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Transport Canada orders CP Rail to do extensive brake check after deadly wreck
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on July 1.) VANCOUVER — Transport Canada has issued a safety order for CP Rail after an engineer was killed in a train wreck in Trail, B.C. Fifty-one-year-old Lonnie Plasko died a hero after telling his two co-workers to...
CSX shipping 300 jobs out of Jacksonville
(The following story by Urvaksh Karkaria appeared on The Times-Union website on July 1.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. plans to idle up to 300 local jobs as it shunts the majority of its train dispatch operations outside the state. The Jacksonville work will, over...
BNSF rail cars have ferried rich and famous
(The following story by Michael Hooper appeared on The Capital-Journal website on July 1.) TOPEKA, Kan. — President Dwight Eisenhower, billionaire Bill Gates and rock icon Elvis Presley left their imprint on the history of an elite set of passenger cars maintained in...
Topeka one-stop shop for BNSF
(The following story by Michael Hooper appeared on The Capital-Journal website on July 1.) TOPEKA, Kan. — BNSF Railway has invested more than $8 million over the past three years in new buildings and equipment to enable the company's Topeka shops to handle more repair...
Railroads work to control coal dust
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 1.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — BNSF Railway officials say they are working on keeping coal dust off tracks in Wyoming. Coal dust was pinpointed as the cause of 2 derailments in 2005 that threatened to disrupt the supply of...
NJ Transit crew fired in death
(Gannett New Jersey circulated the following story by Larry Higgs on July 1.) TRENTON, N.J. — Following an internal hearing on the death of a passenger who was dragged and killed by a NJ Transit train in November, the train's crew was found to have violated operating...
CN expresses frustration again as $100M in cargo goes undelivered due to blockade
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on June 30.) TORONTO — Organizers of Friday's aboriginal blockades got the economic disruptions they wanted as transport trucks were slowed in traffic, $100 million in cargo went undelivered and 5,000 Via Rail passengers...
Flagstaff man salvages historic steam engine
(The following report from the Arizona Daily Sun appeared at KVOA.com on June 29.) FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The old Baldwin locomotive sits on a section of display track downtown next to the historic train depot on East Route 66. As an orange and yellow BNSF Railway engine...
Pony Express rides again
(The following story by Zoe Rose appeared on the Fallon Star Press website on June 29.) RENO, Nevada — The posters, so they say, read "Wanted, wiry young men, preferably orphans, to ride 20 miles . . ." Although no proof of that ad has ever been found in any research...
NS donation smooths way for Va. rail-trail
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 29.) APPOMATTOX, Va. — Norfolk Southern has completed the donation of 31 miles of abandoned rail line, a key element to the creation of a dramatic state park featuring 2,400-foot bridge 160 feet above the...
