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UP reports lower second quarter earnings
(Union Pacific Corp. issued the following news release on July 22.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation today reported second quarter 2004 income from continuing operations of $158 million, or $.60 per diluted share. This compares to income from continuing...
UP says chlorine gas leaks not related
(The following story by Cindy Horswell appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on July 22.) HOUSTON -- For the second time in less than a month, a Union Pacific train has been linked to a toxic chlorine gas leak. No one was injured in the incident Wednesday, about...
Retirement wave creates shortage of air traffic controllers
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on July 21.) NEW YORK -- Nearly half of the nation's air traffic controllers will reach the mandatory retirement age in the next decade, according to government estimates, forcing the...
CN Rail rolls to records in ‘knockout’ quarter
(The following article by Francois Shalom was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on July 21.) MONTREAL -- E. Hunter Harrison called Canadian National Railway's second quarter "a knockout quarter" yesterday, setting records or near-records in revenues, operating...
Council to help with railroad safety
(The following story by Alain de la Villesbret appeared on the Daily World website on July 21.) OPELOUSAS, La. -- The St. Landry Parish Council will help Operation Lifesaver plan a series of public education meetings geared toward lowering the parish's number of...
$4M study on third LIRR track
(Newsday posted the following article by Joie Tyrrell on its website on July 21.) NEW YORK -- In a significant step toward building a third track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials agreed to hire a consultant for...
CSXT’s Raceland Car Shop keeps pace as demand for coal heightens
(CSX issued the following news release on July 20.) RACELAND, Ky. -- With coal demand sizzling like summer heat, the 250 employees of CSX Transportation's Raceland Car Shop weren't about to break a sweat over the challenge of finding a way to make more coal cars...
Freight trains carry beer, barley and balsam
(The following story by Kit Kadlec appeared on the Daily News Transcript website on July 21.) NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Few residents ever know the hidden contents of the sealed freight railcars creaking by, usually late at night, passing thousands of area homes. U.S. Rep....
Nuke ammo transport worries county
(The following story by Jack Mabb appeared on the Hillsdale Independent website on July 20.) HUDSON, N.Y. -- At any given time radioactive material in the form of depleted uranium from nuclear power plants and munitions may be traveling the rails and roadways of...
Nuclear trains through San Antonio?
(The following story by Walker Robinson appeared on television station WOAI’s website on July 21.) SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio could someday become a site where nuclear waste passes through on trains and in trucks. A map posted by a Texas environmental group prior to...
