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Opinion: Hope you didn’t hold your breath for SEPTA fix
(The following editorial appeared on the Delaware County Times website on February 18.) PHILADELPHIA -- Sometimes you look at what passes for legislative action in our illustrious state capital and wonder just what it is that these folks do, and what is it about the...
SEPTA running out of options
(The following story by Dan Geringer appeared on the Philadelphia Daily News website on February 17.) PHILADELPHIA -- The SEPTA board delayed "doomsday" until March 6 after a Philadelphia Common Pleas judge postponed hearing the city's lawsuit to prevent the...
Study looks at shipping center
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 18.) FARGO, N.D. -- Area officials are expected to discuss a shipping center study next month. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe terminal in Dilworth, Minn., which combines truck and rail shipping,...
BNSF continues to use leaking fuel depot
(Spokane television station KXLY posted the following story on its website on February 18.) SPOKANE, Wash. -- Local politicians and Idaho's Department of Environmental Quality are asking the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company to shut down its leaking...
Union Pacific blames faulty liner for deadly train shop explosion
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 17.) COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Union Pacific railroad said a chemical-based gas inside a fuel tank caused the explosion that killed a worker Tuesday at its machine shop in Council Bluffs. John Bromley, a...
Second leak reported at BNSF refueling depot
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Nicholas K. Geranios on February 17.) SPOKANE, Wash. -- A new locomotive refueling station in Idaho has sprouted a second leak over the main water supply for the Spokane area, and Kootenai County, Idaho,...
BNSF ends fuel recovery in Mandan
(The following article by Gordon Weixel was posted on the Bismarck Tribune website on February 18.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- BNSF Railway has ended its contract with Thermo RETEC for remediation services following settlement of a case by the state of North Dakota against the...
Justice Department investigates railroad coal shipment prices
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Joe Ruff on February 17.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The Justice Department's antitrust division is investigating the coal pricing practices of Union Pacific Corp. and BNSF Railway Co. out of Wyoming's Powder River Basin....
CSX ‘double standard’ decried
(The following article by Spencer S. Hsu was posted on the Washington Post website on February 18.) WASHINGTON -- The rerouting of hazardous material shipments from a downtown rail line to one through Northeast Washington reflects a double standard for security by CSX...
UP, BNSF face federal scrutiny
(The following story by Sean Wood appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on February 18.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. isn't the only rail company under Justice Department scrutiny. Union Pacific has also received...
