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Tractor trailer strikes Septa commuter train, 5 injured
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 5.) HATBORO, Pa. — A tractor-trailer carrying a load of cement collided with a commuter train Thursday, injuring five people, authorities said. The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. in the Philadelphia suburb of...
UP putting down 70,000 crossties in Texas
(The following story by Loyd Cook appeared on the Corsicana Daily Sun website on October 5.) CORSICANA, Texas — It’s a staple of life, here in Navarro County. As a major crossroads for the railroads, tracks criss-cross the countryside. And maintenance of those tracks...
Transport crunch thwarting grain sales
(The following story by Erin Emery appeared on The Denver Post website on October 5.) DENVER, Colo. — Weeks after Gov. Bill Ritter signed an emergency order to help farmers move a bumper crop of wheat to markets out of state, much of the grain remains in Colorado....
U.S. housing woes may spur recession, CN CFO says
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Frederic Tomesco and Hugo Miller on October 4.) OTTAWA — North America may slip into a recession in 2008 as the U.S. housing slump spills into railroads and other industries, Canadian National Railway Co.'s finance...
TSA to test new thermal cameras in rail stations
(The following story by Thomas Frank appeared on the USA Today website on October 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cameras that could spot suicide bombers carrying bombs strapped to their bodies will be used in a new test aimed at securing the nation's rail and bus stations....
CSX spent $1.6M lobbying
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail shipper CSX Corp. spent over $1.6 million in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a recent disclosure form. The company lobbied on issues related to...
CN’s Harrison talks of expanding Memphis hub
(The following story by Jane Roberts appeared on the Commercial Appeal website on October 4.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — E. Hunter Harrison, the former Memphian who runs Canadian National Railway, doesn't know this, but when the Economic Club of Memphis expects a blockbuster...
AAR: U.S. freight rail traffic down in September
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on October 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. railroads originated 1,340,285 carloads of freight in September 2007, down 11,536 carloads (0.9 percent) from September 2006, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
Old rails caused Metra derailments
(The following story by Azam Ahmed and Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on October 4. Rick Radek is a National Vice President of the BLET.) CHICAGO — Metra officials said Wednesday that the rush-hour derailments of two trains at the same South...
CP Rail closes DM&E buyout
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., Canada's second-largest railway, said Thursday it completed its acquisition of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. and its subsidiaries for $1.48...
