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CSX amendment filed in Fla. to make a point
(The following report appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on October 6.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State Sen. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, filed an amendment to the proposed state budget cuts heard in the Florida Senate on Friday that would have cut $491 million in state...
Amtrak train catches fire in N.J.
(The following story by Michael Ratcliffe appeared on The Times website on October 5.) HAMILTON, N.J. — More than 400 passengers were safely evacuated after a small but extremely smoky fire broke out in the car at the front of an Amtrak train Friday evening, an Amtrak...
CSX to grapple with endangered species, traffic in Fla.
(The following story by Tom Palmer appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on October 5.) BARTOW, Fla. — CSX officials will have to deal with endangered species and traffic impacts to get approval for a planned Winter Haven rail freight terminal, according to a...
Buffett’s Berkshire boosts BNSF stake
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Josh P. Hamilton on October 5.) NEW YORK — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. boosted its holdings in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the second-largest U.S. railroad, to 60.8 million...
CN Rail draws fire for rash of derailments
(The following story by Monte Stewart appeared on the Business Edge website on October 5.) OTTAWA — Environmentalists and corporate-responsibility advocates are calling for CN Rail to change its business practices in the wake of several major train derailments since...
Sector snap: Railroads rise
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 5.) NEW YORK — Shares of major railroad operators rose Friday along with the broader market after a Bear Stearns analyst reported volumes last week were modestly better than the third-quarter overall average....
As U.S. dependency on coal power grows, so does criticism
(The following story by Steve Jordon appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on October 7.) OMAHA, Neb. — Coal powers Nebraska's economy, not only by generating nearly two-thirds of its electricity but also by sustaining thousands of jobs and producing billions of...
Pretrial hearing set in attack on Amtrak engineer
(The following story by Luke Gianni appeared on the Daily Democrat website on October 6.) WOODLAND, Calif. — Yolo County Judge Doris Shockley continued the pretrial hearing of the five alleged Broderick Boys gang members charged with assaulting and Amtrak engineer and...
U.S. transportation fatalities drop in 2006
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on October 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased by one and a half percent in 2006 from 2005, according to preliminary figures contained in a report released today by...
Best places to retire: Venice, Florida
(The following report by David LaGesse appeared in the October 1 issue of U.S News and World Report. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers helped develop Venice as a retirement haven for locomotive engineers in the 1920s, but pulled out of the area after the stock...
