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Opinion: Kentucky’s tracks must be improved
(The following editorial appeared on the News Enterprise website on April 10.) ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — For Kentucky communities along CSX railroad tracks, the Federal Railroad Administration’s investigation into the corporation’s safety compliance must be disturbing....
PRB blizzard reduces BNSF coal loadings
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following news release on April 5.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Blizzard conditions in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and Montana resulted in the loss of about 170 coal train loadings on BNSF Railway March 27-April 4. Daily...
NS forecast down
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 5.) NEW YORK — Two analysts on Thursday said a profit warning from Norfolk Southern Corp. comes from poor railroad industry conditions and the impact of severe weather, rather than deeper company problems. The...
Buffett’s investment good news for CN
(The following story by Don Macdonald of CanWest News Service appeared on the Montreal Gazette website on April 10. With files from Bloomberg News.) MONTREAL — Stock in Canadian National Railway Co. surged by more than five percent Monday along with other North...
Buffett’s rail investment sends shares upward
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on April 9.) OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company recently invested in three railways, and in the process, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. became the largest shareholder in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
Teamsters Disaster Relief available for members in New Mexico
CLEVELAND, April 4 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of New Mexico regarding severe storms and tornadoes that caused major damage on March 23-24, 2007. BLET members in the following New Mexico...
AAR: U.S. rail freight traffic down in March
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Both carload freight and intermodal volume were down on U.S. railroads during March in comparison with the same month last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
Last roundhouse left on UP line
(The following story by Jeff Gearino appeared on the Jackson Hole Star-Tribune website on April 9.) GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — Evanston's historic railroad roundhouse has been a vital part of this city's growth and development from the very beginning. It literally saved...
Train town: Railroad drives growth in Clovis
(The following story by Marlena Hartz appeared on the Clovis News Journal website on April 8.) CLOVIS, N.M. — The railroad saved Tom Carter. He may have starved. He may have turned his back on the empty plains. But the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway gave birth...
CSX hub will bring big changes to Sarasota
(The following story by Billy Townsend appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on April 8.) WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The state has called it the "mother of all rail yards," the vital cog in a plan for Orlando commuter rail. CSX Transportation Inc. calls it an "integrated...
