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CSX Transportation to re-open vital Gulf Coast rail line
(CSX issued the following news release on January 18.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation announced today that it is resuming local freight rail service on its Gulf Coast line, a vital transportation artery to New Orleans. Service through the entire area is...
Trains moving again after trestle fire
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 17.) YUMA, Ariz. -- Union Pacific trains were moving through southern Arizona again Tuesday after completion of a temporary crossing to replace a 780-foot wooden trestle that was destroyed by fire...
Trains moving again after trestle fire
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 17.) YUMA, Ariz. -- Union Pacific trains were moving through southern Arizona again Tuesday after completion of a temporary crossing to replace a 780-foot wooden trestle that was destroyed by fire...
Track-switching problems cause Metra delays
(The following article by Dan P. Blake was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on January 17.) CHICAGO -- Several Metra trains ran late out of downtown this evening after track-switching problems caused about half-hour travel delays during rush hour. At least six...
Track-switching problems cause Metra delays
(The following article by Dan P. Blake was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on January 17.) CHICAGO -- Several Metra trains ran late out of downtown this evening after track-switching problems caused about half-hour travel delays during rush hour. At least six...
Year after train accident, experts divided on safety of transporting hazardous materials
(The following article by S. Heather Duncan was posted on the Macon Telegraph website on January 18.) MACON, Ga. -- One year after a Norfolk Southern train from Macon killed nine people in South Carolina with a chlorine spill, railroads say they have made the...
Year after train accident, experts divided on safety of transporting hazardous materials
(The following article by S. Heather Duncan was posted on the Macon Telegraph website on January 18.) MACON, Ga. -- One year after a Norfolk Southern train from Macon killed nine people in South Carolina with a chlorine spill, railroads say they have made the...
Railroad seeks identity of person who broke into train
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 18.) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe is asking the public for help finding the person who climbed into an unlocked and idling engine over the weekend and managed to maneuver the machine...
Railroad seeks identity of person who broke into train
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 18.) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe is asking the public for help finding the person who climbed into an unlocked and idling engine over the weekend and managed to maneuver the machine...
Derailment leaks sulfuric acid
(The following article by Brandon Keat and Karen Roebuck was posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on January 18.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A CSX Transportation freight train derailed Tuesday in Lawrence County, dumping 10,000 gallons of sulfuric acid into a...
