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Train ‘quiet zones’ don’t come cheap
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on November 14.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- While federal procedures for silencing train horns in densely populated areas took effect in June, local officials are learning that setting up "quiet zones"...
Produce shippers blame railroad
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 14.) YAKIMA, Wash. -- Produce shippers say Burlington Northern Santa Fe has gone back on a promise to expand rail service to the ports of Seattle and Tacoma this fall, leaving them scrambling over what...
House explores actions of Amtrak board
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on November 11.) WASHINGTON -- The vote by the Amtrak board of directors to fire the railroad's president, David L. Gunn, has created intense interest in Congress in the board itself,...
CSX cites faulty axle in derailment of train
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on November 12.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- An overheated axle part on one car triggered the derailment of a CSX freight train in Amsterdam on Oct. 12, the freight railroad announced on Friday....
BNSF derailment still under investigation
(The following article by Cameron Mathews was posted on the Fort Morgan Times website on November 14.) FORT MORGAN, Colo. -- The 23-coal car derailment of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train carrying 128 coal cars that occurred Saturday night is still under...
Workers unload chlorine from damaged rail car
(The following article by Cadonna Peyton was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on November 13.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Union Pacific Railroad workers on Saturday unloaded chlorine from a damaged train car to prepare it for transport, fire officials said. The...
Amtrak president’s firing threatens Ohio’s trains, plans for future
(The following press release was circulated by All Aboard Ohio on November 11.) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- All Aboard Ohio, a nonprofit association, is calling for the immediate reinstatement of Amtrak President David Gunn, and for the resignation of U.S. Transportation...
BNSF freight trains collide
(The following story by Larry Kershner appeared on the Mt. Pleasant News website on November 10.) MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Mt. Pleasant resident Greg Watson reported this morning from the Amtrak depot station in Fort Madison that two freight trains had collided in the...
Rail freight traffic up in most recent week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on November 10.) WASHINGTON -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up from a year ago during the week ended November 5, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today. Intermodal...
DM&E paid Thune about $220,000 for lobbying work
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 11.) RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Senate records show that John Thune received in the neighborhood of $220,000 in lobbying fees from the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad before he was elected to the U.S....
