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Tempers flare at CSX reimbursement site
(The following story by Leah McDonald appeared on the Oneida Daily Dispatch website on March 18.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — Police were called to the CSX outreach center at the Red Cross offices on Washington Avenue Friday morning to help with disgruntled residents seeking...
CSX derailment cleanup nears end in Oneida
(The following story by Leeanne Root appeared on the Oneida Daily Dispatch website on March 18.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — The cleanup and removal of derailed CSX train cars is nearing completion and officials say the track should be back in use soon. "The track sections are all...
Trestle fire repair work off to fast pace
(The following story by Chris Bowman appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on March 19.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The only smoke spewing from the site of Sacramento's spectacular railroad trestle fire today should be the soot of pile drivers sinking supports for a...
Locomotive Engineers helped move this country
(The following story by Gwenda Anthony appeared on the Jackson Sun website on March 19.) JACKSON, Tenn. — It was like a family reunion when several locomotive engineers gathered last week where they used to work. As Jackson celebrated the birthday Wednesday of Casey...
Norfolk Southern annual report highlights record year
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on March 16.) NORFOLK, VA -- Norfolk Southern Corporation highlights record-setting achievements in safety, revenue, volume, income, and earnings per share in its 2006 Annual Report. "As the 2006 results indicate,...
FRA hiring R&D Director
(The following was sent to the BLET by the Federal Railroad Administration on March 13.) Senior Executive Service Career Opportunity ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: FRA-07-40N OPENING DATE: March 12, 2007 CLOSING DATE: May 10, 2007 POSITION: Director, Office of Research and...
Rail freight traffic reaches highest level so far this year
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on March 15.) WASHINGTON -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads reached its highest level so far this year during the week ended March 10, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported...
Texas rail wrecks prompting hearing
(The San Antonio Express-News posted the following article on its website on March 15.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Citing an “alarming” number of train incidents over the past three years in Bexar County, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on...
DM&E cars hauling clay derail in S.D.
(The Sioux Falls Argus Leader posted the following article on its website on March 16.) PIERRE, S.D. -- Five cars of a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad train hauling bentonite clay from the Belle Fourche area to Chicago derailed in Pierre a couple of blocks south...
Main track destroyed
(The following article by Tony Bizjak, Kim Minugh and Chelsea Phua was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 16.) SACRAMENTO -- A dramatic evening fire along the American River Parkway near Cal Expo destroyed a Union Pacific mainline track Thursday, sending...
