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Statement of STB Chairman Nober on agency’s approval of trackage rights to provide dual rail service in Houston
(The STB issued the following news release on February 3.) WASHINGTON -- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today announced that the Board approved the right of BNSF Railway Company to use 15.6 miles of tracks owned by the Union Pacific Railroad...
New railroad rules may fade train horns
(The following article by Chuck McGinness was posted on the Palm Beach Post website on February 4.) PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The ear-piercing horn blasts from passenger and freight trains moving past residential neighborhoods on the rail line that parallels Interstate 95...
Calif. train wreck survivor recalls scene
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 3.) LOS ANGELES -- He wasn't known to the public, but his message left a lasting impression in many minds. His bleeding body trapped under debris after a train wreck last week, John Phipps scrawled a...
Minot negotiating with BNSF over shipping
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 4.) MINOT, N.D. -- City officials are negotiating with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad over the possibility of shipping containers of organic and other grains. The city wants to develop an...
New concern over what’s riding the rails
(The following story by Tom Seymour appeared on Louisville television station WHAS-11’s website on February 3. Tommy Mayne is Chairman of the BLET’s Kentucky State Legislative Board. Registration is required to view a video of the story at:...
PENNDOT and SEPTA announce settlement of Paoli Rail Yard cleanup costs
(SEPTA issued the following news release on February 3.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA has reached an agreement to settle legal claims against American Premier Underwriters, Inc. (APU, the successor of the Penn Central Railroad) over reimbursement of the costs associated with...
SEPTA gets $23 million settlement in Superfund case
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 4.) PHILADELPHIA -- A $23 million legal settlement was wired to SEPTA's bank account yesterday - the payoff from a 19-year-old court battle seeking reimbursement for...
NS train derails in Va.
(The following article by Lindsey Nair and Lois Caliri was posted on the Roanoke Times website on February 4.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Twenty-seven coal-laden Norfolk Southern train cars derailed in Roanoke County on Thursday afternoon with a loud screech and a crash "like...
Freight train derails in rural Kansas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 3.) WELLSVILLE, Kan. -- A BNSF Railway train rear-ended a second train Thursday afternoon, derailing 10 cars -- including one that erupted in flames -- and injuring one crewman. The train that was...
Spain arrests suspect in Madrid train bombings probe
(Reuters circulated the following story on February 3.) MADRID -- Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man who witnesses say they saw the day before the Madrid train bombings with one of the suspects in the blasts. A police spokesman on Wednesday said Rachid...
