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BNSF moves 10,000th carload of ethanol through BNSF Ethanol Express(TM) unit train service
(BNSF issued the following news release on September 28.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today celebrated the delivery of the 10,000th carload of ethanol moved by BNSF's Ethanol Express(TM) unit train service from the...
Norfolk Southern names new president
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 29.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. named a Hattiesburg native as president and realigned the jobs of six senior executives Tuesday as the railroad prepares for the retirement of chief...
Norfolk Southern Names Moorman President, Promotes Six Senior Officers
(NS issued the following news release on September 28.) NORFOLK , VA -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced changes to its senior management team, including the election of a new president and the promotion of six senior executives. The changes...
Busy ports train 3,000 workers
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on September 29.) LOS ANGELES -- Shippers at ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for 40 percent of the ocean cargo delivered to the U.S., are training at least 3,000 workers to end delays...
Trucker in Amtrak crash given prison
(The following article by Jo Napolitano was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on September 29.) CHICAGO -- Former truck driver John R. Stokes was sentenced Tuesday to 2 years in prison for his role in a 1999 Amtrak derailment near Bourbonnais that killed 11 people...
Bridges on their last legs pose problems for trains
(The following article by Alison Leigh Cowan was posted on the New York Times website on September 28.) NIANTIC, Conn. -- Passengers riding the rails in the Northeast hardly notice the three busy drawbridges they cross in southeastern Connecticut. But Amtrak engineers...
Amtrak: Bridges are hurting
(The following article by Kim Martineau was posted on the Hartford Courant website on September 29.) NEW LONDON, Conn. -- When the Thames River Bridge was built, Woodrow Wilson was president, World War I had just ended and there was no such thing as Amtrak. Times have...
Tunnel fire prompts reviews
(The following article by John Valenti was posted on Newsday.com on September 29.) NEW YORK -- The day after a fire in one of the four East River tunnels owned by Amtrak forced the cancellation of all Long Island Rail Road service for hours between Penn Station and...
Fire in commuter train tunnel is traced to a wire in Queens
(The following article by Michael Luo was posted on the New York Times website on September 29.) NEW YORK -- It started with a single power line that somehow fell down. The line, one of a series of electrical wires that power trains and equipment, fell on another...
Grain train cleanup continues
(The following article by Karen Ogden was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on September 28.) SHELBY, Mont. -- Salvage efforts continued Tuesday in a remote area south of Shelby where a grain train derailed a day earlier, spilling tons of grain. The route,...
