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CSX disputes Syracuse overtime bill for derailment work
(The following story by Aaron Gifford appeared on the Post-Standard website on August 7.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CSX has yet to reimburse the city of Oneida for police and fire overtime shifts and other expenses incurred after a train derailment March 12, city officials...
Expand rail service, Illinois lawmakers say
(The following story by Bernard Schoenburg appeared on the Springfield State Journal-Register website on August 8.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois needs to continue to invest in passenger trains to assist tourism, the environment and the economy, several state lawmakers...
Contract awarded for N.M. passenger rail service
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 7.) SANTA FE, N.M. — The state Department of Transportation has awarded a $115 million contract to build new tracks that will be used for a commuter rail service to Santa Fe. A joint venture of Twin Mountain...
UP train derails near Clinton, Iowa
(The following story by Susan Jessen appeared on the Clinton Herald website on August 8.) CLINTON, Iowa — Eleven cars of a coal train derailed today on the Clinton drawbridge, closing down both rail lines and making barge traffic come to a standstill. According to...
B.C. official won’t ‘panic’ over CN safety
(The following story by Ian Bailey appeared on the Globe and Mail website on August 8.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — British Columbia's Transportation Minister, reacting to NDP calls for a plan to address concerns about Canadian National Railway Co. safety in B.C., says he isn't...
Berkshire buys more BNSF Shares
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Anna Jo Bratton on August 7.) OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought 1.62 million shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. in the past few days, according to a filing late Tuesday with...
Transport Canada slaps conditions on CN
(The following story by Frank Peebles appeared on the Prince George Citizen website on August 7.) PRINCE GEORGE — Transport Canada has served CN Rail with a list of conditions under which it must operate on the rail line where a pair of trains carrying hazardous...
Locomotive fleet switches to biodiesel
(The following story by Michael Shirek appeared at BiodieselMagazine.com on August 7.) Eastman Chemical Company, a Tennessee-based company, has switched all onsite locomotives at its Kingsport, Tenn., facility to a 20 percent biodiesel blend. The change is expected to...
Phoenix area crossings top U.S. rail crash list
(The following story by Glen Creno and Matt Dempsey appeared on The Arizona Republic website on August 8.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Arizona has some of the most-dangerous freight-train crossings in the nation, with a west Phoenix intersection topping the list of accidents at...
Panama Canal expansion a threat to Mexican port plans
(The following story by Diane Lindquist appeared on the San Diego Union Tribune website on August 2.) SAN DIEGO — An expansion of the Panama Canal to allow passage for a new generation of megaships may be threatening plans to build a new port at Punta Colonet, 150...
