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U.P. adds low-emissions locomotives
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on October 5.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad has added two switch locomotives for rail yards that will have lower diesel air emissions. The Omaha-based railroad ordered a...
Rail trouble
(The following article by David Thigpen appeared in the October 11 issue of Time Magazine.) KANSAS CITY -- When Union Pacific Railroad executive vice president John Koraleski faces his customers these days, he prefers to stay on his feet rather than sit in one place,...
Senate approves bill stemming from Minot derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 4.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that deals with railroad track and tanker car safety measures, Sen. Byron Dorgan says. The measures were recommended by the National...
Derailed NS cars contain strong acid
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 4.) STONINGTON, Ill. -- A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed here, toppling 20 cars including four tankers that contained hydrochloric acid, authorities said. No injuries were reported and none of...
Shaw AFB trains still chugging
(The following story by 1st Lt. Suzanne Ovel appeared on the U.S. Air Force website on October 1.) SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- History stops here often. It chugs to a halt about three times a week outside an elongated single-story building as two 80-ton locomotives...
Pere Marquette route safe for now, officials say
(The following article by John Burdick was posted on the Holland Sentinel website on October 4.) HOLLAND, Mich. -- Amtrak officials say Holland could lose its train stop if CSX abandons its railroad line that runs between Grand Rapids and Porter, Ind. However, local...
Screech provides apt backdrop at train talks
(The following column by Chip Jones appeared on the Times-Dispatch website on October 4.) RICHMOND, Va. -- An empty CSX coal train rumbled by Main Street Station one day last week, briefly drowning out a panel discussion on the future of passenger rail service in...
Some seeking money from train wreck turned away
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 3.) LAFAYETTE, La. -- Attorneys overseeing a $65 million settlement over a May 2000 Eunice train derailment have rejected 241 requests for a share of the cash and are scrutinizing other claims. The...
Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific to share tracks
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on October 2.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway filed Friday to seek federal permission for a trackage rights deal in the Northeast that will...
Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern Railway seek U.S. regulatory authority for trackage rights arrangements
(Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on October 1.) CALGARY, Alberta -- Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) today filed with the United States Surface Transportation Board (STB) seeking authority for...
