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CSX declares dividend
(CSX Corp. issued the following on September 12.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Board of Directors of CSX Corporation today approved a $0.15 per share quarterly dividend on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on December 14, 2007, to shareholders of record...
CP Rail investigating derailment
(The following report appeared on The Regina Leader-Post website on September 14.) REGINA — A number of railcars carrying potash derailed five kilometres north of Govan on Thursday. According to officials from Canadian Pacific Rail 18 railcars went off the track at...
Rising global coal demand seen lifting U.S. mining companies
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on September 14.) NEW YORK — There are signs of hope for U.S. coal mining companies that have endured a year of rising costs and depressed coal prices. Strong international demand appears likely to help tighten the U.S....
UP sets PRB coal-delivery record
(The following story by Dustin Bleizeffer appeared on the Star-Tribune website on September 13.) CASPER, Wyo. — Union Pacific hauled 1,118 trainloads of coal from Wyoming's southern Powder River Basin (PRB) in August, delivering a monthly record 17.2 million tons of...
AAR: Rail freight traffic off during holiday week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on September 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was off slightly during the week ended September 8 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American...
Rail security proponents: Increase funds
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Porters on September 12.) NEWARK, N.J. — Attacks on buses and trains have killed more than 400 people worldwide since 2004. Yet since Sept. 11, 2001, Congress has appropriated "less than a penny" per...
Study: Railroads overcharge customers $6.5 billion
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Dan Caterinicchia on September 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five rail companies overcharged customers by more than $6.5 billion under the guise of fuel surcharges, according to a study commissioned by businesses that...
Stuck for a year, caboose cut loose in Ohio
(The following story by Malcolm Hall appeared on the Canton Repository website on September 13.) PARIS TWP., Ohio — After spending nearly a year abandoned and forlorn, hidden in a tunnel, a train’s caboose was set free Wednesday from its trap under a hill. Now that...
BNSF has 2nd crane accident in Gillette
(The following report appeared on The News-Record website on September 12.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — A man was flown by air ambulance to Wyoming Medical Center in Casper after the BNSF Railway crane on which he was working tipped over early Tuesday afternoon. It was the...
Officials: Fort Worth train congestion fix is needed
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on September 13.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Downtown Fort Worth's congested train tracks could be separated by a giant, tunnel-like trench or an overpass within 10 years as part of a...
