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Spending plan to add Amtrak trains in Illinois
(Copley News Service circulated the following article by Mike Ramsey on May 4.) CHICAGO -- A proposed $12 million boost in state funding for Amtrak would add passenger trains across Illinois but create logistical challenges for the railroad. Amtrak, which has faced...
Train derailment closes schools
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 4.) MATEWAN, W.Va. -- Three Mingo County schools were closed Thursday after an early morning train derailment blocked state Route 49. Four cars of a 99-car Norfolk Southern freight train jumped the tracks...
Train derailment closes schools
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 4.) MATEWAN, W.Va. -- Three Mingo County schools were closed Thursday after an early morning train derailment blocked state Route 49. Four cars of a 99-car Norfolk Southern freight train jumped the tracks...
NS derailment tears up main line
(The following article by Paul Peirce was posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on May 4.) GRAPEVILLE, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Railroad hopes to reopen a section of track this morning in Hempfield Township that was severely damaged early Wednesday when 29...
NS derailment tears up main line
(The following article by Paul Peirce was posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on May 4.) GRAPEVILLE, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Railroad hopes to reopen a section of track this morning in Hempfield Township that was severely damaged early Wednesday when 29...
Security alert issued to mass transit
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 4.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. mass transit systems should remain alert against possible terror attacks, the Homeland Security Department said in a new warning that highlighted suspicious activity at unnamed...
Security alert issued to mass transit
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 4.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. mass transit systems should remain alert against possible terror attacks, the Homeland Security Department said in a new warning that highlighted suspicious activity at unnamed...
Canadian railway industry welcomes federal investment in future
(The Railway Association of Canada issued the following news release on May 2.) OTTAWA -- Cliff Mackay, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, said today Canada’s freight and passenger railways welcome the federal government’s budget commitment to...
Canadian railway industry welcomes federal investment in future
(The Railway Association of Canada issued the following news release on May 2.) OTTAWA -- Cliff Mackay, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, said today Canada’s freight and passenger railways welcome the federal government’s budget commitment to...
Kansas City Southern profit up, stock jumps
(Reuters circulated the following article on May 2.) CHICAGO -- Railroad operator Kansas City Southern posted better-than-expected quarterly profit Tuesday on higher margins, improved service, fuel surcharges and rising prices, sending its shares up 10 percent. The...
