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Trains on the slow track
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 2.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Paul Higgs usually helps Amtrak keep its trains running on time. Yesterday, he just wanted to get its lights back on. Staples Mill Station has been...
Grain making rail connection
(The following story by Chris Anderson appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on September 2.) TOLUCA, Ill. -- The silver bins towering over a loop of railroad track among cornfields just west of Rutland stand as testament to the latest trend in grain...
Man arrested for train jump
(The following story appeared on the Galesburg Register-Mail website on September 1.) GALESBURG, Ill. -- Christopher R. Tompkins did not make it back to Colorado Tuesday night. The 40-year-old LaFayette, Colo., man was arrested at 10:26 p.m. Tuesday after police...
Tanker spill stops UP trains in Pinole
(The following article by Stanley Donaldson was posted on the Contra Costa Times website on September 1.) PINOLE, Calif. -- A tanker truck spilled diesel fuel onto railroad tracks in this morning, disrupting service for more than a dozen trains. The driver drove the...
Train wreck cleaned up, cause unknown
(The following article by Sheila McLaughlin was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on September 1.) LOVELAND, Ohio -- The mess is cleaned up and highway opened, but CSX officials aren't ready to say what caused the train derailment near the city's downtown. "It...
Railroad crossings audit to study inspections, crash records
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on September 2.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- A federal investigator has announced plans to audit railroad grade-crossing inspection and accident records to determine whether accidents are being reported...
Surface Transportation Board announces decisions
(The STB issued the following news release on September 1.) WASHINGTON -- Prior to the Surface Transportation Board's hearing today, Chairman Roger Nober announced the results of three Board votes. First, after evaluating the evidence submitted in the reopened...
Via Rail workers ratify contract
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on August 31.) MONTREAL -- Via Rail employees have ratified a new three-year labour contract that gives them a cumulative wage increase of more than 10 per cent, a union spokesman said Tuesday. The 2,500 members of...
NS trying to fill jobs
(The following report appeared on The Sentinel website on August 31.) CARLISLE, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Railroad recruiters are in the Carlisle area today and Wednesday seeking applicants for conductor openings. A press release says the railroad intends to fill nearly...
Huge BNSF refueling center opens in Idaho
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 31.) HAUSER, Idaho -- At the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway's new refueling station here, locomotive No. 4141 blasted through an opening ceremony ribbon. Railroad officials hope that's the last...
