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Railroad stocks sidetracked
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 3.) NEW YORK -- After posting impressive results over the last several quarters, it appears railroad operators will finally show the affects of a slowing economy as the sector begins to report quarterly...
Opinion: Amtrak may be rounding the bend
(The following editorial by Dave Zweifel was posted on the Madison Capital Times website on April 2.) MADISON, Wisc. -- No one knew what to expect about a year and a half ago when the Amtrak board of directors unceremoniously fired David L. Gunn as its president. Gunn...
Norfolk Southern announces first-quarter meeting, conference call
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on April 2.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation will hold its first-quarter analyst meeting at 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 25, at J.P. Morgan Chase Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, on the 11th floor, Room...
NJ Transit’s board goes in-house for new agency boss
(The following article by Tom Feeney was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on April 3.) NEWARK, N.J. -- After a national search for a new executive director, members of the NJ Transit board settled yesterday on a man who already works for them. Richard R....
LIRR offers ticket refunds
(The following article by Jennifer Maloney was posted on the Newsday website on April 3.) NEW YORK -- Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North commuters stood in long lines Monday morning, unable to buy monthly and weekly tickets because the railroads’ ticket machines...
Derailment clean-up continues
(The following article by Travis Gulbrandson was posted on the Pierre Capital Journal website on April 2.) PIERRE, S.D. -- Slightly more than two weeks after the derailment of a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad train in central Pierre, some of the final steps of...
Canadian Pacific rail maintenance workers may strike
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rob Delaney on April 2.) TORONTO -- Maintenance workers at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. may strike this month after their union failed to reach an agreement with the country’s second-biggest railway on a new...
CN, CP facing labor trouble
(The following article by Chris Sorensen was posted on the Toronto Star website on April 3.) TORONTO -- Labor strife threatens to roil both of the country’s major railways as Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s track maintenance workers move closer to a walkout and...
Rail bridge’s safety questioned
(The Charleston Post and Courier posted the following article by Prentiss Findlay on its website on April 3.) RAVENEL, S.C. -- Patrick Frazier has a good life. A two-story house, a long dock on the Wallace River, a sportfishing boat, a loving family. But he worries...
Union Pacific proposes upgrade at Port of L.A.
(The following article by Kristopher Hanson was posted on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on April 2.) LOS ANGELES -- Union Pacific Railroad has submitted a $300 million proposal to upgrade its massive intermodal container yard near West Long Beach. The...
