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Mother Nature, labor stoppage hits CN hard
(CanWest News Service circulated the following story by Robert Gibbens on April 24.) MONTREAL — Severe weather in the West in January, a two-week labour stoppage in February and avalanches and landslides in March hit Canadian National Railway Co.’s earnings in the...
Opinion: Farther, faster? Not anymore
(The following column by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on April 23.) PHILADELPHIA — This is progress? The morning train ride from Chestnut Hill to Center City takes 34 minutes today. Fifty years ago, it took 28 minutes. Today, a United...
N.Y. home floods blamed on CSX
(The following story by Rick Clemenson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on April 23.) VOORHEESVILLE, N.Y. — Erica Peno loaded her kids onto a school bus Wednesday and was about to check her e-mail when she noticed a puddle in her living room. She went to...
CN to focus on deadly trespassing issue during rail safety week
(The following report appeared on the Canadian Logistics & Transportation website on April 23.) MONTREAL — CN plans to emphasize the deadly risks of trespassing on railway property during Rail Safety Week from April 23 to 29, 2007. CN Police officers will be out in...
CSX sells $1 billion debt in two parts
(Reuters circulated the following story on April 20.) NEW YORK — CSX Corp., the U.S. railroad company, on Friday sold $1 billion of debt in two parts, said a source familiar with the transaction. The sale consisted of $300 million of 5.60 percent 10-year notes, priced...
NJ Transit helicopter to fly low to survey tracks
(The following story by Khurram Saeed appeared on The Journal News website on April 21.) Don’t worry about a funky, low-flying helicopter you might soon see - it’s just doing its job. NJ Transit is surveying its railroad tracks. Its helicopter, flying 300 feet above...
Two CSX rail cars catch fire in N.Y.
(The following story by Cathy Woodruff appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on April 21.) COLONIE, N.Y. — Two open rail cars carrying automobile scraps destined for recycling caught fire early Friday afternoon in West Albany. By 1:30 p.m. firefighters from the...
CN service resumes as Ontario blockade ends
(Reuters circulated the following story on April 21.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. said on Saturday it had restored rail service on its Toronto-Montreal corridor after aboriginal protesters lifted their blockade of the line. CN, Canada’s largest railway,...
CSX keeps taxpayers paying, in dark
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on April 22.) TAMPA, Fla. — Local governments pay CSX Transportation millions to build, fix and maintain the company’s railroad crossings on public roads. Some city and county officials...
Fire destroys BNSF bridge in N.M.
(The following report appeared on the KRQE News 13 website on April 23.) VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M. — Black smoke and fierce flames caught the attention of people across Valencia County Sunday afternoon. It was coming from a railroad bridge that caught fire. The blaze...
