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Local officials, residents share thoughts on UP’s withdrawal
(The following story by James Gilbert and Sarah Reyolds appeared on the Yuma Sun website on May 1.) YUMA, Ariz. — Local officials have expressed mixed reactions about the proposed Union Pacific railroad that would possibly extend from Yuma to a planned port in Punta...
LIRR attempts to turn down the sound
(The following story by Jennifer Maloney appeared on the Newsday website on May 2.) NEW YORK — Pull out the earplugs. The Long Island Rail Road is trying to make train horns a little less deafening. Responding to complaints from Cedarhurst residents, the LIRR plans to...
Huberman officially named head of CTA
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.) CHICAGO — Mayor Richard M. Daley's former chief of staff was named Tuesday as the new head of the Chicago Transit Authority, the nation's second-largest transit system. The CTA board voted to approve Ron...
CP Rail applauded for repair decision
(The following story by Doug McIntyre appeared on the Calgary Sun website on May 3.) CALGARY — Wildlife advocates are applauding Canadian Pacific Railway's decision to repair hopper cars suspected of leaking grain, a move they say will reduce the number of foraging...
Most lawsuits settled in Minot chemical spill
(The following Associated Press report appeared on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune website on May 3.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Law firms in Fargo, N.D., and Minneapolis say they have settled the majority of court cases arising from a Canadian Pacific Railroad derailment and...
Judge strikes down tough rules on diesel
(The following story by Janet Wilson appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 3.) LOS ANGELES — Southern California air regulators cannot require railroads to shut down idling locomotives or obey other local laws designed to clean up deadly diesel pollution, a...
Two accused of disrupting railroad signal with copper theft
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 3.) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Two men were arrested and charged with stripping copper wire from a utility pole, disabling a train signaling device temporarily Wednesday. David Sutherland, 61, and William Stokes, 49, were...
Opinion: The freight yard no one wanted
(The following editorial appeared on the Roanoke Times website on May 2.) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern's proposed intermodal shipping yard has been a steaming bowl of lima beans in Southwest Virginia's meager economic development buffet. People should know it's...
CSX declares dividend
(CSX Corporation issued the following on May 2.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Board of Directors of CSX Corporation today approved a $0.12 per share quarterly dividend on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable June 15, 2007, to shareholders of record at the...
Jacksonville CEO pay disclosures leave questions
(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on The Times-Union website on May 2.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — At CSX Corp.'s annual meeting today in Indianapolis, shareholders will be voting on a proposal to limit pay for the company's top executives to $500,000 a year. The...
