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Teamsters offer Disaster Relief assistance in Georgia
CLEVELAND, April 18 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Georgia after severe storms, tornadoes and flooding caused major damage from March 14-16. If you or someone you know needs help, please call...
MBTA sues over commuter rail crash
(The following story by Noah Bierman appeared on the Boston Globe website on April 18.) BOSTON — The MBTA filed suit yesterday against CSX Transportation and the Cohenno lumber company of Stoughton, accusing them of failing to take several basic safety steps to secure...
Liability, rail upgrade issues jeopardize Florida commuter train
(The following story by Jim Saunders and Bob Koslow appeared on the News-Journal website on April 18.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When then-Gov. Jeb Bush and other politicians boarded a train car in Orlando in 2006, they celebrated plans to bring a commuter-rail system to...
Alameda Corridor’s train count reaches 100,000
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 17.) Earlier this month, the six-year-old Alameda Corridor marked a six-digit milestone. The Los Angeles-area intermodal corridor logged the 100,000th train to use the high-speed freight-rail...
CSX: Rail rates to be up 5-6% in 2008
(The following story by Dave Hannon appeared at Purchasing.com on April 17.) Rail and intermodal provider CSX Corp. said in a recent earnings call that it expects rail rates to be up 5-6% in 2008, as high gas prices and roadway congestion drive shippers to the rails....
Amtrak may reach Shreveport
(The following story by Jamaal E. O'Neal appeared on the News-Journal website on April 18.) MARSHALL — Representatives as far as Arkansas and Louisiana gathered Thursday at downtown hotel The Marshall to announce plans to seek state and federal money that would...
UP to upgrade Northwest Iowa tracks
(The following appeared on the Sioux City Journal website on April 17.) OMAHA -- Union Pacific Railroad plans to invest $3.1 million this year on track improvements between Alton and near Sheldon, Iowa, the company announced today. When the project is complete, crews...
CSX Q1 report, potash deal drive railroads
(The following appeared at CNN.com on April 17.) The surge among North American railroad stocks Wednesday owed in part to an earnings surprise from CSX (CSX). The Jacksonville, Fla., railroad operator reported a 60% jump in Q1 earnings on rising sales growth. Both...
Big grain crop may test rail infrastructure
(The following story by Roy Roberson appeared on the Southeast Farm Press website on April 17.) Wheat acreage is expected to increase in 2008 in some Southeastern states by more than 25 percent from 2006/2007 planting and harvest. Soybeans, especially in double-crop...
Another $10 billion needed for projects, Chicago transit leaders warn
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on April 18.) CHICAGO — When it comes to money to expand train lines, replace aging buses and make other improvements, Metra, Pace and the CTA are running on fumes, transit leaders warned...
