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Rail company plans to add 600 cars
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 2.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The company that operates Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad expects to add 600 new grain cars to its fleet to handle harvest demands in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, a...
Wyoming coal prices continue surge after May derailments
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following article by Matthew Dalton on August 3.) NEW YORK -- The price of coal mined in Wyoming's Powder River Basin continues to surge following train derailments that have limited shipments to power plantsacross the U.S. Basin...
NS on track for upgrade
(The following article by Lois Caliri was posted on the Roanoke Times website on August 3.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Norfolk Southern finally got its request: federal money to upgrade its main line to carry double-stacked freight containers between Roanoke and Columbus, Ohio....
UP says it’ll fight cleanup order
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 3.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific says it will fight publicly and in court an order from the Environmental Protection Agency to handle the remaining cleanup for lead contamination in east Omaha. In a news...
2 killed as Amtrak train collides with truck and derails
(The following article by Sharif Durhams and Mark Johnson was posted on the Charlotte Observer website on August 3.) RALEIGH, N.C. -- An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Charlotte struck a dump truck and derailed here Tuesday, killing two in the truck and sending...
NJ Transit adding trains for the PGA
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 2.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit will operate 261 additional trains to accommodate spectators attending the 87th PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield next week. The PGA will provide...
Metra might have to wait for more trains with toilets
(The following article by Mark J. Konkol was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on August 2.) CHICAGO -- Metra's first two Electric Line trains with on-board toilets are set to pick up passengers starting in September, with 24 more cars to hit the tracks by early...
When chemicals attack
(The following editorial by Joseph R. Biden Jr. was posted on the Washington Post website on August 2.) WASHINGTON -- There's little doubt that if a nuclear or biological weapon were discovered in a crowded stadium or at a busy airport, the federal government would...
Genesee & Wyoming reports second quarter results
(Genesee & Wyoming issued the following news release on August 2.) GREENWICH, Conn. -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported today that net income in the second quarter of 2005 increased 4.9% to $11.4 million, compared to net income of $10.8 million in the second...
Police detonate suspicious backpack on a SEPTA train
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following article on its website on August 2.) PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police detonated a suspicious-looking backpack Sunday morning aboard a SEPTA train in Warminster, but the bag contained nothing harmful, a SEPTA spokesman...
