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Teamsters offer Disaster Relief assistance in Georgia
CLEVELAND, April 8 — 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...
UP-Dow Chemical safety train ready to roll
(The following appeared on the Occupational Health & Safety website on April 8.) A safety train fitted with a classroom and training center will roll into 10 communities along the Mississippi River corridor during the next month to provide free railroad and chemical...
CP and CN Rail expected to make up for weakness in future quarters
(The following appeared on the National Post website on April 8.) OTTAWA — Despite harsh winter weather and related operational issues, Canaccord Adams analyst Tom Varesh said Monday he expects the country’s largest railways to make up for any resulting volume...
Uphill climb for trains
(The following story by David Berman appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 7.) TORONTO — Canada's railway stocks have not exactly been ripping up the tracks with their high-speed performance lately. Higher fuel costs, terrible weather conditions and a rising...
Canada to review national railway freight service
(Reuters circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on April 7.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canada launched a review on Monday of the country's railroad freight service, which is dominated by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways. The review, expected to take...
KCS posts progress on new intermodal terminal, rehabilitated line in south Texas
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 7.) Last week, Kansas City Southern executives met with Rosenberg, Texas, officials to discuss plans for a new intermodal facility on an 800-acre site in Fort Bend County between Rosenberg and...
Local Va. officials opposed to location of NS intermodal site
(The following story by Tim Thornton appeared on the Roanoke Times website on April 8.) ELLISTON, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp., Gov. Tim Kaine and the state Department of Rail and Public Transportation have all said Elliston is the only feasible site for an intermodal...
Virginia, NS agree on location of terminal
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on April 7.) NORFOLK, Va. — The best location for Norfolk Southern Corp. to build its proposed Roanoke-area cargo terminal is Elliston, a village just west of Roanoke, state officials...
Train cars burn, evacuation ordered after CP trains crash in southeastern Sask.
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on April 7.) RALPH, Sask. — People in a rural area of southeast Saskatchewan were told to evacuate Monday when rail cars caught fire following a crash involving three Canadian Pacific Railway trains, some carrying dangerous...
FRA step in on Boston rail crash
(The following story by Galen Moore appeared at BostonNow.com on April 7.) BOSTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has asserted control over the investigation into a March 25 accident on the Stoughton Commuter Rail Line, after the freight company CSX alleged...
