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Eight UP cars derail in NE Houston
(The following report appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on July 6.) HOUSTON — Eight rail cars, including two tank cars filled with dangerous chlorine, fell off the tracks in a Union Pacific rail yard today but the cars remained intact and no one was injured,...
AAR: U.S. rail traffic down in June
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on July 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. freight railroad carload traffic fell 2.7 percent in June 2007 compared with June 2006, while intermodal traffic fell 1.8 percent compared with the same month last year,...
Trainmen remember
(The following article by Bill Sontag appeared at SWTexasLive.com on July 5.) DEL RIO, Texas — One of the most sprawling, coast-to-coast, border-to-border bureaucracies is America’s complex, fiercely competitive railroad industry. Intense competition has been the...
The Southern Pacific across Texas
(The following story by Douglas Braudaway appeared at SWTexasLive.com on July 3.) DEL RIO, Texas — A great deal has been written about the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads and their joint creation of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. Less has...
BNSF to report second-quarter earnings July 24
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following on July 3.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) (NYSE: BNI) will Webcast its second-quarter 2007 earnings at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time July 24, 2007, and issue its earnings press release...
CN Rail’s $200-million windfall
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on July 5.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co. could make up to $200-million in proceeds after Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany’s state-owned railway, announced its intentions last week to buy...
LIRR, Metro-North last to use third rail
(The following story by Jennifer Maloney appeared on the Newsday website on July 5.) NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road and its sister agency, Metro-North Railroad, are the only two of the country's 18 commuter railroads to use a third rail to propel trains. The...
Boy, 6, falls into LIRR gap in Babylon
(The following story by Deborah S. Morris appeared on the Newsday website on July 5.) NEW YORK — A 6-year-old boy exiting a Long Island Rail Road train at the Babylon station fell through a gap between the train and platform. The unidentified boy was leaving the 7:39...
CSX trains will speed up in N.C.
(The following report by Melinda Johnston appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on July 5.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you think the trains are going faster through downtown Matthews later this month, you'll be right. On July 15, the train speed will increase from 30...
Burning UP boxcar smolders for more than 12 hours
(The following story by Dennis Thompson appeared on the Statesman Journal website on July 4.) SALEM, Ore. — A railroad boxcar full of paper burned for more than 12 hours before firefighters were able to put it out Tuesday. The boxcar was reported burning around 10:30...
