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Worker injured in accident at Ohio NS yard
(The following report appeared on the Canton Repository website on August 28.) CANTON, Ohio — A worker at the Norfolk Southern rail yard lost a portion of a leg in an accident Saturday morning at the company’s yard on Division Road NE. Norfolk spokesman Rudy Husband...
For short trips, more travelers are hitting the rails
(The following story by William Marra appeared at ABCnews.com on August 27.) NEW YORK — For an increasing number of today's travelers, the preferred way to get from point A to point B is still what it was in the 19th century: the railroad. As airline on-time...
22 CSX cars derail in N.C.
(The following story by Lee Williams appeared on the Goldsboro News Argus website on August 27.) PIKEVILLE, N.C. — A freight train carrying animal feed derailed at about 3 p.m. Sunday near a cotton field off U.S. 117 North and Hicks Road. The CSX train was bound for...
Shippers file suit to reopen Oregon rail line
(The following story by Bennett Hall appeared on the Corvallis Gazette-Times website on August 28.) CORVALLIS, Ore. — Two months after the Willamette & Pacific Railroad halted service on a dilapidated stretch or track in south Benton County, several shippers have...
Amtrak responds to weekend’s ticketing meltdown
(The following story by Rafi Guroian appeared on the Austin American Statesman website on August 27. AUSTIN, Texas — Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero was nice enough to give Cox Newspapers a post-mortem followup to this past weekend’s complete shutdown of Amtrak’s...
Locomotive engineer: One of the 10 best-paying blue-collar jobs
(The following article by Matthew Kirdahy appeared at Forbes.com on August 22.) NEW YORK — It's like blue-eyed crooner Frank Sinatra once said: "It's nice work if you can get it." Though the U.S. economy remains strong, factory jobs are being outsourced, a slowing...
Berkshire Hathaway buys 10.1 million more BNSF shares
(The following Bloomberg News story by Josh P. Hamilton and Erik Holm appeared on the Fort Worth Star Telegram website on August 28.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. boosted its stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
Cops, BNSF trains and automobiles
(As reported by John Swails in the Sapulpa Daily Herald on August 25, 2007) SAPULPA, OK - Several drivers were stopped Friday for railroad crossing violations at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe crossing on Taft in a training exercise that was conducted in Sapulpa....
UP rail lines, state lines, bottom lines
(The following story by Joshua Palmer appeared on the Times-News Twin Falls, ID website on August 26, 2007) SHOSHONE, ID. - In the small community of Shoshone there is a viewing platform dedicated to the railroad that cuts through the center of town. It marks a time...
NS grain trains a pain
(The following article by Jacob Lammers appeared on the Sandusky Register website on Sunday August 26, 2007) Trains stopping to load at Clyde co-op block major highways through town -- sometimes for hours CLYDE, OH - Steve Keegan drives to work at Whirlpool every day...
