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No-drive-around railroad gates open in Cincinnati
(The following report by Steve Kemme appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on May 4.) LOVELAND, Ohio — Ohio's first four-light and four-gate railroad crossing, designed to improve safety and to make the crossing quieter, will be activated today in Loveland's...
CSX worker severely injured in S.C. accident
(The following report appeared on Charleston television station WOWK’s website on May 4.) SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An early morning accident on Blaine Island in South Charleston left one man injured and in danger of losing one of his legs. The accident occurred...
Amtrak flagman dies of apparent heart attack after accident
(The following story by Andrew Ryan and John R. Ellement appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 3.) BOSTON — An Amtrak flagman working at a construction site died apparently of a heart attack overnight after a train hit a piece of equipment that was on the wrong...
UP declares quarterly dividend
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on May 3.) OMAHA, Neb. — The Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) has declared a quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share on its common stock, payable July 2, 2007 to stockholders of record May 30,...
Mayor was ‘paid’ to back BC Rail bid
(The following story by Neal Hall appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on May 4.) VANCOUVER — A political lobbyist paid the mayor of Quesnel $1,000 in 2002 for going to the media and supporting a company that was bidding to buy BC Rail, the legislature raid trial...
Annual UP shareholder meeting upbeat
(The following story by Virgil Larson appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on May 4.) SALT LAKE CITY — Shareholders are usually interested in the stock price and the dividend, not the nuts and bolts, or in this case, the rails and ties, of the business they've...
Two more arrests in Amtrak attack
(The following report by Jason Kobely appeared on Sacramento’s News10.net website on May 3.) SACRAMENTO — Two more teens were arrested and a 19-year-old is still being sought in connection with a gang-related attack that hospitalized an Amtrak engineer in West...
BLET reaches settlement with CP Rail’s Soo Line subsidiary
(Canadian Pacific issued the following on May 3.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific today announced it has reached a tentative contract settlement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of...
Reps. Oberstar and Brown introduce the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007
(The offices of Rep. James L. Oberstar (Minn.) and Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.) issued the following joint press release by Mary Kerr on May 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. James L. Oberstar (Minn.) and Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.) have introduced the Federal Railroad Safety...
Amtrak employee dies after early morning accident
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 3.) BOSTON — An Amtrak employee suffered an apparent heart attack and later died after a train struck a piece of construction equipment in Boston this morning. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole says the Albany-to-Boston...
