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CN freight train derails north of Vancouver
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on December 5.) VANCOUVER -- Seven empty cars on a CN Rail train left the track Monday in the Cheakamus River canyon north of Vancouver, the third accident in the area this year. Company spokesman Graham Dallas said...
Norfolk Southern marks 175th year with company museum
(The following article by Jeremiah McWilliams was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on December 2.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Let’s say you’re Norfolk Southern Corp., celebrating your 175th anniversary this month. What to do? Build a museum. “I love it – what’s not to...
Norfolk Southern Corp. agrees to invest in partnership
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article on its website on December 3.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. agreed to form a joint venture with Kansas City Southern to increase shipments from Mexico and the southwestern United States to the Southeast, in a...
Ohio officials, residents eager for high-speed rail
(The following article by Jim Saban was posted on the Lima News website on December 3.) LIMA, Ohio -- Martie MacDonell remembers the first time she came to Lima. MacDonell, a Youngstown native, rode in on the Pennsylvania train. Her future brother-in-law, John...
Opinion: Amtrak’s future
(The following editorial was posted on the Washington Post website on December 2.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak President David L. Gunn was abruptly fired last month by a board of directors that is operating with just four of seven members. Only one board member, Chairman...
Musical train trip to raise funds for Katrina victims
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 5.) CHICAGO -- When the "City of New Orleans" pulls out of Chicago's Union Station tomorrow evening on its nightly run to the Big Easy, there will be some special passengers aboard. Singer Arlo Guthrie...
Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern added to BNSF’s interline pricing at BNSF.com
(BNSF issued the following news release on December 2.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that carload customers now can also obtain instantaneous interline prices at http://www.bnsf.com for shipments originating on BNSF and terminating...
BNSF offers to buy polluted area
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 4.) LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- BNSF Railway, responsible for diesel pollution here, plans to buy most of a neighborhood that is over a plume of contaminated groundwater, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported....
U.S. rail agency’s investigations of train-vehicle crashes called flawed
(The following article by Caitlin Liu was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on December 3.) LOS ANGELES -- The federal agency overseeing rail safety has been too lax in investigating train accidents and too often lets railroads blame motorists for crashes,...
KCS, NS reach agreement to improve customer service, expand capacity
(Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on December 2.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. & NORFOLK, Va. -- Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern Corporation have agreed to form a joint venture that will increase capacity resulting in improved...
