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Rail freight traffic down
(The following report was issued by the Association of American Railroads on May 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Largely because of an accident that disrupted coal traffic out of the Powder River Basin, rail freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down during the week ended...
Court overturns prison term for ex-NJ Transit official
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 27.) NEWARK, N.J. -- An appeals court has overturned a prison sentence for a former NJ Transit vice president who was the only person ever sentenced under a law that made it illegal for public servants to...
Riders losses are MTA’s gains
(Newsday posted the following article by Tom McGinty on its website on May 27.) NEW YORK -- They're scattered around the city -- probably around the world, in fact -- hidden in coat pockets and old purses, jammed in wallets between business cards, buried in landfills....
Kansas City Southern elects Weyandt as senior vice president
(The Kansas City Star posted the following article on its website on May 26.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern has elected Paul J. Weyandt as senior vice president finance and treasurer. Weyandt joined Kansas City Southern in 2001 as vice president and treasurer....
KCS announces extension for KCSR consent solicitation
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on May 26.) KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company ("KCSR"), has extended its previously announced solicitation of consents...
Runaway rail car hits empty locomotive
(The following article by Brian Bonner was posted on the St. Paul Pioneer Press website on May 27.) ST. Paul, Minn. -- Once the runaway Union Pacific rail car got rolling in Rosemount, it didn't stop for another nine miles — until it hit an unoccupied Canadian Pacific...
Lawyer says settlement ‘not enough’
(The following article by Sammy Fretwell was posted on the State website on May 27.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A settlement to pay victims of January’s train wreck at Graniteville is drawing fire from a New Orleans lawyer, who said in federal court Thursday that he plans to...
Attorney objects to Graniteville class-action settlement
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jacob Jordan on May 26.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Attorneys for railroad owner Norfolk Southern and Graniteville residents who were evacuated after a deadly train wreck and chemical spill asked a federal judge...
Letter from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta to Amtrak President and CEO David Gunn
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 26.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta sent a letter to Amtrak President & CEO David Gunn last night urging immediate cost-cutting measures to address the...
US at odds with Amtrak over financial projection
(Reuters circulated the following article by John Crawley on May 26.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration urged Amtrak on Thursday to immediately find new cost cuts to shore up cash reserves, projecting the railroad could be substantially in the red by summer's end....
