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CP Rail forecasts 5-7% revenue growth
(Reuters distributed the following article on July 29.) CALGARY -- Higher freight volumes allowed Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to more than double its second-quarter profit and to forecast higher revenues for the rest of the year. CP said yesterday it has largely...
KCS shows revenue boost
(The following article by Randolph Heaster was posted on the Kansas City Star website on July 30.) KANSAS CITY -- Improving operations and a stronger economy propelled Kansas City Southern to a profit and higher revenues for its second quarter. Kansas City Southern...
House bill rescinds money for Moynihan Station project
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Devlin Barrett on July 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A House committee has quietly stripped away $40 million intended to pay for moving Pennsylvania Station's train service into the historic James A. Farley post...
MBTA quietly ran trains for delegates
(The following article by Anthony Flint was posted on the Boston Globe website on July 30.) BOSTON -- The MBTA quietly provided special Orange Line trains for people exiting the FleetCenter on all four nights of the Democratic National Convention, opening the...
NJ Transit plans fix for hot train wheels
(The following story by Joe Malinconico appeared on the Star-Ledger website on July 30. Brother Bob Vallochi is General Chairman of the BLET’s NJ Transit General Committee of Adjustment.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Alarmed after crews detected an overheated wheel on a train...
CSX train derails, causes power outage
(The following story by Katie O’Connor and Dan Kelley appeared on the Times Herald website on July 29.) EAST NORRITON, Pa. -- A freight train derailed at about 3 a.m. Thursday near Timberlake Apartments, spilling tons of grain onto the ground and causing a temporary...
UP derailment causes brief scare
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 30.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Officials are investigating a train derailment in east Des Moines that caused a brief scare for a neighborhood. Seven cars of a Union Pacific train went off the tracks around 6:30...
Two hurt in remote control wreck
CLEVELAND, July 30 -- Two remote control operators were injured on July 28 when the remote control equipment they were operating for the Alton and Southern Railroad collided in Gateway Yard at East St. Louis, Ill. One of the injured employees was riding on the end of...
SWCM registration deadline is August 30
CLEVELAND -- Registration information for the upcoming 69th Southwestern Convention Meeting (SWCM) is now available on the BLET website. Registration forms for the convention and the golf tournament can be found at: https://www.ble-t.org/info/meetings/swcm/ Brother...
City, CP Rail cops mull charges
(The following story appeared on the Winnipeg Sun website on July 29.) WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg police and Canadian Pacific Railway police are expected to meet tomorrow to discuss the possibility of charges against the driver of a van that collided with a train earlier...
