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Hazardous materials rerouted
(The following article by Carol D. Leonnig was posted on the Washington Post website on February 17.) WASHINGTON -- CSX Transportation officials acknowledged yesterday that when they voluntarily rerouted hazardous-materials shipments last spring from a north-south...
CSX challenges D.C. ban on shipments
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) WASHINGTON -- CSX Corp. sued the District of Columbia on Wednesday, challenging the city's new law banning hazardous shipments within two miles of the U.S. Capitol. In a U.S. District Court...
DC ready to defend new hazmat law
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) WASHINGTON -- Now that Washington's mayor has signed a bill to ban hazardous chemicals from trucks and trains, the city is preparing to defend the law in court. Mayor Tony Williams says he...
CSXT files federal suit on D.C. hazmat ordinance
(CSX issued the following news release on February 16.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) today said that it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asking the Court to declare invalid the District of Columbia's...
BNSF gets notice of Justice Dept. probe
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) WASHINGTON - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Wednesday said the antitrust arm of the Department of Justice is looking into the prices it charges for shipping coal. The department requested...
Amtrak worker shocked, injured
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 17.) HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- An Amtrak spokesman said train traffic is moving normally in the northeast corridor Thursday morning, despite an accidental injury to an Amtrak worker in Havre de Grace....
Vapors sparked fatal explosion
(The following article by Courtney Brummer was posted on the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil website on February 16.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Vapors from an unknown source are believed to have ignited sparks from a grinder, causing an explosion that killed one man and...
RailAmerica sees gains in 4Q earnings
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica Inc. on Wednesday said earnings rose sharply in the fourth quarter from the year-ago period, which was weighed down by a tax-related charge and a loss from...
Phoenix begins work on light rail
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) TEMPE, Ariz. -- Nearly five years after Phoenix area voters approved light rail, construction on the first line of Metro track began Tuesday. Mayors from the three cities where the initial rail...
County dismisses VRE plan
(The following article by Ruth Finch and Edie Gross was posted on the Free Lance Star website on February 16.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Stafford County's supervisors rejected a request from Virginia Railway Express for more money yesterday, saying riders ought to pay...
