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CSX vows to ‘soften’ effect of rail cars
(The following article by Jennifer Lin was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 21.) PHILADELPHIA -- CSX officials came to City Council yesterday with a promise for angry Center City residents who don't like trains' blocking access to the new...
Farmers: BNSF proposal inadequate
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 20.) RICHLAND, Wash. -- Produce shippers in Eastern Washington say the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad's proposal to expand rail service between Quincy and Tacoma won't meet their needs. Produce...
STB votes to name Vice Chairman Buttrey as Chairman upon departure of Chairman Nober
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on December 20.) WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board announced today that the Board has voted unanimously to elect Board Member W. Douglas Buttrey to serve as the agency’s Chairman, until...
FRA crunches numbers on DM&E loan application
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 20.) MANKATO, Minn. -- The Federal Railroad Administration will likely rely on cold hard numbers - rather than impassioned pleas - as it considers a $2.5 billion low-interest loan application from the...
Legislation could help DM&E Railroad expand
(The following article by Mark Fischenich was posted on the Free Press of Mankato website on December 21.) MANKATO, Minn. -- The massive DM&E Railroad expansion -- a project that alarmed many Mankato residents eight years ago with its prospects for dozens of mile-long...
Ho, ho, whoa! Don’t worry, Santa’s OK
(The following article by Mark J. Konkol was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on December 20.) CHICAGO -- Santa Claus had a bumpy ride Saturday when his CTA train jumped the tracks as he was coming downtown. But don't worry, kids, St. Nick and a dozen elves...
Bridge not at fault for accident
(The Marietta Times posted the following article on its website on December 20.) MARIETTA, Ohio -- State and federal railroad inspectors have ruled out a faulty bridge as the cause of Monday morning’s derailment of eight coal-filled rail cars on Virginia Street just...
BLET member warns motorists: Stop, look and listen
(The following article by Virginia Groark was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on December 21. F.W. Lumpkins is a member of BLET Division 294 in Benseville, Ill.) CHICAGO -- The engineer of a Metra train that struck a pickup truck in Elgin on Monday, killing its...
LIRR riders caught in the strike zone
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell and Christine Armario was posted on the Newsday website on December 21.) NEW YORK -- A crush of commuters swamped the Long Island Rail Road yesterday with thousands waiting for hours to board trains in Jamaica, riders showing up...
Judge fines TWU $1 million per day for strike
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 20.) NEW YORK -- The nation's largest mass transit system endured its first strike in a quarter-century Tuesday, stranding 7 million riders in the December cold as negotiations remained stalled and a...
