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Rail stocks take nice trip on volume outlook
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on July 12.) NEW YORK — Shares of CSX Corp. and other railroads climbed Wednesday after Bear Stearns & Co. said shipping volumes might rebound later this year as prices remain firm. "We would not be surprised if the rail stocks...
Future of NS on track, CEO says
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on July 12.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Charles W. “Wick” Moorman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation peeked out the picture window of a second-floor conference room in the...
Going for the big catch
(The following story by Diane Lindquist appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on July 12.) ENSENADA — Ernesto Ruffo Appel is perhaps best-known as Baja California's former governor or as Mexico's ex-border czar. But since he left the governmental realm, he's...
Long Beach Port rolls out cleaner trains
(The following story by Donna Littlejohn appeared on the Press Telegram website on July 11.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hailed as a milestone in the effort to "grow the ports green," two eco-friendly, clean-diesel locomotives rolled along dockside tracks for the first time...
Pacific Harbor Line to be ‘most environmentally friendly switching railroad in America’
(The Pacific Harbor Line issued the following on July 11.) LONG BEACH-LOS ANGELES, Calif. — By year-end, Pacific Harbor Line's locomotive fleet will be replaced by 16 remanufactured diesel-electric units that exceed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's most...
FTC asked to probe background checks on rail workers
(The following report by Ellen Nakashima appeared on the Washington Post website on July 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of privacy, labor and civil-liberties advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, urging the agency to investigate...
CN criticized in accident probe
(Reuters Canada circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on July 11.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Human error, poor supervision and use of long trains led to a Canadian National Railway Co. derailment that poisoned a river near Vancouver in 2005, federal investigators said...
Amtrak president: High-speed rail would cost billions
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even if it spent $7 billion on track upgrades, Amtrak couldn't reduce the travel time between Washington and New York to less than 2 hours and 20 minutes, which is only 25 minutes less than...
Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for Missouri; Deadline is July 13
CLEVELAND, July 11 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Missouri regarding severe storms and flooding that caused major damage in the following counties on May 5-18, 2007: Andrew, Atchison,...
North Platte’s “Rail Fest” plans booming
(The following story by John Lindenberger appeared on The North Platte Telegraph website on July 11.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — There are only 10 weeks remaining until North Platte celebrates its first-ever railroad appreciation event known as Rail Fest 2007. What started...
