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CSX derailment adds to Baltimore’s safety worries
(The following story by Gus G. Sentementes appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on December 8.) BALTIMORE — City leaders expressed renewed concern over the safety of Baltimore's industrial rail lines after a CSX Transportation tanker carrying motor oil tipped off the...
Light rail train collides with BNSF freight
(The following report by Scott Orr appeared on the CW News2 website on December 11.) DENVER — An RTD light rail passenger train hit a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train Tuesday morning near the Santa Fe and Mineral station. No injuries were reported among the...
720-feet of UP track need repair after derailment
(The following story by Eric Freeman appeared on the Columbus Telegram website on December 10.) COLUMBUS, Neb. — Details regarding a 22-car coal train derailment early this morning in Schuyler began to emerge as Union Pacific officials arrived on the scene. The...
35 BNSF cars derail near Grand Island
(The following report appeared on the Grand Island Independent website on December 11.) GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) coal train derailed in east Grand Island Sunday night. Grand Island police responded to the derailment at East Bismark...
CSX delivers
(The following report appeared on the News-Herald website on December 11.) CLEVELAND — Two months after the Oct. 10 train derailment in Painesville, CSX Railroad has made good on a promise to reimburse communities and first-responding agencies for their costs incurred...
Reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmatic and labor? Bill would require it
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Scott Bauer on December 10.) MADISON, Wis. — Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic and organized labor? The three Rs would be joined by mandatory instruction on collective bargaining and the history of unions in America...
Railroad retiree pleads guilty to double dipping
(The following story by Jason Cato appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on December 11.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Lincoln-Lemington man pleaded guilty Monday to committing a federal crime by not telling the government he took a part-time job to help his ailing...
Indiana town joins list for EJ&E sale info
(The following story by Vanessa Renderman appeared on the Munster Times website on December 11.) SCHERERVILLE, Ind. — Schererville officials are looking for strength in numbers in their opposition to the sale of the EJ&E tracks to Canadian National Railway Co. The...
EJ&E sale may mean 400% traffic increase in Will County
(The following story by Lee Provost appeared on the Daily-Journal website on December 7.) KANKAKEE, Ill. — If the $300 million sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co. to Canadian National gains approval, rail traffic in Will County could increase by a...
STB rejects NS-Watco’s Michigan deal
(The following story by Robert Warner appeared on The Battle Creek Enquirer website on December 11.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A proposal to sell the railroad line between Kalamazoo and Ypsilanti has been rejected by the federal government. The tracks are owned by Norfolk...
