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UP spends $8 million in rail upgrades
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 17.) DES MOINES, Iowa —Union Pacific Railroad said it plans to spend $8.2 million this year on track improvements between Des Moines and Kansas City, Mo. The project includes removal and installation of...
Amtrak keeps rolling along
(The following story by Don Hamilton appeared on The Columbian website on September 17.) COLUMBIA, Wash. — The train pulled to a stop at Kelso but Sean Campbell and Scott Swigart didn't notice. They sat across from each other at a table in the cafe on Amtrak's...
CN derailment revives calls for safety record inquiry
(The following report by Ian Bailey appeared on the Globe and Mail website on September 18.) VANCOUVER — A CN derailment - the third in six weeks in northwestern British Columbia - is spurring renewed calls from the NDP Opposition for the B.C. government to launch a...
BLET member has a dream, too
(The following story by Mark Kiesling appeared on the Times website on September 14. William J. Cales Jr. is a member of BLET Division 682 in Hammond, Ind.) MUNSTER, Ind. — As a 13-year-old boy, Bill Cales Jr. watched from his front porch in 1966 as Dr. Martin Luther...
Volunteers keep 100-year-old steam engine on track
(The following story by Yuxing Zheng appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on September 16.) POWAY, Calif. — On sweltering summer days, most county residents barricade themselves at home or duck into air-conditioned stores, venturing no farther than the...
Opinion: Amtrak’s Coast Starlight aids father-son bonding
(The following story by David L. Ulin appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 16.) LOS ANGELES — To take Amtrak's coast starlight from Los Angeles to the Bay Area is an all-day excursion, 12 hours if you're lucky, 14 or more if there are delays. You can...
Bees attack railroad crew; 1 man dies of heart attack
(The following report appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website on September 15.) TUCSON, Ariz. — A Safford man died Wednesday after he was swarmed by bees and had a heart attack on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, an official said. Bobby Bell, 74, and a...
Enthusiasm for rail rate protest cools
(The Associated Press Writer circulated the following story by Dale Wetzel on September 16.) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota regulators' enthusiasm for pursuing a federal complaint against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe's wheat-shipping charges has cooled, even though...
CN, grain shippers OK help from gov’t mediator
(Reuters circulated the following on September 17.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canadian National Railway and a group of grain shippers have agreed to try to resolve a dispute over rail cars with help from a government-appointed mediator, the Canadian Wheat Board said on...
UP wants Colo. passenger rail service
(The following story by Bill Jackson appeared on the Greeley Tribune website on September 15.) GREELEY, Colo. — Union Pacific Railroad wants to open commuter rail service from Denver to Greeley. The company said it has a pending agreement with the Regional...
