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High-speed trains duel for support
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 25.) LAS VEGAS — It's been hailed as the future of mass transit and ridiculed as a big gamble on little more than an amusement park ride. Which is a pretty clever insult, considering the project in question is...
Terminal’s train traffic to start rolling
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 26.) NORFOLK, Va. — Major roads in Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk will soon be blocked more often by trains as rail traffic starts from APM Terminals' new container cargo...
Down-to-earth stocks for troubled times
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by David Pauly on February 26.) If only you had bought Wal-Mart Stores Inc. instead of Merrill Lynch & Co. Or Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. rather than Citigroup Inc. Putting faith in simple things such as discount...
Karen N. Horn elected to NS Board
(Norfolk Southern Corp. issued the following on February 25.) NORFOLK, Va. — Karen N. Horn, a partner with Brock Capital Group LLC, has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman announced today. Horn has been a...
BNSF laments stalled San Pedro port yard
(The following story by Art Marroquin appeared on the Daily Breeze website on February 25.) TORRANCE, Calif. — A $300 million "green" railroad line serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach might finally be considered by summer, about three years after the...
BNSF chief thinks ‘green’ at ports
(The following story by Jeffrey L. Rabin appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on February 26.) LOS ANGELES — The chief executive of one of the nation's biggest railroads spent Monday promoting a plan to build a $300-million rail yard close to the ports of Los...
It went by in a blur: PATH’s 100th
(The following story by David W. Dunlap appeared on the New York Times website on February 26.) NEW YORK — You couldn’t miss the 100th anniversary of the New York City subway in 2004. There were speeches, banners, slogans, displays, events and a shelf full of books to...
Parolee survives being hit by 76-car BNSF train
(The following story by Kirk Mitchell appeared on The Denver Post website on February 23.) DENVER, Colo. — A locomotive engineer spotted a man sitting on train tracks in Longmont early this morning and tried unsuccessfully to avoid running over the man, officials say....
Rail revolution: Teacher leads program that could change views on transit
(The following story by Dan Schneider of the Daily Mining Gazette appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on February 24.) HOUGHTON, Mich. — Pasi Lautala wants to help get America on rails again. Lautala came to Michigan Technological University in 1996 as a...
Bombardier to supply new NJ Transit locomotives
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 22.) MONTREAL — Transportation manufacturer Bombardier Transportation is securing a $229-million contract to supply 27 electric locomotives to New Jersey Transit Corp. Bombardier's specially designed...
