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City questions train increase
(The following story by Scott Welton appeared on the Standard Democrat website on December 6.) SIKESTON, Mo. -- When it comes to Union Pacific’s planned changes for rail traffic through Sikeston, the community wants to know “What’s in it for us?” Questions and...
NS train crashes into mobile home
(The following story by Scott Sloan appeared on the Herald-Leader website on December 8.) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A train struck a mobile home that got stuck on the tracks this afternoon in Grant County, splitting the trailer in half and spewing the contents of a family's...
NTSB member Ellen Engleman Conners asks President to withdraw nomination
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on December 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- National Transportation Safety Board Member Ellen Engleman Conners has asked President Bush to withdraw her nomination for a second term as Chairman of the...
CN ordered to shorten trains to no more than 80 cars after B.C. derailments
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on December 8.) VANCOUVER -- CN Rail was ordered to limit the length of its trains to 80 cars on an old B.C. Rail line north of Vancouver on Wednesday after 11 derailments on that stretch of track this year. B.C....
CN fined $75,000 after pleading guilty in B.C. derailment
(The following report appeared on the CBC News website on December 7. Ken LeQuesne and Art McKay were members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.) CN Rail has been fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to one of three criminal charges in a derailment in...
Rail equipment prompts bomb scare
(The following story by Jamie Ertle appeared on Savannah television station WTOC’s website on December 18.) SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Somebody saw something strange on the railroad tracks and didn't take any chances yesterday. Savannah-Chatham police called in the bomb squad...
BNSF merger speculation swirls
(The following story appeared at CalTradeReport.com on December 8.) FT. WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's healthy financial position is fuelling speculation in the trade media that it may be considering new merger opportunities to...
Incident spotlights rail security gaps
(The following story by Teresa Wickens appeared on The North Platte Telegraph website on December 8.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Railroad officials commented Wednesday on a Nov. 11 incident in which two men allegedly climbed aboard a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe locomotive...
Railroad security is a ‘joke’
(The following story by Dennis Welch appeared on the East Valley Tribune website on December 8.) MESA, Ariz. -- Arizonans are at risk of dying from terrorist attacks along the state’s 3,000 miles of railroad tracks because of nonexistent security, Arizona Corporation...
Norfolk Southern announces new train technology
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 6.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern says is teaming up with another company to start deploying a locomotive computer system to improve fuel efficiency and safe handling of trains. The system known as...
