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KCS announces preferred dividends
(Kansas City Southern issued the following on January 25.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The executive committee of the board of directors of Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) has declared a cash dividend of $5.3125 per share on the outstanding 4.25% Redeemable Cumulative...
CP Rail reaches agreement with CAW-represented workers
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on January 27.) CALGARY — Workers at CP Rail, represented by the Canadian Auto Workers union, have reached a tentative three-year contract settlement. CP Assistant Vice President of Labour Relations Rick Wilson says the...
Could Amtrak service through southern Idaho return?
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 27.) POCATELLO, Idaho — The stars may be aligning for a return of the Amtrak Pioneer passenger train to make a comeback in Idaho, politicians and an Amtrak official say. The Pioneer route between Salt Lake City...
BNSF runs train with new ECP brake technology
(BNSF Railway issued the following on January 25.) FORT WORTH, Texas — A coal train equipped with a new-generation braking system is leaving Wyoming’s Powder River Basin today, bound for Southern Company’s Plant Miller near Birmingham, Ala., on BNSF Railway. The...
S. Brunswick, Monroe rap MOM survey
(The following story by Lalita Aloor Amuthan appeared on the Home News Tribune website on January 25.) EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Officials from South Brunswick and Monroe discounted the results of a poll, commissioned by Monmouth and Ocean counties, which stated that...
Three critically injured after the driver tried to beat train
(The following story by Rick Yencer appeared on the Muncie Star Press website on January 25.) MUNCIE, Ind. — Three people were critically injured Thursday afternoon when the driver apparently tried to beat an oncoming CSX train at a near-eastside crossing on Vine...
18 railroad workers dead in China
(United Press International circulated the following on January 25.) ANQIU CITY, China — China's Ministry of Railway said 18 railroad workers were killed and nine injured by a high-speed train that barreled into their work site. The ministry's Office of Publicity said...
Amtrak service to Los Angeles halted by slides
(The following story by Casey McNerthney appeared on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on January 24.) SEATTLE — Amtrak has cancelled its daily Coast Starlight service between Seattle and Los Angeles because of massive mudslides that covered tracks in Oregon....
Aurora residents think EJ&E sale is on the wrong track
(The follow storing by Andre Salles appeared on the Beacon News website on January 25.) AURORA, Ill. — Roughly 100 Aurorans braved the cold Thursday night to voice their concerns about a potential railroad sale that could see four times as many freight trains per day...
Opinion: Time to put railroads under anti-trust
(The following column by Lori Swanson appeared on the Bemidji Pioneer website on January 25. Swanson, DFL, is Minnesota’s attorney general.) BEMIDJI, Minn. — A little over 100 years ago, some famous names — J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and Minne-sota’s James J....
