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UP to tackle jams in Chicago
(The following article by John Schmeltzer was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on January 25.) CHICAGO -- The nation's largest railroad moved to help relieve a nagging rail bottleneck in Chicago, promising to centralize signals in Iowa and improve rail yards in...
Railroad subsidiary officially BNSF
(The following article by Dan Piller was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on January 25.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said Monday that it will change the name of its railroad subsidiary to BNSF Railway, removing Burlington...
BNSF adopts new corporate and subsidiary logos; Changes name of railway
(BNSF issued the following news release on January 24.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- New corporate and railway subsidiary logos and a new name for its railway subsidiary -- BNSF Railway Company -- were unveiled today as Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI -...
Along Calif.’s Central Coast, passenger trains stopped in their tracks
(The following article by Nathan Welton was posted on the San Luis Obispo Tribune website on January 25.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Railway tracks along the Central Coast opened Monday after a weeks-long closure caused by fierce winter storms, but passenger trains...
UP trains resume running in west
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 24.) LAS VEGAS -- Freight trains resumed running along parts of the California coast and the Nevada desert on Monday, nearly two weeks after record flooding washed out tracks and cut service on a main...
Union Pacific reports big drop in 4th-quarter profit
(The following article by Dan Piller was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on January 25.) FORT WORTH -- Union Pacific Corp. reported Monday that fourth-quarter profit dropped sharply from a year ago. The railroad, based in Omaha, Neb., which operates a...
Union Pacific 4th quarter earnings sag
(Reuters circulated the following article on January 24.) NEW YORK -- Union Pacific Corp. (UNP.N) on Monday said fourth quarter earnings fell sharply as the nation's largest railroad struggled with high fuel prices and service disruptions amid last year's record...
Union Pacific 4Q income drops 86 percent
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 24.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp., which operates the nation's largest railroad, reported Monday an 86 percent drop in net income for its fourth quarter, citing high fuel prices, increased...
BNSF reports all-time record quarterly EPS and revenues for the 2004 fourth quarter
(BNSF issued the following news release on January 25.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation today reported all-time record quarterly earnings of $0.91 per share, a 49 percent increase over fourth- quarter 2003 earnings of $0.61 per share....
Norfolk Southern sees 1Q charge from wreck
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 24.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. on Tuesday said it expects to post first-quarter pretax expenses of $30 million to $40 million related to a deadly train wreck and chemical spill. The company...
