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Burlington Northern 4Q earnings increase
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 25.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. on Tuesday said profits rose 54 percent in the fourth quarter, helped by rising demand for freight shipping. The results...
BNSF earnings rise
(Reuters circulated the following article on January 25.) NEW YORK -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI.N) on Tuesday said fourth-quarter earnings increased, driven by record freight volumes. The No. 2 U.S. railroad said earnings grew to $347 million, or 91...
Rail weld caused 2003 CN derailment
(The following report appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on January 26.) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -- A broken rail caused a freight train to derail and spill hazardous cargo near Tamaroa in southern Illinois two years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled...
NTSB releases report on 2003 derailment in Tamaroa
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on January 25.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- The National Transportation Safety Board says the failure of a rail caused the derailment near Tamaroa, two years ago, of a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals. The NTSB...
Broken rail cited in Illinois train derailment, hazmat release
(The NTSB issued the following news release on January 25.) WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that a broken rail, due to inappropriate bond wire welds on the rail in an area of known soft ballast conditions, was the probable cause...
NS files suit to preserve evidence
(The following article by Rick Brundrett was posted on the State website on January 26.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Norfolk Southern could be laying the groundwork for lawsuits against other companies involved in the transportation of tons of chlorine that spilled in the...
BLET engineers at LIRR may strike
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell appeared on the Newsday website on January 26.) NEW YORK -- Long Island Rail Road engineers could strike as early as next week after railroad officials said they plan to use outside labor to move trains in a Queens maintenance...
Sheriff: Vehicle deliberately put on train tracks kills 9
(CNN posted the following article on its website on January 26.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- A California sheriff says it appears a vehicle was deliberately placed on railroad tracks in Glendale, causing this morning's derailment that killed as many as nine people and injured...
NTSB launches team to commuter train collision in California
(The NTSB issued the following news release on January 26.) WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a Go- Team to investigate the collision of two commuter trains earlier today near Glendale, California. Ted Turpin is the...
9 killed as trains derail near Los Angeles
(The following report appeared at CNN.com on January 26.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- A commuter train crash and derailment killed at least nine people, including a sheriff's deputy, on Wednesday outside Los Angeles, fire officials said. A spokeswoman for the commuter line,...
