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PennDOT won’t chip in for cross-state train
(The following article by Jim Ritchie was posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on October 1.) PITTSBURGH -- The cost of saving a cross-state Amtrak train set to be eliminated on Nov. 1 is too steep for PennDOT. PennDOT said Thursday it cannot afford the...
RailAmerica elects Harold Curtis to Board of Directors
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on September 30.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE:RRA) announced today that Harold R. Curtis was elected to the Company's Board of Directors effective October 1, 2004. Mr. Curtis will serve as an independent...
RailAmerica says acts on Canadian railroad, credit
(Reuters circulated the following article on September 30.) SAN FRANCISCO -- Short-line railroad operator RailAmerica Inc. on Thursday said it is exploring alternatives to dispose of its E&N Railway in British Columbia, Canada, and has arranged an amended $450 million...
BNSF scrubs site
(The following article by Frank Zoretich was posted on the Albuquerque Tribune website on September 30.) ALBUQUERQUE --The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway will clean up an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in the South Valley. The EPA's estimate...
Toxic trains rumble along Salt Lake City streets
(The following article by Patty Henetz was posted on the Salt Lake Tribune website on October 1.) SALT LAKE CITY -- Two years of volunteer trainspotting has yielded a list of 59 hazardous substances rolling down the Union Pacific tracks along 900 South, with five of...
Va. upset over CSX delay on rail upgrades
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 1.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Gov. Mark R. Warner and other state officials expressed exasperation yesterday over CSX Corp.'s delays in breaking ground on $65.7 million in rail improvements that the General...
Canadian Pacific says it will start shipping more grain
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on September 30.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- Canadian Pacific Railway says it will begin shipping about 18 percent more grain from elevators in North Dakota and western Minnesota to Pacific Northwest ports, beginning in...
Union Pacific orders first ‘evolution’ low-emission locomotives
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on September 30.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad has ordered 315 diesel-electric locomotives designed to significantly decrease air emissions. This decision follows a testing program that Union Pacific began over...
Union Pacific orders 315 locomotives
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on September 30.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. ordered 315 locomotives from General Electric Co. and General Motors Corp. to meet pollutant-emissions standards that take effect Jan. 1. Delivery of the locomotives...
Railroads get grants to help clean the air
(The following article by Barbara Anderson was posted on the Fresno Bee website on October 1.) FRESNO, Calif. -- A $75,000 grant to upgrade aging diesel locomotives in the San Joaquin Valley is only the beginning of a voluntary program to help clean up the sooty air,...
