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Knoxville tracks reopen after NS derailment
(The following story appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on March 23.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Railroad traffic resumed Saturday through Knoxville's Old City as crews cleaned up a train derailment from the night before. A Norfolk Southern train jumped the...
Stalemate on commuter rail tied to CSX
(The following story by Megan Woolhouse appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 23.) Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray has blasted the railroad giant CSX, saying the national freight carrier is making "completely unreasonable" demands in negotiations with the...
Dona Ana area set to ‘explode’
(The following story appeared on the Albuquerque Journal website on March 23.) SANTA TERESA, N.M. — A new port of entry. A 25,000-lot subdivision. A massive railyard and fueling station. Those three projects being pushed by developers and government officials could...
FRA releases demographic report on rail trespasser fatalities
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on March 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trespassers account for the largest number of fatalities in the railroad industry – approximately 500 per year. In order to better understand who is trespassing, their...
Kansas cities support Amtrak routes to Dallas area
(The following story by Brad Cooper and Robert A. Cronkleton appeared on The Kansas City Star website on March 22.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Support is building across Kansas for new train service that would connect Kansas City to the Dallas area. About 10 cities, including...
Amtrak probes Kansas route extensions
(The following story by Scott Rothschild appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on March 21.) TOPEKA, Kan. — Passengers could board a train in Lawrence and go to Fort Worth under a proposal that officials said Thursday will be studied. The $150,000 to $200,000...
NS auto shipping slowed by parts strike
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane and Deirdre Bolton on March 20.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp., which gets more of its revenue from carrying autos than any other large U.S. railroad, said its volume is being hurt by a strike...
Officials concerned about Amtrak service to Chicago
(The following story by Mike Monson appeared on the News-Gazette website on March 23.) CHICAGO — Ehab Samy, 22, was sitting in the lobby on the second floor at Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign recently, waiting for a late-morning Amtrak train to Chicago. A...
AAR: Rail carload freight off, intermodal up
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on March 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Intermodal freight was up but carload volume was off slightly from last year on U.S. railroads during the week ended March 15, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
Mobile security teams unveiled to keep Amtrak safe
(The following report appeared at WJZ.com on March 20.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Amtrak passenger trains cover a lot of miles, and keeping them covered for security reasons is creating a new tactic. Alex DeMetrick reports the first mobile security team was unveiled in...
