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New rail station a draw for city
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on October 6.) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- A fresh new train station seems to be boosting enthusiasm for reaching the Spa City by rail, with ridership up as much as 10 percent . There...
Amtrak has support but lacks the funding
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Stephanie V. Siek on October 5.) KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- Members of a committee studying transportation needs in the state pressed support for preserving and possibly expanding Missouri's Amtrak service in the long...
BNSF to report third-quarter earnings October 26
(BNSF issued the following news release on October 5.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation will report its third-quarter 2004 earnings in a Webcast at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time October 26, 2004. BNSF plans to issue its earnings press release at...
BNSF closing down Iowa shops
(The following article by James Quirk Jr. was posted on the Burlington Hawk Eye website on October 5.) BURLINGTON, Iowa -- Thirty–nine employees at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway shops in Burlington have been offered jobs at the railroad's Galesburg, Ill.,...
Rail employee killed in Harrisburg
(The following report appeared on the Patriot-News website on October 6.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A railroad employee was killed in the Norfolk Southern rail yards in northern Harrisburg Monday night. Details, including the man's name and the circumstances of the incident,...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on October 4.) A SPECIAL WIN—Some 2,134 New York City home care workers employed by Special Touch voted Aug. 31 to join SEIU District 1199NY. Meanwhile, the majority of 280 workers at Tenet’s Western Medical Center in Anaheim, Calif.,...
SWRR announces lease of New Mexico line from BNSF
(BNSF and SWRR issued the following news release on October 4.) CLARKDALE, Ariz. and FORT WORTH, Texas -- Southwestern Railroad, Inc. (SWRR) is now serving rail customers on 263 miles of track between Loving Junction and Clovis, N.M. SWRR is leasing the line, known as...
Tunnel project is chugging along
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on October 5.) NEWARK, N.J. -- The challenge for transportation officials was daunting -- how would they build a new train station deep beneath one of New Jersey's most densely...
Funding could derail options for Amtrak line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 5.) KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- Members of a committee studying transportation needs in the state pressed support for preserving and possibly expanding Missouri's Amtrak service in the long term during a hearing...
Crops overload railroads through Kansas
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 4.) HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- Projected bumper crops of corn, soybeans and milo are good news for farmers, but the expected huge harvests pose some old problems producers haven't had to deal with while they...
