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CSX seeks public aid amid growing profits
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on October 10.) TAMPA, Fla. — Times have never been better for America's major railroads. Profits are rising. Stock prices are up. And so are subsidies from taxpayers. State governments are...
Mom still fuming over foul odor
(The following story by Kimm R. Montone appeared on the Scranton Times website on October 11.) SCRANTON, Pa. — When Patti Whyte learned railroad company officials were meeting with the North Scranton Vikings president Wednesday, she made it a point to be there. She...
10,000 Metrolink passengers delayed
(The following story by Stuart Silverstein appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on October 11.) LOS ANGELES — As many as 10,000 Metrolink commuter rail passengers endured delays of up to about 90 minutes Wednesday night because of a breakdown of a train-switching...
Via Rail expects big cash infusion from Ottawa
(The following story by Bruce Campion-Smith appeared on the Toronto Star website on October 11.) OTTAWA — VIA Rail is expected to get new funding today to refurbish old rail cars and locomotives and speed its service. Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon and Finance...
UP announces 3Q earnings broadcast
(Union Pacific Corp. issued the following on October 11.) OMAHA, Neb. — In conjunction with Union Pacific Corporation's Third Quarter 2007 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to its presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet or via...
Ahead of the bell: Lehman revists rail stocks
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 11.) NEW YORK — A Lehman Brothers analyst on Thursday downgraded shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. and CSX Corp. on a run-up in share prices, and upgraded Norfolk Southern Corp. on its ability to...
Man jumps from Amtrak train bound for New York
(The following report appeared at WRAL.com on October 10.) LUMBERTON, N.C. — An unidentified adult male died early Wednesday morning after he removed a passenger window from an Amtrak train and jumped out of the window, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. The incident, which...
Earnings estimates cut for CP and CN Rail
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on October 11.) OTTAWA — A poor Canadian harvest, a deteriorating economic outlook in the U.S., higher than expected fuel costs and a strong Canadian dollar are expected to erode the earnings...
CSX train derails in Ohio, burns overnight
(The following story by Maggi Martin appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on October 11.) PAINESVILLE, Ohio — About a dozen CSX freight cars continued to burn Wednesday night after a Buffalo-bound train derailed just after noon, forcing the evacuation of...
It’s taps for Milwaukee’s old Beer Line
(The following story by John Schmid appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website on October 3.) MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee lost another vestige of industrial history when the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. abandoned all but a stub of the Beer Line, once the...
