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Railroads on track with coal despite pollution concerns
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Matthew Brown on July 9.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — The cloud that hangs over the coal industry for its contribution to global warming has yet to cast a shadow here, across the vast network of railroad lines that haul...
CN engineer hospitalized following freight train fire
(The following story by Kelly Sinoski appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on July 8.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — A CN train engineer was taken to hospital to be treated for gas inhalation after a freight train caught fire on the tracks Saturday night. Surrey fire battalian...
Locomotive restoration gains steam
(The following story by Alicia Greenleigh appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on July 6.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — So she needs a little work. Who wouldn't after 100 years? Heber Valley Railroad is holding a "Celebration for Restoration" Saturday to help raise...
Private caboose — with amenities — for sale
(The following story by Taya Flores appeared on the Seattle Times website on July 6.) SEATTLE, Calif. — On a sunny Monday afternoon, retired engineer Ron Bartl watches his 5-year-old grandson, Steven, play on his 25-foot-long red caboose. The boy climbs up and down...
Opinion: Berkshire Hathaway’s $3.4B wager on the rails
(The following story by Christopher Hancock appeared on The Daily Reckoning Australia website on July 6.) MELBOURNE — Recently, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) disclosed its 10.9% stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) worth US$3.4 billion. To no one’s...
Opinion: That’s no way to run a railroad
(The following editorial appeared at SaukValley.com on July 6.) NELSON, Calif. — If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. Regarding its obligation to clean up coal cars that derailed more than two months ago west of...
DM&E filing beats eminent domain law changes
(The following story by Dustin Bleizeffer appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on July 6.) CASPER, Wyo. — A railroad's lawsuit seeking condemnation of some 1,200 linear acres in northeast Wyoming was filed on June 28, just days before changes to Wyoming's...
Rail congestion the focus of Congressional hearings
(The following story by Regan Foster appeared on the North West Herald website on July 6.) CRYSTAL LAKE — Bill Beck, Kathy Snowden and Beck’s 80-year-old mother, Marion, arrived Monday morning at the Amtrak station in Sacramento, Calif., looking forward to a nice,...
Fed’s question UP’s reporting of Calif. spill
(The following story by Tony Bizjak appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on July 6.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal officials are looking into why they weren't informed for several days that a train derailment had sent an estimated 30,000 gallons of ethanol and 500...
UP derailment in Omaha spills coal, stalls traffic
(The following report by Kyle Harpster appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on July 5.) OMAHA — Seven cars of a Union Pacific train derailed near Interstate 80 in Omaha Wednesday afternoon, spilling coal onto a hillside and causing minor traffic delays. The cars...
