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Fall from CSX freight train kills college student
(The following story by Lee Gray appeared at GoUpState.com on March 27.) SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A University of South Carolina student was killed after falling under a train Wednesday morning in Newberry County. The train was inspected in Spartanburg later in the day....
Editorial: Damage done in CSX track incident
(The following editorial appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on March 27.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Pranks — as funny and harmless as they may seem initially — have consequences. The five young people accused of placing a 3-foot-wide boulder on railroad tracks...
Editorial: No immunity in train accidents
(The following editorial appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 26.) BOSTON — Officials have not yet determined who was responsible for the accident that injured 150 commuter rail passengers in Canton Tuesday evening. If CSX freight company workers are to...
Amtrak, NJ Transit back on track after delay between N.Y., Philadelphia
(The Associated Press issued the following on March 27.) NEWARK, N.J. — All Amtrak and NJ Transit trains between Philadelphia and New York's Penn Station were at a standstill for about 90 minutes Wednesday because of electrical power problems, Amtrak said. NJ Transit...
KCS chairman paid $5.2 million in 2007
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Twiddy on March 27.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The chairman and chief executive officer of Kansas City Southern received compensation valued at $5.2 million, a 63 percent increase over 2006, according to a...
Congress hearing new calls for more railway regulation
(The following story by Conrad Wilson appeared on the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune website on March 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of farm and rural business interests from across Minnesota has banded together with a national group challenging what they call the...
Railroads accused in price-fixing lawsuit
(The following story by Dan Browning appeared on the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune website on March 27.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in Minneapolis, made public Wednesday, accusing the five largest U.S....
BLET member hailed as hero in collision with runaway boxcar
(The following story by Nancy Reardon appeared at Enterprise.com on March 27. Ronald Gomes is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston, Mass.) CANTON, Mass. — The engineer of Train 917 saw the runaway freight car barreling down the track toward his stopped train Tuesday...
Brave locomotive engineer stood his post
(The following story by Noah Bierman and Milton Valencia appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 27. Ronald A. Gomes is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston, Mass. George J. Newman is Chairman of the BLET’s Massachusetts State Legislative Board.) CANTON, Mass....
Railroad Retirement annuitants must file a 2007 tax return to receive economic stimulus payments (rebates)
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on March 7.) CHICAGO — Starting in May, the U.S. Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments, often referred to as rebates, to more than 130 million individuals. Most taxpayers do not need to take any...
