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Dozen BNSF railcars derailed, no injuries
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) HOUSTON -- A dozen railcars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed east of Houston Tuesday, but caused no injuries, a company spokesman said. Joe Faust, a spokesman for Fort...
Dozen BNSF railcars derailed, no injuries
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) HOUSTON -- A dozen railcars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed east of Houston Tuesday, but caused no injuries, a company spokesman said. Joe Faust, a spokesman for Fort...
Nine injured in Amtrak accident in Louisiana; 4 in hospital
(The following article by Debra Lemoine was posted on the Advocate website on June 28.) ARCOLA, La. -- Amtrak passenger cars lurched off the tracks momentarily before righting themselves after hitting an apparent defect in the rail line Monday afternoon, jostling...
Nine injured in Amtrak accident in Louisiana; 4 in hospital
(The following article by Debra Lemoine was posted on the Advocate website on June 28.) ARCOLA, La. -- Amtrak passenger cars lurched off the tracks momentarily before righting themselves after hitting an apparent defect in the rail line Monday afternoon, jostling...
Hybrid locomotives pull their own weight
(The following article by Jim Redden was posted on the Portland Tribune website on June 27.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two of the largest hybrid vehicles in the world are now in Portland — 280,000-pound, 52-foot diesel/electric locomotives owned and operated by Union Pacific...
Hybrid locomotives pull their own weight
(The following article by Jim Redden was posted on the Portland Tribune website on June 27.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two of the largest hybrid vehicles in the world are now in Portland — 280,000-pound, 52-foot diesel/electric locomotives owned and operated by Union Pacific...
Six sue over deadly chlorine leak
(The following article by Elizabeth Allen was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on June 27.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Two survivors of a 2004 train derailment that resulted in a deadly chlorine gas leak and four volunteer firefighters who responded to the...
Six sue over deadly chlorine leak
(The following article by Elizabeth Allen was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on June 27.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Two survivors of a 2004 train derailment that resulted in a deadly chlorine gas leak and four volunteer firefighters who responded to the...
The railroad industry: What’s different this time
(The following article by Peter Smith was posted on Morningstar.com on June 26.) CHICAGO -- In the classic board game Monopoly, railroads are a pretty good investment. In contrast, real-world railroad stocks have been perennial underperformers, making disappointed...
The railroad industry: What’s different this time
(The following article by Peter Smith was posted on Morningstar.com on June 26.) CHICAGO -- In the classic board game Monopoly, railroads are a pretty good investment. In contrast, real-world railroad stocks have been perennial underperformers, making disappointed...
