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UP hauls in 47 percent income gains
(The following report by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on July 21.) OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corp. posted a 47 percent gain in net income for the second quarter over the same period in 2004. The Omaha-based company, whose principal operating...
AAR: Rail traffic up in most recent week
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on July 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up during the week ended July 16 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American Railroads...
SEPTA security stays the same
(The following story by Larry Eichel appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on July 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- A SEPTA spokesman said today that the transit agency had no immediate plans to institute new security measures in response to the new round of transit...
LIRR will search riders
(The following story by Joshua Robin, Daryl Khan and Joie Tyrrell appeared on the Newsday website on July 22.) NEW YORK -- Passengers stepping onto Long Island Rail Road platforms today will be subject to random bag searches before they board trains, in an...
New York starts to inspect bags on the subways
(The following story by Sewell Chan and Kareem Fahim appeared on the New York Times website on July 22.) NEW YORK -- The police last night began random searches of backpacks and packages brought into the New York City subways as officials expressed alarm about the...
Locomotive engineer still sees driver’s eyes
(The following story by Rick A. Richards appeared on the News Dispatch website on July 22. Brother J.M. Olry is a member of BLET Division 537 in Fort Wayne, Ind.) MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- John Olry says he will never forget the day he killed a 21-year-old man. For the...
Amtrak poised to restore Acela service on limited basis
(The following story by Keith Reed appeared on the Boston Globe website on July 22.) BOSTON -- Amtrak plans to restore the beleaguered Acela Express service to Boston tomorrow, more than three months after the last high-speed train pulled out of South Station, but...
With many modifications, Penn Station project is ‘go’
(The following article by David W. Dunlap was posted on the New York Times website on July 21.) NEW YORK -- Overlooked in the fanfare this week over the announcement that the long-delayed Pennsylvania Station expansion project will be taken over by two powerful...
KCS leases rail lines in four states to Pittsburg firm
(The Kansas City Star posted the following article on its website on July 21.) KANSAS CITY -- The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. today said it is leasing five branch lines in four states to three railroads owned by Watco Cos. Inc. Watco, a short line railroad...
CN Rail boss says “dynamite” numbers should continue throughout the year
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article by Donald Mckenzie on July 20.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. president Hunter Harrison says the company's "dynamite" second-quarter numbers should keep on rolling, with full-year profit expected to...
