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BNSF marks completion of triple track on PRB joint line
(The following report appeared at ProgressiveRailroading.com on November 6.) The Powder River Basin (PRB) joint line in Wyoming now is triple-tracked from end to end. Late last month, BNSF Railway Co. opened a 12-mile third main between Caballo Junction and Coal Creek...
Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for California
CLEVELAND, November 6 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of California regarding wildfires that caused major damage in the following counties on October 21, 2007: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San...
Sell Union Station to us: GO Transit boss
(The following story by Peter Kuitenbrouwer appeared on the National Post website on November 6.) TORONTO — The City of Toronto should sell Union Station to GO Transit because dithering politicians at City Hall are letting the 1927 Beaux-Arts heritage building become...
Port of Seattle could raise taxes for rail corridor
(The following story by Gregory Roberts appeared on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on November 6.) SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle will look to increase property taxes or tap other sources of revenue to come up with $103 million to buy an Eastside rail corridor...
Trains on the fast track
(The following story by Jason Miller appeared on The News-Dispatch website on November 5.) MICHIGAN CITY, Mich. — Tom Jachimiec likes the idea of high-speed rail. He can see the benefits for people traveling to cities throughout the Midwest and, from experience, knows...
UP ships record coal
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Bob Moen on November 5.) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific has been shipping record amounts of coal out of Wyoming recently thanks in part to improvements the company has made in its operations, a company executive...
Judge drops charges against alleged Metra shooter
(The following story by Mike Robinson appeared on the Chicago Daily Southtown website on November 2.) CHICAGO — A federal magistrate reversed herself Friday and dismissed charges against a South Side man who had been accused of firing shots at a Metra Electric Line...
EJ&E sale’s benefits will come at cost
(The following report by Erik Potter appeared on the Gary, Ind., Post-Tribune website on November 2.) GARY, Ind. — The proposed sale of the EJ&E railroad to Canadian National could offer a mixed bag to Northwest Indiana. The consolidation will mean millions of dollars...
Amtrak ridership in Ga. up
(The following story by Ken Stanford appeared at AccessNorthGeorgia.com on November 5.) ATLANTA — The Amtrak Crescent, which serves Gainesville, scored the smallest increase in ridership last year among passenger trains serving but the biggest revenue gain, according...
Opinion: Amtrak worth federal investment
(The following column by Lyle V. Harris appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on November 5.) ATLANTA — Amtrak, the national passenger rail service launched nearly four decades ago, had been condemned to a slow death in recent years. Plagued in part by...
