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Wreckage cleared, worries remain after train derailment
(The following article by Sara Foley was posted on the Tyler Morning Telegraph website on August 18.) PRITCHETT, Texas -- The wreckage from Tuesday's 20-car train derailment has been cleared off the tracks, but the incident has intensified concerns that the railroad...
Empty BNSF cars derail
(The Gillette News-Record posted the following article on its website on August 17.) GILLETTE, Wyo. -- An empty Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train derailed west of Gillette late Tuesday night. There were no injuries and the trains were carrying no hazardous...
Paper industry wants rail update
(The following article by Pete Bach was posted on the Appleton Post-Crescent website on August 17.) APPLETON, Wisc. -- Officials at Coating Excellence International of Wrightstown would like to move more materials by rail, but dissatisfaction with the service...
Train burglary leads indictments
(The following article by Jim Maniaci was posted on the Gallup Independent website on August 17.) GRANTS, N.M. -- The Cibola County Grand Jury has issued charges against four people allegedly involved in a pre-Christmas railroad burglary. Deputy District Attorney...
Alliance lists transit projects imperiled by funding crisis
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on August 17.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Attempting to draw attention to New Jersey's impending transportation funding crisis, a nonpartisan advocacy group has put together a list of $7...
Rail woes are now departing
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on August 17.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Amtrak and commuter rail service in Northern Virginia, plagued by slowdowns since the weekend, started improving yesterday after an emergency meeting...
Rep. Schwarz ready to fight for Amtrak funding plan
(The following article by Khristine Elliott was posted on the Battle Creek Enquirer website on August 17.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- Amtrak is a valuable mode of transportation and the government needs to fund it, said U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz, R-Battle Creek. Schwarz met...
Kansas City Southern quarterly loss increased
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 16.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. said Tuesday that a change in accounting for employee profit sharing at the railroad's Mexican subsidiary will force the company to increase...
Train derailment may spur shutdown
(The following article by Bill Thompson was posted on the Longview News-Journal website on August 17.) GILMER, Texas -- Upshur County Judge Dean Fowler was visibly upset as he stood alongside Texas 155 Tuesday morning and surveyed the 20-railroad car derailment, the...
Third UP derailment in same area
(The following article by Sara Foley was posted on the Tyler Morning Telegraph website on August 17.) PRITCHETT, Texas -- The middle section of a Union Pacific train carrying steel, sand and paper scraps derailed alongside Texas Highway 155 just after 6 a.m. Tuesday,...
