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Schweitzer: BNSF considering Montana coal-to-liquids project
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 9.) BILLINGS, Mont. -- BNSF Railway Co. has sent an engineering team to Montana to study the possibility of a coal-to-liquids project that would produce diesel for locomotives, Gov. Brian Schweitzer...
Feds give N.Y., N.J. $27M for port, railway security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 9.) WASHINGTON -- The federal government will distribute $445 million to U.S. cities to help protect ports, subways, rails and other infrastructure from possible terrorist attacks. "We're investing...
Chertoff announces new security grants
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 9.) WASHINGTON -- Nearly half a billion dollars will be given to U.S. cities and regions to help reduce the risk of terror attacks on ports, transit systems and chemical plants, Homeland Security...
Switch eyed in rail deaths
(The following article by Raja Mishra and Mac Daniel was posted on the Boston Globe website on January 10.) WOBURN, Mass. -- An improperly set track switch sent a commuter train barreling into a repair crew yesterday, killing two workers and injuring four others, two...
Two people dead after commuter train hits track crew
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 10.) WOBURN, Mass. -- Transportation officials are investigating why an inbound commuter train was not switched to an alternate track before it slammed into a track maintenance crew on Tuesday, killing...
S.D. lawmaker wants to promote DM&E project
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A state lawmaker says South Dakota should expend the same energy lobbying for a $6 billion expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad that it put into its efforts to turn the former Homestake Mine into an underground science laboratory....
Strong winds cause UP derailment
(The following report appeared on the Billings Gazette website on January 9.) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Strong winds caused problems for trucks and other vehicles traveling through Wyoming on Monday. Some trucks had to pull over on Interstate 25, and the Wyoming Department of...
No requirements for LIRR track fences
(The following story by John Valenti appeared on the Newsday website on January 9.) NEW YORK — There is no legal requirement for fencing along train tracks, and federal and local rail officials said it may not have prevented the death of a Queens boy who police say...
Impact of UP derailment still felt in San Antonio
(The following story by Brian Chasnoff appeared on the San Antonio Express News website on January 9.) SAN ANTONIO — In some ways, serenity has been restored to a neighborhood just north of downtown that saw a day of havoc in October when a Union Pacific train jumped...
BNSF considers coal-to-liquids idea
(The following story by Jan Falstad appeared on the Billings Gazette website on January 9.) BILLINGS, Mont. — The head of BNSF Railway Co. has sent an engineering team to Montana to analyze a possible coal-to-liquids project to supply diesel to fuel-thirsty...
