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Trains draw crowd to trench
(The following article by Ben Kieckhefer was posted on the Reno Gazette-Journal website on November 19.) RENO, Nevada -- The train blew its horn. On the first official run through Reno's train trench, a $282 million project designed, in part, to reduce noise from the...
Claim: Rail leak damaged 30,000
(The following article by Dan Horn was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on November 19.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- More than 30,000 residents and businesses should be paid damages because of the styrene leak that hit Cincinnati's East End in August, the residents'...
BNSF experiencing boom in business
(The following article by Thomas Ryll was posted on the Columbian website on November 20.) VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Once a year or so, the BNSF Railway hauls a few elephants through Vancouver . However charming and offbeat it might be, business from the Ringling Bros. and...
Opinion: Running Amtrak off the track
(The following editorial by Jon Talton was posted on the Arizona Republic website on November 20.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- On the same day that senators were hurling their telegenic outrage at profiteering oil executives, Amtrak's president was fired for being too...
The chairman of Amtrak: Savior or undertaker?
(The following article by Robert Cohen was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 21.) WASHINGTON -- As chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission under then-Gov. George W. Bush in the late 1990s, David Laney was credited with significantly...
Train wrecks initiate change
(The following article by Josh Gelinas was posted on the Augusta Chronicle website on November 19.) AIKEN, S.C. -- In what might be the lasting legacy of this year's Graniteville train disaster, the nation's 600-plus railroads have until Tuesday to re-educate...
Train carrying chemicals derails in N.Y.
(The following article by Maureen Nolan and Diana LaMattina was posted on the Syracuse Post-Standard website on November 20.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A CSX freight train derailed Saturday in Central Square, leaving six tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals neatly tucked...
VIA Rail Canada signs an agreement with Parsons Corporation for deployment of onboard wireless internet (Wi-Fi) services
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on November 18.) MONTREAL -- VIA Rail took a major step forward today in extending Wi-Fi service to all its customers in the Québec City-Windsor corridor by signing a five-year partnership agreement with Parsons Corporation...
KCS’ Holiday Express charitable contribution tops previous record with fifth annual run
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on November 17.) KANSAS CITY -- In its fifth annual trip, Kansas City Southern's (NYSE: KSU) (KCS) Holiday Express train will bring Santa Claus and his elves to visit 20 communities in eight states throughout the...
Canadian National sees 20% 4th-quarter profit growth
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on November 18.) CALGARY -- Canadian National Railway Co., the North American railroad with the highest profit margin, said it will report 20 percent growth in earnings per share this quarter and profit...
