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Topeka delays action on expansion of railroad service
(The following story by Tim Hrenchir appeared on The (Topeka) Capital-Journal website on April 3.) TOPEKA, Kan. — The Topeka City Council will wait two weeks to consider a joint city-county resolution encouraging the expansion of railroad service options for residents...
NS exec: There was no promise to keep mill open after SC crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 2.) AIKEN, S.C. — The former chief executive of railroad owner Norfolk Southern says he never promised that his company would pay to keep open a textile mill damaged by a 2005 toxic chemical spill. A Norfolk...
Port of Halifax focused on cargo, CEO says
(The following story by Tom Peters appeared on the Chronicle Herald website on April 3.) HALIFAX, N.S. — The Port of Halifax will continue with a "work-together" attitude to deal with the challenges of the day and focus on increasing its container cargo business, says...
Gas prices pushing more NJ drivers to mass transit
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Geoff Mulvihill on April 2.) PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Perhaps it's high fuel prices or better connection times; or maybe it's because it's harder to scam the system, but for some reason paid ridership has jumped on two...
Pacer Stacktrain, BNSF expand partnership
(The following appeared on the Logistics Management website on April 2.) CONCORD, Calif. — Pacer Stacktrain, a unit of freight transportation and logistics service provider Pacer International Inc., said yesterday it has expanded its intermodal services arrangement...
Business leaders lobby for more Amtrak funding
(The following story by Raju Chebium appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on April 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Business leaders from the Northeast today announced a new partnership to lobby for increased federal support for Amtrak. Twenty-five business leaders from...
$24 million verdict upheld in railroad burn case
(The following story by Janet Kelley appeared at Lancaster Online on April 2.) LANCASTER, Pa. — A federal judge has rejected the appeal of a $24.2 million verdict against two railroad companies for injuries suffered by two teenagers climbing on a train car parked near...
Boston train crash response ‘seemed to just flow’
(The following story by Milton Valencia appeared on the Boston Globe website on April 3.) BOSTON — Amid the chaos of the train crash in Canton, they sat in a command post a few hundred feet from the wreckage. As rescue workers raced to help victims, the local fire and...
KCS to build distribution center in southeast Texas
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 2.) RICHMOND, Texas — Kansas City Southern plans to build a distribution center and railroad facility in Fort Bend County that could create up to 2,000 jobs in the region. An official with the railroad said the...
NTSB investigating remote control accident in Toledo, Ohio
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on April 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today dispatched two investigators from its Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations to investigate an...
