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BNSF cuts executive severance
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 12.) NEW YORK — Railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said it reduced the benefits and severance to be collected by terminated company executives, according to a filing Wednesday with the...
Via launches $101.5 million refit
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Jonathan Montpetit on December 12.) MONTREAL — Via Rail has signed a $101.5-million deal to overhaul its fleet of aging F40 locomotives and transform the rusting dinosaurs into efficient workhorses for its...
Evansville residents startled by second UP accident
(The following report appeared on the website on the Peoria Journal-Star December 12.) EVANSVILLE — Walking into the village board meeting, Danny Schilling heard the awful screeching and "just banging and crashing noises" from the nearby railroad tracks. Surely, he...
Second UP train in five days derails
(The following story by Leah Thorsen appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on December 12.) EVANSVILLE, Ill. — The overturned train cars and mounds of spilled coal in Robert Mudd's yard on Tuesday was a sight a bit too familiar to residents on Pine Street....
Weather, fuel to hit CP Rail earnings
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on December 12.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Wednesday that its earnings for 2007 "may be at the bottom of, or even below" its previously forecast range of $4.30 to $4.45 per share. The country's...
Who needs reindeer? Santa has a steam train
(The following story by Don Hamilton appeared on The Columbian website on December 10.) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Santa comes to Vancouver on Saturday riding an old steam engine. The big guy will arrive at the Vancouver depot at 11 a.m. Saturday riding SP&S 700, a 1938 steam...
CN blames cold for stopping Santa Train
(The following report appeared on the Prince George Citizen website on December 11.) PRINCE GEORGE — CN Rail said it was weather and mechanical trouble that prevented the annual Prince George Santa Train from running on schedule. There was to have been a pair of train...
NJ Transit official facing official misconduct charges
(The following story by Rudy Larini appeared on The Star-Ledger website on December 10.) NEWARK, N.J. — A suspended NJ Transit official faces charges of unlawfully taking money to resolve a claim of a transit worker injured on the job. Reginald J. Grant, 60, of East...
NS railroad cop shoots, kills man with gun
(The following report appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on December 11.) NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A railroad police officer shot and killed a man who fired a gun outside the New Albany Police Department. New Albany Police Capt. Keith Whitlow said the man and a...
Rail danger in Granger
(The following report by Chelsea Hover appeared on the News 8-Austin website on December 10.) AUSTIN, Texas — People who live and work in Granger are worried that a train stalled on the tracks could be deadly in an emergency. Most people don't have a problem with the...
