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Amtrak to start more trains to San Jose
(The following story by Erik N. Nelson appeared on the San Mateo County Times website on August 31.) SAN MATEO, Calif. — The East Bay, San Jose and Central Valley will become a little closer to each other today as two commuter rail services expand their services,...
A push to get everyone on board with rail safety
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on August 31. R.E. Lassiter Jr. is a member of BLET Division 456 in Norfolk, Va.) ABOARD NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN 975 — Railroad conductor Gene Hall faced one of a train crewman's worst...
A push to get everyone on board with rail safety
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on August 31. R.E. Lassiter Jr. is a member of BLET Division 456 in Norfolk, Va.) ABOARD NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN 975 — Railroad conductor Gene Hall faced one of a train crewman's worst...
Genesee & Wyoming buys two railroads for $6 million
(Reuters circulated the following on August 30.) CHICAGO — Railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. on Wednesday it has acquired two privately-held railroads for $6 million in cash. Greenwich, Connecticut-based Genesee & Wyoming said H&S Railroad Company Inc. and the...
Genesee & Wyoming buys two railroads for $6 million
(Reuters circulated the following on August 30.) CHICAGO — Railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. on Wednesday it has acquired two privately-held railroads for $6 million in cash. Greenwich, Connecticut-based Genesee & Wyoming said H&S Railroad Company Inc. and the...
Plan for one person crews is ‘backward,’ candidate says
(The following story by Kevin Sampier appeared on The Peoria Journal Star GALESBURG, Ill. — A plan by the nation's largest railroad companies to reduce staffing to one person per train has one congressional candidate "more than angry," because it could mean up to 300...
Plan for one person crews is ‘backward,’ candidate says
(The following story by Kevin Sampier appeared on The Peoria Journal Star GALESBURG, Ill. — A plan by the nation's largest railroad companies to reduce staffing to one person per train has one congressional candidate "more than angry," because it could mean up to 300...
More ethanol triggers concern about rail accident management
(The following story by Scott Rothschild appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on August 30.) TOPEKA, Kan. — The energized ethanol market has been an economic boon to Kansas but also is putting more hazardous cargo on the state’s railroads and highways,...
More ethanol triggers concern about rail accident management
(The following story by Scott Rothschild appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on August 30.) TOPEKA, Kan. — The energized ethanol market has been an economic boon to Kansas but also is putting more hazardous cargo on the state’s railroads and highways,...
Evacuations follow as chemical car goes off tracks in Beaumont
(The following story by Colin McDonald appeared on The Beaumont Enterprise website on August 31.) BEAUMONT, Texas — Hazardous-materials teams from the Beaumont fire department and BNSF officials worked together at the scene of a train derailment Wednesday behind the...
