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Abandoned car causes Metrolink accident
(The Ventura County Star posted the following article on its website on September 14.) OXNARD, Calif. -- A Metrolink train struck an abandoned car Tuesday on railroad tracks between Oxnard and Camarillo, stopping train service in the area for about four hours. No one...
Kansas City Southern settles tax dispute
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 13.) CHICAGO -- Shares of Kansas City Southern rose sharply Tuesday after the railroad company said it had settled a tax dispute with the Mexican government over a railway KCS bought earlier this...
KC Southern settles dispute with Mexico
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on September 14.) KANSAS CITY -- A long-standing dispute between Kansas City Southern and the Mexican government was settled Tuesday, giving the company full ownership of Mexico’s...
Kansas City Southern settles tax dispute with Mexico
KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern exchanged a Mexican tax refund of 13 billion pesos ($1.2 billion) for the government's 20 percent stake in its Mexican rail unit, settling an eight-year legal dispute and driving up shares 13 percent. The value of the stake acquired...
Locomotive derailment causes diesel fuel spill
(The following article by Sharron Hollen was posted on the North Platte Telegraph website on September 14.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- More than 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel were dumped on the ground when two locomotives derailed Sunday morning in the Union Pacific Bailey...
Supplemental health care plan for railroaders
(The C&O Employees’ Hospital Association issued the following information on September 13.) CLIFTON FORGE, Va. -- The C&O Employees’ Hospital Association (COEHA) is offering Medicare Supplemental Insurance and an enhanced Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan. The...
Supplemental health care plan for railroaders
(The C&O Employees’ Hospital Association issued the following information on September 13.) CLIFTON FORGE, Va. -- The C&O Employees’ Hospital Association (COEHA) is offering Medicare Supplemental Insurance and an enhanced Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan. The...
Union Pacific again named a top company for working mothers
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on September 12.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Working Mother magazine announced that it has again named Union Pacific one of the nation's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. Working Mother has included North America's largest...
After day of mourning, new terminal begins to sprout
(The following article by David W. Dunlap was posted on the New York Times website on September 13.) NEW YORK -- On a ground zero still strewn with petals from the mourners' countless roses, a half-dozen workers yesterday began readying the site for the first...
Glitches make it a rough Monday for VRE riders
(The following article by Edie Gross was posted on the Free Lance Star website on September 13.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Barely 10 minutes into Elizabeth Treadwell's Monday morning commute, the lights on her Virginia Railway Express train cut out. What followed was a...
