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House gives OK to $1.75 billion for rail link
(Newsday posted the following article on its website on July 29.) NEW YORK -- Gov. George Pataki Saturday praised a House vote that approved $1.75 billion in tax credits for construction of a rail link connecting Long Island with lower Manhattan -- but don't expect...
Norfolk Southern names Thelen and Heilig to operations positions
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on July 28.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation named two people to key positions in its operations division, effective Aug. 1, 2006. Gerhard A. Thelen has been named vice president operations planning and...
Norfolk Southern names Thelen and Heilig to operations positions
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on July 28.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation named two people to key positions in its operations division, effective Aug. 1, 2006. Gerhard A. Thelen has been named vice president operations planning and...
New railroad may cross Midwest
(The following article by Rob Hotakainen was posted on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on July 30.) DUBUQUE, Iowa -- On a hot June morning, Kevin Schieffer issued a warning as a pack of big birds flew in to perch on a newly rebuilt stretch of railroad next to the...
New railroad may cross Midwest
(The following article by Rob Hotakainen was posted on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on July 30.) DUBUQUE, Iowa -- On a hot June morning, Kevin Schieffer issued a warning as a pack of big birds flew in to perch on a newly rebuilt stretch of railroad next to the...
Train derails in Tampa
(The following article was posted on Tampa television station CBS 10 on July 31.) TAMPA, Fla. -- Two locomotives and two freight cars of a CSX train have derailed and one locomotive has turned on its side, blocking Himes Avenue at Busch Boulevard, fire officials said...
Train derails in Tampa
(The following article was posted on Tampa television station CBS 10 on July 31.) TAMPA, Fla. -- Two locomotives and two freight cars of a CSX train have derailed and one locomotive has turned on its side, blocking Himes Avenue at Busch Boulevard, fire officials said...
Amtrak train derails in Texas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 31.) BEAUMONT, Texas -- An Amtrak train carrying more than 100 passengers derailed about five minutes after leaving the Beaumont station on Sunday. There were no injuries. The train was traveling from...
Amtrak train derails in Texas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 31.) BEAUMONT, Texas -- An Amtrak train carrying more than 100 passengers derailed about five minutes after leaving the Beaumont station on Sunday. There were no injuries. The train was traveling from...
STB issues notice of proposed rulemaking on simplified standards for rail rate cases
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on July 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has instituted a rulemaking proceeding to revise and clarify its existing simplified guidelines available for those...
