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City, CSX readiness faulted in rail fire
(The following article by Lynn Anderson was posted on the Baltimore Sun website on January 6.) BALTIMORE -- Federal transportation officials said yesterday that the most likely scenario behind the 2001 train derailment and fire in Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel...
Communication blamed in 2001 Md. derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 5.) BALTIMORE -- Poor record keeping coupled with a lack of communication worsened a dangerous situation triggered by the 2001 derailment of a freight train underneath the city's central business...
Derailed train traps two for a time
(The following article by Jim Hannah was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on January 6.) ELLISTON, Ky. -- A train tunnel collapse caused a derailment early Wednesday in rural Grant County, the sheriff's department reported. "While we don't have all the facts...
Environmental officials respond to NS derailment in S.C.
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 6.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Two trains collided here Thursday morning, spilling a hazardous chemical and sending dozens of people to a decontamination site in Aiken. Two Norfolk Southern freight trains...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on January 4.) UAW DANDY IN DUNDEE—In a major victory, the workers at a new automobile engine manufacturing plant in Dundee, Mich., have a voice on the job with UAW. Workers at the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance—a joint venture...
Bombardier Transportation wins $576M train order
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Allan Swift on January 5.) MONTREAL -- Struggling Bombardier Inc. reported good news from its transportation division Tuesday after it was granted an order for 100 high-capacity passenger trains from French...
France orders another 100 Bombardier trains
(The following article by Francois Shalom was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on January 5.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. said yesterday France's railway authority converted a further 100-train option from a previously announced contract into firm orders, a deal...
Norfolk Southern announces fourth-quarter meeting, conference call
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on January 4.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern will hold its fourth-quarter analyst meeting at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at JP Morgan Chase Company, 277 Park Avenue, New York, on the 17th Floor,...
Union Pacific stock derailed by downgrade
(The following article by Susan Lerner was posted on the CBS Market Watch website on January 4.) NEW YORK -- Shares of Union Pacific Corp. were derailed by a downgrade Tuesday as Bear Stearns cautioned investors that a turnaround at the railroad operator likely wasn't...
State: Tests show aquifer still safe after BNSF depot leak
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 4.) COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Initial water quality tests taken near the site of a leak at a 500,000 gallon refueling depot in northern Idaho showed levels of toxic chemicals that don't pose a threat to...
