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UP trains derail, disrupt Amtrak in Wash.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 16.) TACOMA, Wash. — Two freight trains derailed in western Washington early Wednesday, disrupting Amtrak travel and spilling diesel fuel near a river a few miles upstream from the Nisqually Delta National Wildlife...
Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for New Jersey
CLEVELAND, May 16 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of New Jersey regarding severe storms and inland and coastal flooding that caused major damage in the following counties on April 14-20, 2007:...
Icahn joins Buffett, TCI Fund with railroad shares
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam and Angela Greiling Keane on May 16.) NEW YORK — Billionaire Carl Icahn bought a $122 million stake in CSX Corp., joining Warren Buffett and TCI Fund Management LLP in purchasing railroad...
CN signs up COSCO to route Asian container
(CN issued the following press release on May 14.) MONTREA — CN announced today it has signed a contract with COSCO Container Lines Americas, Inc., under which COSCO will become the first steamship company to route Asian freight over the new Port of Prince Rupert...
Buffett bought NS, UP
(Reuters circulated the following on May 15.) NEW YORK — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday said it had acquired stakes in Norfolk Southern Corp. and Union Pacific Corp. as of the end of 2006. As of Dec. 31, Berkshire owned 3.95 million shares of...
SEPTA presses probe in rail crash
(The following story by Joseph A. Gambardello appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 16.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA investigators are looking at both human error and mechanical malfunction as a possible cause for the collision between two rush-hour Regional...
LIRR: Awareness may explain rising reports of accidents
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 16.) NEW YORK — Reports of passenger accidents on the Long Island Rail Road have soared by nearly 67 percent in the last year, and those involving gaps between trains and platforms have more than tripled, the...
Victim’s kin demand answers in deadly Amtrak forklift crash
(The following story by Marie Szaniszlo appeared on the Boston Herald website on May 16.) BOSTON — The family of an Amtrak employee who died of an apparent heart attack this month when a Boston-bound train hit a forklift yesterday called for answers to questions...
BNSF idles more than 400 employees
(Reuters circulated the following on May 15.) CHICAGO —U.S. railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. has idled more than 400 employees across its network, because of weakness in parts of the U.S. economy. Citing "general business levels" in certain areas that it...
Amtrak ridership grows 5 percent to 14.3M
(United Press International circulated the following on May 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The number of Amtrak riders reached 14.3 million, a 5 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, the quasi-government U.S. rail corporation said. The biggest growth between...
