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Bush gets train exhibit rolling
(The following article by Jim Butler was posted on the Bryant-College Station Eagle website on November 7.) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Former President George Bush joined other dignitaries Monday morning in cutting the ribbon for "Trains: Tracks of the Iron Horse"...
NJT riders’ relief can’t get untracked
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 8.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit's efforts to improve the Raritan Valley Line's connections to New York-bound trains have fallen behind schedule once again. The railroad...
Rail project seeks $2.5 billion in funding
(Reuters circulated the following article on November 7.) NEW YORK -- The biggest U.S. railroad project in a century could get under way next year and ease transport constraints from the primary U.S. coal-mining region, a railroad executive said on Monday....
CEO: DM&E rail project could start next year
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Dennis Gale on November 8.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- If the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's application for a $2.5 billion federal loan for a three-year coal train project is approved and shareholders go...
Ridership on Amtrak Crescent up
(The following article was posted on AccessNorthGa.com on November 7.) GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Despite service disruptions caused by Katrina and other hurricanes, ridership on the Amtrak Crescent, which serves Gainesville twice-a-day, increased more than two percent...
Railroad crossings reopen to motorists after CSX derailment
(The State posted the following article on its website on November 7.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Three Prosperity railroad crossings that were blocked Sunday after a CSX train derailed have been reopened to motorists, Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said this morning....
DOT to tighten oversight of Amtrak based on GAO recommendations
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on November 7.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta today announced the Department of Transportation would implement recommendations to strengthen its oversight of...
BNSF stock: Freight train boogie
(The following report by David Landis and Lisa Dixon appeared at Kiplinger.com on November 4.) Railroads such as Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) are in an enviable position they've not enjoyed for a century: They have all the business they can handle -- and an...
South Dakota selling land along state rail line
(The following Associated Press report appeared on the Rapid City Journal website on November 7.) YANKTON, S.D. -- The state is readying dozens of parcels of land for sale as a byproduct of the sale of the state’s core rail line to Burlington Northern-Santa Fe...
CSX sells track, leaves Saginaw
(The following story by Barrie Barber appeared on The Saginaw News website on November 4.) SAGINAW, Mich. -- CSX Transportation Inc. has quietly chugged out of Saginaw, taking most of its jobs with it and selling its area operations to Saginaw Bay Southern Railway Co....
