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Steam history comes to life
(The following story by Frank D. Roylance appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on April 30.) BALTIMORE -- With an ear-splitting hiss, a rumble and a thump, and a hearty Whooooo-hoooo-wooooo! the 57-year-old locomotive St. Elizabeth lugged away from Baltimore's...
UP engine is running out of steam
(The following story by Amy Choate-Nielsen appeared on the Deseret Morning News website on April 29.) PROVO, Utah — After 100 years of riding the rails and traveling some 250,000 miles since its last overhaul, engine No. 618 is ready to be upgraded — or head straight...
Opinion: CSX sees faster passenger trains on Richmond-D.C. tracks
(The following column by Steve Dunham appeared on the Freelance-Star website on April 29.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- CSX, the railroad that owns the tracks over which Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak trains run between Washington and Fredericksburg, wants its...
New NJ Transit chief is veteran commuter
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on April 30.) PHILADELPHIA -- Richard Sarles, the new executive director of NJ Transit, brings two valuable credentials to work each day. As a longtime transit manager, including five...
Inspectors close 3 NYS&W trash sites
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 29.) NORTH BERGEN, N.J. -- The state Department of Community Affairs Friday has closed three trash transfer sites in Hudson County run by a railroad for fire safety violations. The DCA cited the three locations —...
CN pursues alternative fuels growth strategy
(CN issued the following press release on April 30.) MONTREAL -- CN announced today its alternative fuels strategy focused on generating new business from the transportation of ethanol and ethanol feedstock, wood pellets, and biodiesel fuel. James Foote, CN's...
CSX exempt from Fla. anti-trespassing sign law
(The following story by J. Taylor Rushing appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on April 29.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Jacksonville's CSX Transportation Inc. will dodge a state requirement over anti-trespassing signs on its railroad tracks under a bill pushed...
High speed rail system may be derailed in Calif.
(The following story by Marc Lifsher appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 29.) SACRAMENTO — For more than a decade, policymakers have debated, studied and scoped out a high-speed rail line that would whisk travelers between downtown Los Angeles and San...
CN denies it is looking at acquisitions
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the National Post website on April 27.) OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway Co. denied Friday it is was looking at acquisitions in its efforts to expand its new non-rail venture, CN WorldWide North America. Earlier this...
Ariz. lawmakers want new check on UP use of eminent domain
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 27.) PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Spurred by controversy over Union Pacific's expansion plans, a bill approved by the Arizona Senate on Thursday would require new state regulatory oversight of use of eminent domain by...
