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Bombardier Transportation to cut 2,200 more jobs in restructuring
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on December 1.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. is cutting 2,200 more jobs in its rail transportation division, bringing the total reductions to 7,600 by April 2006 - or 21 per cent of the division's workforce. The new...
Santa Express trains come to Boone
(The following story by Eric Carlson appeared on the Ames Tribune website on November 29.) BOONE, Iowa -- The Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad is planning several special train trips this holiday season as a new foray into the world of Santa's North Pole headquarters....
Santa gets the ax as CTA cancels holiday tradition
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on December 1.) CHICAGO -- Weeks before its threatened "gridlock budget" would begin, the CTA has already pink-slipped one veteran worker: Santa Claus. The Holiday Train, a 12-year...
Canadian National Railway renames Sarnia-Port Huron tunnel for ex-CEO Tellier
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on November 30.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway has renamed its underwater rail tunnel between Ontario and Michigan after Paul Tellier, its chief executive from 1992 to 2002. The Paul M. Tellier Tunnel...
On a roll: What’s on the trains passing by?
(The following article by Anita Miller was posted on the San Marcos Daily Record website on November 30.) SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Watching the freight trains roll by and wondering what might be inside is a little amusement adopted by most San Marcos residents given...
N.Y. freight project foes are railing
(The following article by Lisa L. Colangelo was posted on the New York Daily News website on December 1.) NEW YORK -- With visions of freight trains barreling through their neighborhoods, City Council members and neighborhood activists hand-delivered 10,000 written...
Train spill alarms organic farmer
(The following article by Frank Santiago was posted on the Des Moines Register website on December 1.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Gary Pusillo and his family have grown fruit trees, vegetables and natural grasses on a 180-acre patch of Marshall County for 13 years. Pusillo...
BNSF work under way in Kansas
(The following report appeared on the Wellington (Kan.) Daily News website on November 30.) KANSAS CITY -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has begun the grading, bridge, and signal work for adding a second main track to its route between...
Skanska gets Amtrak contract in New York
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 1.) NEW YORK -- Construction giant Skanska AB said Wednesday it received a contract worth 850 million kronor (US$126.6 million, euro95.2 million) from the U.S. National Passenger Railroad Corp. -...
F train derails near Penn Station
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 1.) NEW YORK -- An F train derailed early Wednesday morning near 34th Street and Sixth Avenue near Penn Station. No injuries were reported, but 57 passengers were evacuated from the train, which jumped...
