The empty car was struck by a Metra...
Opinion: A rail dilemma
(The following editorial appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on April 21.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's population is past 18 million and growing. The price of oil is at a stunning all-time high. Cars spew out pollutants as they idle on the state's most...
Another county opposes EJ&E rail sale
(The following story by Christina Chapman appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on April 20.) MORRIS, Ill. — Like many of its neighbors, Grundy County also opposes the sale of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway to Canadian National Railway, but officials say...
UP, NS back CN’s EJ&E plan
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 21.) TORONTO — Two of the largest railways in the United States have joined rival Canadian National Railway Co. to sound the alarm that expansion plans by North America's freight...
Iowa City-Chicago rail service on track
(The following story by William Petroski appeared on the Des Moines Register website on April 18.) IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Amtrak passenger train between Chicago and Iowa City, via Davenport, would be expected to attract 187,000 passenger annually, Amtrak officials said...
BNSF marks first distributed-power train to feature ECP brakes
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 18.) BNSF Railway Co. recently completed the maiden run of a distributed-power train equipped with the latest generation of electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes. BNSF hauls coal for...
U.S. rails seen rolling along despite slowing economy
(Reuters circulated the following by Nick Carey on April 20.) DETROIT — Despite a wobbly economy and sliding freight volumes, U.S. railroads have chugged along in recent quarters thanks to strong pricing -- and barring a deep and prolonged recession they show no sign...
NJ Transit ridership up
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 18.) NEPTUNE, N.J. — New Jersey Transit ridership has reached record levels as gas prices rise and people rethink their travel choices. The transit agency posted a record second quarter this year, with 65.1...
New Orleans port touts rail access for container shipments
(The following story by Jaime Guillet appeared on the New Orleans City Business website on April 21.) NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans is trying to sell its nationwide railroad access to attract containerized cargo shippers, but five of the six major rail lines...
A switch on the tracks: Railroads roar ahead
(The following story by Frank Ahrens appeared on the Washington Post website on April 21.) RADFORD, Va. — When Bob Billingsley hired on with Norfolk Southern railway 31 years ago, he was a rookie on work crews that were closing unused lines as the nation's economy...
