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Insider trading
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story on August 31.) NEW YORK -- An insider is an officer, a director or an owner of 10 percent or more of a class of a company’s securities. Insiders must file reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission listing...
Opinion: CN inquiry off track
(The following editorial was posted on the Toronto Star website on August 31.) TORONTO -- Residents of Wabamun, Alta., whose lake and source of drinking water has been polluted since early this month, would likely support calls by rail workers for a public inquiry...
Conflict mounts over leak costs
(The following article by Dan Klepal was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on August 31.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Even as styrene continued spewing into the air from a rail car near Lunken Airport for the third day, businesses, residents and the mayor were...
Why did rail car just sit there?
(The following article by James Pilcher was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on August 31.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The path taken by a train car filled with a hazardous material became clearer Tuesday, as many continued to ask a central question: Why was the...
Norfolk Southern Service Alert — Hurricane Katrina
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on August 30.) NORFOLK, Va. -- As a result of damages sustained from Hurricane Katrina, Norfolk Southern's service to locations south of Meridian, MS to and including New Orleans, LA and between Marion Jct., AL to and including...
Truckers, trains will rebound, but airlines?
(The following article by Tim McLaughlin was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on August 31.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. --Trains and trucks will be fine. Airlines won't. That was the assessment Tuesday after Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, a transportation...
Calif. rail-pollution deal opened to scrutiny
(The following article by David Danelski was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on August 29.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- State air-pollution regulators will reconsider their secretly negotiated -- and widely criticized -- deal with railroad companies to reduce...
Port of Long Beach OKs rail fleet contract
(The following article by Felix Sanchez was posted on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on August 30.) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Port of Long Beach harbor commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a contract with Pacific Harbor Line that calls for the replacement...
DOE takes step in plan to ship nuclear waste in Nevada by train
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Ken Ritter on August 29.) LAS VEGAS -- The Energy Department took another step Monday toward building a rail line across Nevada to ship nuclear waste to a national repository at Yucca Mountain. The department...
New rail legislation would benefit Ohio
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on August 30.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- Legislation pending in Congress would improve the funding outlook for new passenger train service in Ohio and elsewhere and address one of the leading problems...
