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Belgian train order for Bombardier
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on November 27.) BERLIN — Bombardier Inc. has won a US$260-million contract to supply an additional 35 freight locomotives for Belgian National Railway and maintain its fleet for 10 years. The order for the Traxx...
Opinion: This holiday season, consider not flying
(The following column by Bill McGee appeared on the USA Today website on November 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — You know things are bad for travelers when the President of the United States chimes in, as George W. Bush did a few weeks ago when he addressed the airline...
Setback for trestle blaze probe
(The following story by Denny Walsh appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on November 28.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The federal government's investigation of Sacramento's massive railroad trestle fire in March appeared to sustain a critical blow Tuesday, as authorities...
Bombardier to buy into Russian train maker
(Reuters circulated the following story by Simon Shuster on November 28.) MOSCOW — Canadian aerospace and transport technology firm Bombardier and Russian Railways will both buy stakes in Russian railway technology firm TransMashHolding, Kommersant reported on...
NorCal to get millions for freight routes
(The following story by Erik N. Nelson appeared at InsideBayArea.com on November 28.) Ignoring a warning from one of the state's most powerful politicians, the California Transportation Commission approved a funding formula Tuesday that would allocate as much as $840...
Some La. residents still out from KCS derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 27.) CHOUDRANT, La. (AP) — Residents within a half-mile radius of a train derailment remained away from their homes Tuesday as workers transferred chemicals from two tank cars, authorities said. Eleven rail...
CP Rail wants firm in lawsuit to be docked pay
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Blake Nicholson on November 27.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Canadian Pacific Railway wants a federal judge to dock the payment to a Minnesota company helping administer the settlement of a class action lawsuit stemming...
Report: $37 million for Seattle passenger train
(The following story by Keith Ervin appeared on the Seattle Times website on November 28.) SEATTLE — BNSF Railway's aging Eastside tracks could easily be modernized to accommodate 40-mph passenger-train service, according to a report from a think tank that opposes...
Rail yards fight emissions by curbing locomotive idling
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald-Record on November 27.) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit is poised to reduce locomotive idling, a source of perennial complaint about noise and air pollution, at its rail yards as of Jan. 1. The green initiative...
UP accused of high pressure tactics
(The following report appeared at Action3news.com on November 27.) HAYLAND, Neb. — An Action Three News investigation has uncovered accusations that families of those hurt or killed by Union Pacific trains are routinely strong-armed by the railroad. Union Pacific is...
