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UP derailment damages bridge, closes route
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 12.) DENTON, Texas -- Twenty-one cars on a Union Pacific freight train derailed in East Texas early Wednesday, damaging a bridge over a small creek and forcing rail traffic to be rerouted. John Bromley, a...
Teamsters officially welcome BLET and BMWED members at Unity Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On May 8, members of the Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) were officially welcomed to the Teamsters during the annual Unity Conference in Las Vegas. Teamsters...
Alaska-Yukon rail link to get further study
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jeremy Hainsworth on its website on May 11.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A rail link between Alaska and Canada, proposed as a faster way to transport natural resources, also would enable the United States to support...
Norfolk Southern announces pricing of exchange offers
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on May 10.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation announced today the pricing for its outstanding offers to exchange new unsecured Norfolk Southern debt securities and cash for up to $350 million aggregate...
DM&E project speeding toward Winona
(The following article by Jeff Dankert was posted on the Winona Daily News website on May 11.) WINONA, Minn. -- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad could begin constructing its $2 billion expansion project next year, and Winona area officials are waiting on word of...
Trouble on the tracks?
(The following article was posted on Washington, D.C., television station NBC 4’s website on May 10.) WASHINGTON -- Spectacular train crashes easily capture our attention, but hundreds of passenger and freight trains routinely rumble along through the Washington...
Durbin: Amtrak’s future ‘critical’ to Illinois
(The following article by Doug Wilson was posted on the Quincy Herald-Whig website on May 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Several of the biggest issues facing the nation also are big issues for the Quincy region, said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Durbin, the second-ranking...
Train crew says someone fired shots at them
(The following was posted on thekansascitychannel.com website on May 10.) KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A train crew said someone opened fire on them as they headed into the metro area late Monday night. While on the last leg of a trip hauling rock from Sioux City, Iowa to...
Cars of BNSF freight train derail
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 10.) ESSEX, Mont. -- Five empty grain cars derailed early Tuesday on the main Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway line near here, company officials said. The cars were part of a 120-car train of empty...
Metal fatigue cracked Amtrak train brakes
(United Press International circulated the following article on May 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Experts investigating Amtrak's high-speed Acela trains have concluded metal fatigue caused cracks in the brake spokes. However, experts had not decided whether poor design or...
