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Norfolk Southern announces exchange offer pricing
(NS issued the following news release on September 10.) NORFOLK, VA. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced today that the total exchange price to be paid according to the terms of its exchange offer for up to $400 million of its outstanding 7.350%...
Ga. eyes possibility of commuter rail line to Athens
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 13.) ATLANTA - State officials, who have been hoping to have commuter train service going south of Atlanta by 2006, say another route to Athens could be next. Negotiations began this year with Norfolk...
Seven sentenced for involvement in ‘Conrail Boyz’
(The following article byJessica Rosero was posted on the Hudson Reporter website on September 10.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- The state attorney general has finished prosecuting members of an alleged local train robbery gang called the "Conrail Boyz." Seven people charged...
CSX train leak isn’t toxic, officials say
(The following article by Zlati Meyer was posted on the Detroit free-Press website on September 13.) DETROIT -- An off-duty Independence Township firefighter spotted something leaking Sunday from a commercial train in Springfield Township. Shortly after 9 a.m., the...
With SEPTA in crisis, riders uneasy
(The following article by Christine Schiavo was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 12.) PHILADELPHIA -- She doesn't own a car and she can't afford cab fare. Like many other public transportation riders, Tanya Hunter doesn't merely use SEPTA, she...
Officials say Del. security ‘improving’
(The following story by Victor Greto appeared on The News Journal website on September 13.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Delaware's front-line emergency workers are better prepared today to meet a catastrophic threat, whether it's natural or terrorist-induced, than at any time...
Train hits car – carrier full of Porsches
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 12.) VENTURA, Calif. -- A car-carrier loaded with vintage Porsches was struck by a freight train Sunday after becoming stranded on railroad tracks, officials said. The accident occurred about 3:45...
Locomotive ends up in Seattle street after train derails
(The following article was posted on Seattle television station KING 5’s website on September 12.) SEATTLE -- A train derailed in Seattle on Sunday afternoon, blocking northbound East Marginal Way and causing traffic problems. After the train jumped the tracks, the...
Man OK after being run over by train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September 9.) LE MARS, Iowa -- A man who police say was intoxicated was unhurt after a train drove over him. Shawn M. Polley, 44, of Bowling Green, Ky., was passed out between the rails of the train tracks last...
Rotary snowplows keep fighting Sierra drifts
(The following column by Gordon Richards appeared on the Sierra Sun website on September 9.) SIERRA, Calif. -- Truckee's Railroad Days is this weekend. The theme of the event is the Rotary snowplow, mighty machines that have kept the only railroad over the Sierra...
