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U.K. train line to close for ‘days’ after derailment
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story on November 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A main rail line between London and southwest England will remain closed for ``a number of days'' as U.K. police investigate the derailment yesterday of a FirstGroup Plc train, in which...
CSX track-leasing plan is approved
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on November 6.) RICHMOND, Va. -- A Dillwyn-based railroad's plan to lease nearly 200 miles of CSX Corp. track across Virginia got the green light yesterday from a federal oversight...
Metro-North gets earful on lateness
(The following article by Kirk Semple was posted on the New York Times website on November 8.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- For most of his career as the manager of schedule planning at Metro-North Railroad, Walter T. Brett has toiled in obscurity, dealing behind the scenes...
Railroad corridors a focus of the future
(The following report by David Pendered appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on November 7.) ATLANTA -- Atlanta is taking a fresh look at its old railroad lines, those arteries of commerce that breathed life into the city in its infancy and now are...
Borough police file charges against NS over falling rocks
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 7.) PORTAGE, Pa. -- The borough of Portage has filed misdemeanor charges against Norfolk Southern Corp. over rocks, some as large as softballs, falling from a railroad overpass. Officials allege that...
Freight train derails in Mass.; no injuries or damage reported
(The following article was posted on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise website on November 7.) SHIRLEY, Mass. -- A few wheels of a Guilford freight train derailed from railroad tracks in Shirley late Saturday afternoon. The derailment was caused by a mechanical...
Train spills phosphoric acid during trip through Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 8.) BOONE, Iowa -- A train carrying phosphoric acid leaked the dangerous substance as it traveled across Iowa over the weekend, Des Moines fire officials said. The leak was discovered Saturday night...
Spilled alcohol awaits cleanup
(The following story by Marianne Kobak appeared on the Elko Daily Free Press website on November 8.) ELKO, Nev. -- Elko firefighters were still waiting Friday evening for trucks from Salt Lake City to haul away spilled ethanol alcohol from a train derailment. One of...
Opinion: U.S. rail-system security is a concern for some
(The following column by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on November 8.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Most scrutiny about travel security falls on the airlines. That's understandable, considering the hijackings that were key to the Sept. 11 terrorist...
For railroads and FRA, close ties
(The following article by Walt Bogdanich was posted on the New York Times website on November 7.) NEW YORK -- Federal inspectors were clearly troubled by what they had been seeing in recent years at Union Pacific. According to their written accounts, track defects...
