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Teen faces 17 counts in Amtrak attack on engineer
(The following story by Michael Cabanatuan appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on April 20.) SAN FRANCISCO — A teenager accused of assaulting an Amtrak engineer with rocks and bottles in what appears to have been a botched train robbery also belongs to a...
Opinion: America’s rail danger
(The following editorial by Charles H. White Jr. appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on April 19.) BALTIMORE -- Congress has at last recognized and moved to fix a gaping breach in America's homeland security: railroad and transit system security. Unfortunately, the...
Fare hike a fair move by NJ Transit
(The following editorial appeared on the Home News Tribune website on April 20.) NEPTUNE, N.J. -- Daily users of NJ Transit services are less than thrilled with the increase in fares approved on Wednesday by the agency's governing board. As a result, bus, rail, subway...
BNSF to take more land at Dallas logistics hub
(The following story by Ethan Fry appeared on the Commercial Property News website on April 19.) SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego-based Allen Group and BNSF Railway Co. announced a deal this week to build an intermodal facility at the Dallas Logistics Hub. Under the terms...
Amtrak rescue drill scheduled for New Orleans on Friday
(The following report appeared on the Times-Picayune website on April 19.) NEW ORLEANS -- The city's offices of Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Medical Services and Homeland Security are sponsoring a full scale drill Friday to train local public safety personnel on...
UP profits jumped by 24 percent in 1st quarter
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 19.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. today reported a 24 percent jump in net income in its first quarter, driven by improved pricing and increased efficiency. Net income for the...
NS to purchase fuel-efficient yard locomotives
(Railpower Technologies issued the following news release on April 20.) MONTREAL -- Railpower Technologies Corp., a leader in specialized energy technology systems for the transportation industry, today announced that Norfolk Southern Railway purchased two Railpower...
AAR: Carload freight up, intermodal down
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on April 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carload freight was up but intermodal volume was down from last year on U.S. railroads during the week ended April 14, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
Ottawa to choose CN arbitrator by Monday
(Reuters circulated the following story on April 19.) OTTAWA -- Canada's government aims to appoint an arbitrator by Monday to impose a contract settlement in the labor dispute between Canadian National Railway and its train crews, Labor Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn...
CN staffers returning to work
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on April 19.) OTTAWA -- Locked-out employees at Canadian National Railway Co. began returning to work Thursday under the shadow of the government's recently passed back-to-work legislation. The legislation took effect...
