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Trouble plagued CN Rail isolates rail car after toxic leak
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on December 8.) TERRACE, B.C. -- A 30 metre exclusion zone was placed around a rail car thought to be leaking a toxic chemical in a CN Rail yard on Thursday. During a switching operation, crews noticed a chemical...
Train derailment causes northeast delays
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 8.) EDGEWOOD, Md. -- Two freight train cars carrying scrap iron derailed Thursday morning, delaying rail traffic along the busy Northeast Corridor for two hours during the morning rush hour. The...
Lynch seeks training for rail workers
(The following article was posted on the Holbrook Sun website on December 8.) HOLBROOK, Mass. -- Congressman Stephen Lynch has introduced the "Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2005," legislation which would establish a comprehensive emergency training program for...
Teamsters support rail emergency training bill introduced by Rep. Lynch
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on December 9.) WASHINGTON -- In response to a Teamsters' report warning that the nation's railways are still vulnerable to terrorist attacks and other emergencies, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch...
Most seniors worry about being stranded without transportation
(The American Public Transportation Association issued the following news release on December 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than four in five (82 percent) Americans age 65 or older worry that they will be stranded and unable to get around when they can no longer drive,...
New color graphics displays to control CN’s MacMillan switchyard
(The following report by Jeanine Katzel appeared on the Control Engineering website on December 8.) Canadian National Railway Co. (CN), Canada’s largest railroad, will upgrade switchyard workstation displays with new color graphic systems. The equipment, TessEm7000...
UP selects Wabtec, March Networks for video surveillance
(Wabtec issued the following news release on December 8.) OTTAWA, Ontario -- March Networks, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, announced today that Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has selected Wabtec VideoTrax,...
CN offers cash for spill
(The following story by Hanneke Brooymans and James Baxter appeared on The Edmonton Journal website on December 8.) EDMONTON -- CN Rail has offered up to $5,000 apiece to homeowners around Wabamun Lake -- the first time in its history the railway has offered...
SD rail pact solidifies Britton line
(The following report appeared on the Marshall County Times website on December 6.) MARSHALL COUNTY, S.C. -- An agreement for the sale of the state-owned railroad line to BNSF Railway Co., should go a long way towards solidifying the future of the rail line through...
BNSF to refurbish Fort Benton rail route
(The following story by Karen Ogden appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on December 8.) BILLINGS, Mont. -- The BNSF Railway Co. will invest $5 million to $8 million in its Great Falls-to-Fort Benton branch line to allow for construction of one or two...
