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CN to avoid Chicago bottlenecks with EJ&E deal
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Ross Marowits on September 27.) MONTREAL — Canadian goods destined for the key U.S. market should save one day of transportation by avoiding bottlenecks in Chicago after CN Rail struck a US$300-million deal to...
‘All aboard’ call for railway bridge restaurant
(CBC News circulated the following on September 25.) TORONTO — The developer behind the restoration of Toronto's midtown railway station and Summerhill clock tower wants to build a 100-seat restaurant spanning the Canadian Pacific Railway overpass, right over Yonge...
Feeling railroaded by Septa ticket surcharge
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 26.) PHILADELPHIA — At the Tacony train "station," which is actually a battered green wooden shelter with holes for windows, the waiting passengers were not pleased with...
Burning trash truck delays Amtrak between N.Y.-D.C.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 25.) RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — A trash truck crashed on a bridge and caught fire Tuesday, spilling burning debris over the guardrail and onto Amtrak rail lines below. The tractor-trailer crashed into the guardrail...
Railroad cooperation vital for intermodal plans
(The following story by Danielle Braff appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on September 26.) INDIANAPOLIS — Intermodal was the word on just about everyone's lips at a two-day logistics summit that began here Tuesday, where leaders in transportation met to...
Pa. city to loan NS $1.2 million for rail bridge
(The following story by Barbara Miller appeared on The Patriot-News website on September 26.) LEBANON, Pa. — The long-awaited project to build bridges over the Norfolk Southern rail tracks on the city’s main north/south thoroughfare moved forward Monday night as City...
UP coal cars jump the track, then derail oncoming train
(The following report appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on September 26.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Union Pacific coal train derailed about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday near Lynn and caused a train traveling in the opposite direction to derail. The derailments involved a...
Large wheat harvest in western Kansas causes delays for farmers
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 25.) HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After a record-breaking wheat harvest, overflowing silos and backed up railroads and ports have caused farmers in western Kansas to start piling corn and milo on the ground. At Skyland...
Speakers blast STB at congressional hearing
(The following story by Noelle Straub appeared on the Casper, Wyo., Star-Tribune website on September 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Companies that rely on a railroad to ship their products, including Powder River Basin coal, blasted the federal Surface Transportation Board...
CN to buy EJ&E for $300 million
(Reuters circulated the following on September 26.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Company said on Wednesday it planned to buy a major portion of United States Steel Corp's Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co for $300 million. The company said the new lines will...
