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Rail business settles down
(The following story by Kim Briggeman appeared on The Missoulian website on October 14.) MISSOULA, Mont. — Funny thing about trains. They’re too huge, too powerful, too romantic, too graceful and all too familiar to be of much interest these days. Take the coal train...
DM&E deal steams ahead
(The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on October 13.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Canadian Pacific Railway officials say they have completed acquisition of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, setting the stage for a review of the...
CP Rail-DM&E deal now in STB’s hands
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 14.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Canadian Pacific Railway has completed its acquisition of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, so the plan is now under review by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. It could...
The longest and shortest railroads in the world
(The following column by Bill Nunes appeared on the Edwardsville Journal website on October 10. Mr. Nunes, a Glen Carbon resident, is author of "Incredible Illinois" and "Illinois in World War II.”) EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — I grew up in East St. Louis in the 1940s and...
Indiana history rides in on rails
(The following story by Jane Ammeson appeared on The Journal Gazette website on October 12.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Billy Yank hailed from Henry County in Indiana, fought during the Civil War and is now buried in a local cemetery back home. But Billy, whose real name was...
Been working on the railroad
(The following story by Jim Kinney appeared on The Saratogian website on October 12.) CORINTH, N.Y. — For the first time in decades, a passenger train will pull into Corinth Saturday morning, the first stage of what local officials hope will be a railroad renaissance...
Metro-North boasts new gear to prevent another fall fiasco
(The following story by Caren Halbfinger appeared on The Journal News website on October 12.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Metro-North Railroad geared up for battle with the dreaded leaf season yesterday by demonstrating the equipment it will use to try to keep its trains on...
Feds investigating railroad odor
(The following story by Kimm R. Montone appeared on the Scranton Times-Tribune website on October 12.) SCRANTON, Pa. — While local officials claim a lack of evidence has stalled an investigation into an ammonia-like odor that sickened 34 people Monday, a federal...
VRE has more money for engines
(The following story by Kelly Hannon appeared at Fredericksburg.com on October 12.) WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The pool of money for purchasing Virginia Railway Express locomotives is growing. Sen. Jim Webb helped secure $5 million in federal money for the new locomotives,...
VRE ridership on the rise
(The following story by Tracy Bell appeared on the Stafford County Sun website on October 11.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Business is booming on the Virginia Railway Express. Ridership is on the rise since the time that service delays disrupted day-to-day business in the...
