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An old track finds new fans
(The following article by Jenna Russell was posted on the Boston Globe website on August 8.) BETWEEN BRUNSWICK AND ROCKLAND, Maine -- When a moose was finally spotted from the Rockland-bound train yesterday, almost two hours into the eastbound trek, word spread...
Car-train collisions focus of new billboards
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 7.) BILOXI, Miss. -- CSX Railroad has posted billboards in Mississippi and Ohio to grab the attention of motorists and encourage them to think twice about trying to beat a train at a crossing. The tagline...
UP gets IRS deficiency notice
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Union Pacific Corp. said Friday it received a preliminary notice of deficiency from the Internal Revenue Service as a result of an examination of its federal income tax returns for...
UP sues subcontractor for crossing deaths
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on August 7.) OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corp. sued a Pennsylvania company Friday that the railroad had hired to keep trees and other vegetation clear of rail crossings throughout its 23-state...
Supporters line railroad tracks to welcome Democratic ticket
(The following article by Michael Coleman was posted on the Albuquerque Journal website on August 7.) RATON, N.M. -- John Kerry's "Believe in America" train tour rolled through northeast New Mexico on its way to a rally in Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday night and found...
No rail worries
(The following article by Joshua L. Cornfield was posted on the Trentonian website on August 8.) HAMILTON, N.J. -- Officials from the township and New Jersey Transit, and a railway safety expert, say that the construction around the Hamilton train station doesn’t...
Union Pacific quickens pace of hiring
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 9.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The nation's largest railroad is hiring train crews as people retire and the economy picks up. Union Pacific Railroad added about 1,000 conductors and engineers to its 46,000-person...
Railroads urged to do more to speed freight service
(The following article by Dan Piller was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on August 9.) FORT WORTH -- Federal regulators, eager to avoid a reprise of the tie-ups in rail service that occurred seven years ago, have asked the nation's railroads how they...
Hundreds in Sask. evacuated after CP train derailment
(The following report appeared on the CTV.ca website on August 9.) ESTEVAN, Sask. -- Hundreds of residents of Estevan, Saskatchewan are waiting to return to their homes after being evacuated in the wake of a train derailment. Six cars derailed and another three tipped...
Portion of train carrying auto parts derails
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 7.) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Several railroad crossings in the Muncie area are back open today after being closed for several hours for a derailment of eleven train cars. No one was injured in the incident...
