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Tower collapse that halted trains may be sabotage
(The following article by Robert Herguth was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on October 11.) CHICAGO -- Authorities suspect sabotage was behind the collapse of two enormous electrical transmission towers in Wisconsin that halted Amtrak train service between...
CSX cleaning up after Fla. derailment
(The following article by Mabel Perez was posted on the Ocala Star-Banner website on October 11.) OCALA, Fla. -- Locals couldn't help but come to the Ocala Train Station on Sunday to see the aftermath of a CSX freight train derailment that left a car garage and an...
Two CSX trains collide in South Baltimore
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 10.) BALTIMORE -- Two CSX freight trains collided on October 10 in an industrial part of south Baltimore, causing minor injuries to two crew members, officials said. CSX spokesman Gary Sease said one of...
BNSF moving onto remote control technology
(The following story by Vikas Bajas appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on October 9.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- For an old economy company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is a poster child for brave new world automation. The railroad drills its engineers on 40...
Association of American Railroads selects Virginia Tech to host new research lab
(The AAR issued the following news release on October 8.) BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Railroad traffic -- both freight and passenger -- has increased to record levels in the United States during the past few years, and the railroad industry is in need of new technologies to...
Monorail mess the latest snag in Seattle
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 8.) SEATTLE -- Visions of a slick, elevated train gliding over streets choked with traffic wooed a razor-thin majority of city voters to pass the Seattle Monorail initiative two years ago. Now the $1.6...
Rail freight traffic up in September, third quarter
(The following report appeared on the Association of American Railroads’ website on October 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail intermodal traffic soared 9.5 percent (94,775 units) in September and 9.3 percent (238,698 trailers and containers) in the third quarter,...
Unruly Amtrak passenger in Idaho leads to bust in Minnesota
(The following article by Mike Weland was posted on the Boundary County News website on October 7.) KOOTENAI, Idaho -- A call from an Amtrak engineer seeking police assistance in ejecting an unruly passenger from a westbound train as it approached Bonners Ferry led to...
Large, small railroads expand on industry agreement
(The following news release appeared on the Association of American Railroads’ website on October 7.) WASHINGTON -- In order to better serve their mutual customers, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad...
BNSF diesel spill lawsuit goes to jury
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 8.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Jurors here are considering whether the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad is responsible for a decades-old underground diesel spill in Mandan, and whether about 70...
