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Pa. BLET announces support for NS I-81 Crescent Corridor
(The BLET’s Pennsylvania State Legislative Board issued the following on September 26.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — An ambitious, interstate railway corridor is underway by the Class I railroad, Norfolk Southern. The corridor will link key markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic...
Opinion: 9 good reasons to be wary of the trains passing through your town
(The following column by Max Lindberg appeared at GreenOptions.org on September 17.) GALESBURG, Ill. — What’s riding the rails in your hometown? A few hobos maybe, but also potentially deadly chemicals rumble through America’s communities daily. My hometown paper, The...
NS, Miss. officials differ on derail notification
(The following story by Steve Sanders appeared on the Leader Call website on September 27.) LAUREL, Miss. — Jones County emergency management officials contend that Norfolk Southern Corp. was required to notify them of a seven-car Norfolk Southern Corp. derailment...
Ala. officials warn about railroad dangers
(The following story by Jonathan Willis appeared on the Times Daily website on September 27. Tim Wagnon is a Norfolk Southern engineer and a member of BLET Division 423 in Tuscumbia, Ala.) FLORENCE, Ala. — Motorists at the railroad crossing here were greeted Wednesday...
U.P. chairman warns against new rules on rates
(The following story by Joseph Morton appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on September 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jim Young, chairman and chief executive of Union Pacific Corp., warned the federal government Tuesday not to tighten regulations on how much railroads...
CEO: Railroad abuses must stop
(The following report appeared at WyomingBusinessReport.com on September 26.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Frustrated by the largest increase in rail transportation costs ever faced by a coal shipper, and the apparent unwillingness of the Surface Transportation Board to...
Sector Snap: Railroad operators rise
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 26.) NEW YORK — Shares of major railroad operators rose in trading Wednesday, as Canadian National Railway Co. agreed to the $300 million acquisition of a Midwest regional rail company, continuing...
Fifth suspect in attack on Amtrak train engineer arrested
(The following story by Chelsea Phua appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on September 26.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities have arrested the fifth suspect in a late-night gang assault of an Amtrak train engineer, according to a news release by the Yolo County...
FBI Investigating Metra track ‘sabotage’
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 27.) CHICAGO — The FBI is investigating whether a section of commuter train tracks was sabotaged after Metra workers discovered a dozen railroad spikes missing in an area on Chicago's South Side. The spikes...
CN will meet with Metra
(The following story by Joseph Ryan appeared on the Daily Herald website on September 27.) CHICAGO — With Canadian National Railway agreeing to buy much of the Chicago area's EJ&E railroad Wednesday, Metra's much-anticipated STAR Line project linking the Northwest and...
