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Province demands cleanup plan for CN wreck site
(CBC News circulated the following on August 21.) PRINCE GEORGE — The B.C. government has ordered CN Rail to submit a cleanup plan for the site of an Aug. 4 train derailment and fire near Prince George by Friday. The Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday CN dumped...
CN probes 10-car train derailment
(The following report appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on August 22.) QUESNEL — Canadian National is investigating the cause of a 10-car train derailment in a Quesnel works yard Tuesday evening. CN spokeswoman Kelli Svendsen said the lumber cars were empty when...
CP Rail upgraded, but target lowered to pre-takeover speculation level
(The following report by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on August 22.) OTTAWA — While shares in Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP/TSX) have tumbled 20% in the past month in the aftermath of a rebuffed takeover bid, its fundamentals remain strong,...
Opinion: Quick thinking train crew saves man
(The following column by Phil Luciano appeared on the Peoria Journal Star website on August 21.) PEORIA, Ill. — Good thing Harold Otto wore a belt Saturday night. Without it, he might not have survived getting hit by the train that sliced off half a leg early Sunday....
Text-messager hit by train
(The following report appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on August 20.) ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio — A man walking across the Township Avenue railroad crossing was struck and thrown 50 feet by a Norfolk Southern train this morning. A witnesss, Mike Billups, of Deer...
Train size limits imposed on CN
(The following story by Black Press appeared on the North Thompson Times website on August 21.) NORTH THOMPSON — Transport Canada has again restricted train length and put other conditions on CN Rail operations at the site of a fiery collision and derailment in Prince...
Series of accidents puts shortline under FRA scrutiny
(The following report appeared on the Montgomery Advertiser website on August 21.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A railroad company that had a train derailment near Selma this weekend has had more accidents in the first five months of this year than it did for all of 2002-2005....
New case of track sabotage for BNSF
(The following story by Barney Lerten appeared at KTVZ.com on August 20.) BEND, Ore. — Another act of apparent train track vandalism, if not outright sabotage, occurred over the weekend as a train struck a stack of tires on the tracks near Sunriver, Burlington...
CSX not getting fast track in Lakeland
(The following report by Diane Lacey Allen appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on Augusst 20.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland city commissioners stopped short of officially opposing the CSX's Winter Haven rail transfer center project on Monday. But they weren't shy...
KCS promotes three in finance department
(The following report appeared on the Kansas City Star website on August 21.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern and its Kansas City Southern Railway Co. subsidiary late Friday announced the promotions of three employees in the companies’ finance department. In a news...
