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Editorial: Nail down route for MOM first
(The following editorial appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on February 7.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The $250 million the Corzine administration is pledging for studies and preliminary engineering to help bring a new rail line to Monmouth and Ocean counties is a...
Major U.S. coal terminal expanding export capacity
(Reuters circulated the following on February 6.) HOUSTON, Texas — The largest U.S. coal terminal is expanding staff and operations to meet increased demand for exports, an executive with the operator said Wednesday. Lamberts Point, operated by Norfolk Southern Corp,...
Town lays down the law over EJ&E
(The following story by Susan DeMar Lafferty appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on February 6.) MOKENA, Ill. — If Canadian National is allowed to acquire the EJ&E Railroad tracks, Mokena wants to place some restrictions on the proposed sale. Trustees...
SEPTA stashed $81.5M surplus
(The following story by Dan Hirschhorn appeared on The Evening Bulletin website on February 6.) PHILADELPHIA — When Harrisburg enacted a landmark transportation funding law last summer, it was supposed to mean an end to SEPTA's perpetual fears of running a budget...
Billionaire Buffett speaks highly of railroads, oil sands
(The following story by Jacqueline Thorpe, Duncan Mavin and Carrie Tait appeared on the Financial Post website on February 7.) OTTAWA — Warren Buffett said Wednesday he made "several hundred million dollars" on the loonie but wished he kept the holding because he...
Low CSX bridge, tall trucks
(The following story by John Dyer appeared on the Boston Globe website on February 7.) BOSTON — The railroad bridge over East Main Street in Westborough stands 12 feet, 6 inches above the road surface. A typical tractor-trailer truck stands 13 feet, 6 inches tall....
Statistics on train accidents show ‘no rhyme or reason’
(The following story by Caitlin Cobb appeared on the California Aggie website on February 7.) DAVIS, Calif. — Yolo County is home to multiple train tracks that transport cargo and passengers throughout the area and in the past few years, train-related incidents have...
NS traffic will increase in Ohio town
(The following story by Trish Bennett appeared on the Circleville Herald website on February 7. T.J. Davis is Legislative Representative of BLET Division 511 in Portsmouth, Ohio.) CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Pickaway County had only one train-related accident in 2006,...
Train crewmen settle with CSX in federal court
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 7.) NORFOLK, Va. — Two crewmen injured in a head-on collision of two CSX Corp. freight trains in Southampton County in September 2005 settled their lawsuits against the...
Feds up rating for rail tunnel
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald-Record website on February 6.) NEWARK, N.J. — The Federal Transit Administration has raised its rating for the new commuter rail tunnel and Midtown station known as Access to the Region's Core to "medium...
