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Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for California
CLEVELAND, October 30 — 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...
Rare roundhouse on demolition track
(CanWest News Service circulated the following story by Darren Bernhardt on October 30.) SASKATOON, Sask. — A rare locomotive roundhouse that helped establish the town of Biggar nearly 100 years ago is facing demolition, touching off a protest that has reached...
22 NS ‘RoadRailer’ train cars derail in Ohio
(The following story by Richard Payerchin appeared on the Morning Journal website on October 30.) SANDUSKY, Ohio — No one was hurt when up to 22 ''RoadRailer'' railcars turned over on their sides about 3:26 p.m. Monday, according to information from Sandusky police...
Opinion: Bad place to play the quiet game
(The following story by William J. Brotherton appeared on the Star-Telegram website on October 30. William J. Brotherton of Argyle is an attorney and a former Burlington Northern Railroad brakeman, conductor and trainmaster. He is the author of Burlington Northern...
UP move would close several roads in Denver area
(The following story by Jeffrey Leib appeared on The Denver Post website on October 30.) DENVER — The Union Pacific Railroad is proposing to close several local Weld County roads and make a major improvement to another county road as part of a plan to build a $100...
BNSF train wreck trial in February
(The following report appeared on the Modesto Bee website on October 30.) MODESTO, Calif. — A Hilmar man who caused a train wreck a year ago -- and is held on $10 million bail, the highest amount levied against anyone in Stanislaus County jail -- will go to trial....
Contract awarded for 63,000 composite railroad crossties
(The following report appeared at e-composites.com on October 30.) DALLAS — North American Technologies Group, Inc. has awarded TieTek LLC, a contract to supply over 63,000 crossties for the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line -- Replacement Tie Project. TieTek uses...
Large grain shippers step into CN Rail complaint
(Reuters circulated the following story on October 29.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada's three largest grain companies have moved to intervene in a service complaint made by the Canadian Wheat Board and small grain shippers against Canadian National Railway. On Friday,...
BNSF chief executive sells 30,000 shares
(Reuters circulated the following story by Emily Chasan on October 29.) NEW YORK — The chief executive of Railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp revealed on Monday that he sold 30,000 shares of the company last week, just two days after giving a bearish...
NS utilizes wind to power Ohio wastewater treatment plant
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 29.) BELLEVUE, Ohio — Norfolk Southern is erecting a 50 kilowatt wind turbine at its Bellevue Yard in Ohio to power the yard’s wastewater treatment plant. Construction of the turbine is expected to begin in November...
