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Fla. commissioner wants more answers in CSX proposal
(The following story by Diane Lacey Allen appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on October 12.) BARTOW, Fla. — Lakeland City Commissioner Gow Fields came to Thursday's meeting of the Polk Transportation Planning Organization to get answers about the state's plan for...
Rails could expand for Port of Oakland
(The following story by Stacey Shepard appeared on the Bakersfield Californian website on October 11.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — State money may finance part of an $80 million expansion of railroad capacity over the Tehachapi Pass to move more goods from the Port of...
Ottawa gives Via Rail $691.9M to improve service
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on October 12.) TORONTO — The federal government is investing $691.9 million into Via Rail over five years to refurbish passenger train service, in a move that garnered praise from union officials but angered airport and...
As fires still burn, CSX gets OK to start cleaning up Ohio derailment
(The following story by Maggi Martin appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on October 12.) PAINESVILLE, Ohio — CSX officials got the go-ahead from the federal government Thursday afternoon to begin removing the 30 broken, burning cars of a Buffalo-bound train...
CSX derailment fire burns into 2nd day
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 12.) PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Firefighters on Thursday battled a train derailment fire for a second day and some residents who had been evacuated were allowed to return to their homes. When the CSX train derailed...
NS train debuts new brakes
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Dan Caterinicchia on October 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first freight train equipped with new technology enabling it to stop more quickly and to travel longer distances between required brake tests began hauling...
AAR: Rail traffic mixed in most recent week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on October 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was mixed compared with the same week last year during the week ended October 62, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported...
Proposed transit system would convert old airplanes into speedy, eco-friendly trains
(The following story by Dianna Dilworth appeared at PlentyMag.com on October 10.) NEW YORK — Imagine a national transit system that runs on solar energy and wind power. Now imagine that it consists of recycled airplanes speeding along elevated tracks. It might sound...
Conn. erects fence near deadly stretch of train tracks
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 9.) STRATFORD, Conn. — The state has finished construction on an 8-foot high security fence along a stretch of Metro-North Railroad tracks where three men have been killed by trains this year. The chain link...
Kansas rail traffic resumes after BNSF chemical leak
(The following story by Erin Castaneda appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on October 11.) LAWRENCE, Kan. — A train tank car that leaked a toxic chemical while traveling through Franklin County on Tuesday did not harm anyone and railroad traffic has...
