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Train, car collision rates soar
(The following article by Karen Kleiss was posted on the Edmonton Journal website on April 11.) EDMONTON -- A collision between a train and a car early Sunday near Evergreen Trailer Park is the latest in a dramatically rising number of crashes at Alberta rail...
An idling threat
(The following article was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on April 10.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Imagine 10,000 big rigs burning diesel at freeway speeds near your home every day, their exhaust stacks spewing carbon particles so fine they can lodge deep in the...
New transport projects to ease cargo bottlenecks
(The CalTrade Report posted the following article on its website on April 11.) LOS ANGELES -- The continuing cargo bottleneck at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have spurred action on two major projects aimed at keeping pace with the unprecedented flood of...
Rail stocks chug ahead, in demand
(Reuters circulated the following article on April 10.) NEW YORK -- Railroad stocks have steam left for further gains despite a recent run-up and growing concerns that rising fuel prices will slow economic growth, analysts said. A surge in global freight traffic and...
Dangerous materials sit for days in rail cars
(The following article by Bruce Henderson was posted on the Charlotte Observer website on April 10.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As worries rise over rail shipments of hazardous materials, chemicals that can explode, ignite, corrode or poison sometimes sit unprotected for days...
NJ Transit plan to fix train brakes lags behind
(The following story by Joe Malinconico appeared on the Star-Ledger website on April 11. Ken Michel is Chairman of the BLET’s New Jersey State Legislative Board.) NEWARK -- NJ Transit's pursuit of a groundbreaking rail safety project has dragged for more than eight...
Railroad crew finds small bomb under tracks
(The Evansville Courier & Press posted the folowing article on its website on April 9.) FAIRFIELD, Ill. -- A Norfolk Southern Railroad maintenance crew discovered a bomb planted beneath the tracks east of Fairfield, Ill., Friday afternoon. "The device was about 8...
Remote trains stir debate: UP workers concerned about safety
(The following story by John O'Connell appeared on the Idaho State Journal website on April 10.) POCATELLO, Idaho -- It's a brave new world on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks through Pocatello, where train engineers are a vanishing breed. In Canada, the technology...
CSXT announces NE Florida branch line lease
(CSX issued the following news release on April 8.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation today announced the lease of a 32-mile segment of its track from Yulee to Fernandina, Fla., and from Yulee north to Seals, Ga., to First Coast Railroad (FCRD), a subsidiary of...
Transportation Security Agency faces reduced role
(The following article by Sara Kehaulani Goo was posted on the Washington Post website on April 8.) WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration, once the flagship agency in the nation's $20 billion effort to protect air travelers, is now targeted for...
