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NY lawmakers shocked at Bush’s 77% cut in 9/11 health funding
(The following story by John Toscano appeared on the Queens Gazette website on February 7.) QUEENS, N.Y. — New York lawmakers in Washington who have been persistently pressing the White House for increased funding for healthcare programs for ailing 9/11 World Trade...
Senator Tester: Bush budget fails rural America
(The following story by Faith Bremner appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester on Wednesday said President George Bush's proposed 2009 budget fails rural America. In a telephone press conference held with Sen....
Liability may derail CSX deal in Fla.
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on February 7.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new catch emerged Wednesday in the state's nearly half-billion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation. A spokesman for state Chief Financial Officer Alex...
Jury deciding whether BNSF tie plant caused cancer
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Angela K. Brown on February 7.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Every day for nearly two decades, Linda Faust washed her husband's stained clothes and boots after he returned from his nightshift job at a southeast Texas railroad...
Headstones found next to CSX tracks
(The following report appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on February 6.) ANTHONY, Fla. — More than two dozen headstones appeared overnight near a railroad line in Marion County, and authorities have no clue where they came from. A man stumbled across the...
BNSF becomes chemistry council-certified, opens redesigned Seattle yard
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 5.) BNSF Railway Co. has been cleared to implement the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) continuous-improvement process. Yesterday, the railroad announced it received ACC certification to...
Opinion: Calif. commuter rail should ride on its own tracks
(The following editorial appeared on the Tracy Press website on February 6.) TRACY, Calif. — Altamont Commuter Express trains haven’t been able to deliver the dependable mass transit system that Tracy commuters deserve. But we aren’t taking a poke at ACE, whose trains...
Port of Virginia reports growth for the sixth straight year
(The following story by Jeff Berman appeared on the Logistics Management website on February 5.) NORFOLK, Va. — Volumes at the Port of Virginia grew for the sixth straight year, the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) recently announced. The VPA said that the port handled...
Huge project proposed over Metra tracks
(The following story by Robert Manor and Kathy Bergen appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 6.) CHICAGO — A developer who has helped redefine the South Loop is planning a vast new project near Lake Michigan south of downtown that would include thousands...
BNSF CFO sells shares
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 6.) NEW YORK — The executive vice president and chief financial officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the nation's second-largest railroad, exercised options for 41,703 shares of common stock,...
