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Who’ll stop the train?
(The following story by Tom Berg appeared on The Orange County Register website on April 25.) SANTA ANA, Calif. — He is an unlikely hero. As a child, he was picked on because of a speech impediment. As an adult he drank himself into oblivion in his bedroom. And when...
Opinion: Putting traffic on track
(The following editorial appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on April 25.) BALTIMORE — The impact of the thousands of new jobs coming to the region thanks to the U.S. military’s base realignment and closure plans on the state’s increasingly congested roads could...
Editorial: Harrisburg must put SEPTA crisis to rest
(The following editorial appeared on the Delaware County Times website on April 25.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA is crying "doomsday" once more. Every year at this time, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority holds public meetings to detail the fiscal calamity...
Ariz. lawmakers won’t stop UP plans
(The following story by Howard Fischer appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website on April 25.) PHOENIX — State lawmakers aren’t going to block railroads from condemning private property to build new switching yards or tracks. Without comment, the state Senate on...
Fla. lawmakers question CSX fees for flagmen
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on April 25.) TAMPA — Two state lawmakers are calling for inquiries into why the state pays CSX Transportation millions for railroad flagmen. The lawmakers, Sen. Mike Fasano and Rep. Ed...
Speed on the minds of Amtrak supporters
(The following story by Thomas V. Bona appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on April 25.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Jo Ann Jenkins was in favor of the Amtrak route that went past Davis Junction and the Chicago/Rockford International Airport. Then she saw the numbers...
CN touts Safety Week in Memphis
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on April 25.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Trains rumble through Memphis every day, generating money for the local economy in the form of cargo loaded or unloaded in town. All that activity and all those goods...
Union Pacific VP sells shares
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 24.) NEW YORK — A vice president of rail and freight company Union Pacific Corp. sold 17,500 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday. In a Form 4 filed with the...
Searchers find body of missing CP Rail engineer
(The following story by Matthew Ramsey appeared on The Province website on April 25.) VANCOUVER — The search for a missing CP Rail engineer ended late yesterday afternoon with the discovery of his body underneath a derailed locomotive in Trail. CP spokesman Mark...
NS seeks tax break for Charlotte hub
(The following report by David Ingram appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on April 25.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Norfolk Southern is asking for a tax break worth about $18 million to help pay for a new trucking-railcar hub in Charlotte. The company and other boosters...
