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Brookfield may not be done with CP Rail
(The following story by Leonard Zehr appeared on the Globe and Mail website on August 22.) TORONTO— Sources are telling Scotia Capital that Brookfield Asset Management Inc. may revisit its plan for a leveraged buyout of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. next year. The...
UP plans $90 intermodal terminal near San Antonio
(Union Pacific issued the following press release on August 22.) SAN ANTONIO — Union Pacific was joined by Bexar County and San Antonio leaders, as well as project partners, to celebrate the groundbreaking of a $90 million state-of-the-art intermodal terminal, which...
UP breaks ground on $100 million rail yard
(The following story by Creighton A. Welch appears on the San Antonio Express-News website on August 22.) SAN ANTONIO — Union Pacific Corp. soon will replace its two existing San Antonio terminals with a $100 million terminal 15 miles southwest of town near Von Ormy....
Crowds heed Amtrak’s ‘all aboard’
(The following story by Daniel Machalaba appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on August 23.) NEW YORK — Airplanes are getting stuck in lots of traffic jams this summer, but Amtrak is on a roll. Ridership on the passenger rail system is up 6% so far this year,...
America’s oldest shortline celebrates 175th anniversary
(The following report by Retno Pinasti and Rafael Setyo appeared at VoiceOfAmerica.com on August 22. For an audio clip and photos, visit the Voice of America website.) STRASBURG, Pa. — A visit to Strasburg, Pennsylvania is a trip to the past, a time when steam powered...
Man stole 306 lbs. of copper wire, cops say
(The following report appeared on the Vail Daily website on August 22.) GYPSUM, Colo. — A man caught pulling copper wire from utility poles near the airport was arrested Friday, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office says. James A. Bull, 54, of Denver, was coiling the...
Panel approves rules for DM&E eminent domain
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Chet Brokaw on August 22.) PIERRE, S.D. — New rules that likely will help determine whether the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E) can use eminent domain to acquire land for its proposed expansion...
Trestle fire role denied
(The following story by Ryan Lillis appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on August 22.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — He told local police that his name is Carlos Martínez Morales, born Aug. 25, 1977. In a federal indictment, he is listed as José Eduardo Moran-Marques, born...
UP: Foundry’s water led to derailment
(The following story by Dan Voorhis appeared on The Wichita Eagle website on August 22.) WICHITA, Kan. — The train derailment that tore open a Wichita factory last year wasn't the railroad's fault, according to a lawsuit filed over the incident. Union Pacific Railroad...
New cranes tower above B.C. port
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on August 22.) PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — The arrival of three massive cranes has put the final pieces in place for next month's grand opening of the Fairview Container Terminal. "It's very exciting, there's so many words that...
