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CSX’s Indy cleanup nearly done
(The following story by Rebecca Neal appeared on The Indianapolis Star website on February 9.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The major cleanup work should be completed within a week at the site of a January Far-Westside train derailment. Workers from the Indiana Department of...
Opinion: U.S. can support efficient rail system
(The following story by Arthur Frommer appeared on The Ledger website on February 10. Mr. Frommer is a columnist, author and travel guide.) NEW YORK — The enemies of Amtrak are fond of arguing that the United States is different from Europe, that we do not possess the...
Job outlook good in rail industry
(The following story by Dan Schneider appeared on the Mining Gazette website on February 11.) HOUGHTON, Kan. — Students graduating from Michigan Technological University’s new Rail Transportation Program are likely to find jobs available in an industry that is picking...
CSX launches carbon calculator
(CSX Transportation issued the following on February 8.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation today launched an online Carbon Calculator, giving shippers and others the ability to make the best environmental choice of transportation options. The user-friendly tool...
Train strikes, kills veteran NJ Transit welder
(The following report by Michael Wilson appeared on the New York Times website on February 11.) NEW YORK — A longtime New Jersey Transit track welder was killed when he was hit by a train on Sunday morning near the Ridgewood station, a spokesman for the railroad said....
Opinion: Rail roulette
(The following column by Jack Welch appeared at RedOrbit.com on February 11.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Crescent Hill is, by all accounts, a picturesque neighborhood. With its Victorian houses, locally owned shops and restaurants, and old Main Street feel, it's like a small...
Residents urged to evacuate after CSX train derails near W.Va. town
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 9.) HANDLEY, W.Va. — Train cars carrying chemicals and propane gas derailed early Tuesday, forcing authorities to close a highway and to urge all residents to evacuate their small West Virginia town as a...
Chemical leak reported at NS yard in W.Va.
(The following article by Kris Wise appeared on the Daily Mail website on February 11.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emergency officials said a small chemical leak at the Norfolk Southern train yard in Belle has been contained. A rail car at the facility on Dairy Lane was...
Opinion: Rail data could signal trouble for economy
(The following column by Ted Reed appeared on The Street website on February 8.) NEW YORK — An economic indicator that uses railroad shipments to gauge the future sees few signs of hope, with one notable exception -- the railroads themselves are doing great. "I don't...
Critics: Amtrak funding too low
(The following story by Michael Jamison appeared on The Missoulian website on Febraury 10.) MISSOULA, Mont. — When Janice Bachini looks out the front office window of her tiny but tidy Siesta Motel in downtown Havre, the view across the street is filled with the...
