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CSX issues citations to students illegally crossing train tracks
(The following story by Tim Sampson appeared on the Bowling Green News website on August 20.) BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Students and locals stumble up and down Wooster Street about 30 minutes before last call as a train horn cuts through the cool, damp air. As they reach...
Metra officials prod lawmakers
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on August 18.) CHICAGO — Frustration at the General Assembly's inaction on transit funding boiled over Friday among Metra officials, who complained that their warnings of fare increases...
BNSF derailment, landslides devastate area
(The following story by Reid Magney appeared on the La Crosse Tribune website on August 20.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — A torrent of water coming off bluffs in northwest Vernon County derailed a train and washed away homes early Sunday, officials said. Hwy. 35 south of La...
Mass. rail bridges in need of repair
(The following report appeared on the Boston Globe website on August 18.) BOSTON — More than 13 percent of the state's commuter rail bridges are structurally deficient, including the Merrimack River bridge, where officials have slowed train speeds to 5 mph, according...
Firefighters battle heat, height over Ohio River railroad bridge
(The following report appeared on the Paducah Sun website on August 19.) PADUCAH, Ky. — Firefighters had plenty of water Saturday to extinguish about 50 burning crossties along the tracks of the Canadian National Illinois Central Railroad bridge over the Ohio River....
CN told to clean up better
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on August 19.) VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has sent an order to CN Rail, demanding it do more to clean up the area of a recent train derailment in the central city of Prince George. The Ministry of Environment served...
L.A.’s Metrolink to unveil sweeping safety enhancements
(The following report by Rong-Gong Lin II appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on August 20.) LOS ANGELES — Two years after an SUV parked on train tracks near Glendale caused a commuter rail crash that killed 11 people, Metrolink officials today will unveil a...
AAR spent $3.4M lobbying
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads spent nearly $3.4 million in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The trade group, whose members...
Opinion: What does the bridge to Cuba mean for the North?
(The following column by Dave Robinson appeared on the Northern Ontario Business website on August 17. Dave Robinson is an economist with the Institute for Northern Ontario Research at Laurentian University.) SUDBURY, Ontario — The provincial government is working on...
CN VPs exercise stock options
(The following report appeared on the National Post website on August 15.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co. vice president of regional sales, Cliff Carson, exercised 12,000 options for company shares at $16.67 each and another 12,000 at $25.59 each on August 9,...
