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BNSF to report second-quarter earnings July 27
(BNSF issued the following news release on July 7.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation will report its second-quarter 2004 earnings in a Webcast at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time July 27, 2004. BNSF plans to issue its earnings press release at about...
NS announces second-quarter meeting, conference call
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on July 7.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation will hold its second-quarter analyst meeting at 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 28, at J.P. Morgan Chase Co., 277 Park Ave., New York (17th Floor, General...
Bomb scare to cost Amtrak $100,000
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 7.) MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- A bomb scare that stranded about 280 Amtrak passengers in Portage for seven hours will cost the company nearly $100,000, an Amtrak spokesman said Wednesday. Authorities have made no...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 6.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 840 New members reported in WIP year-to-date: 70,452 DISABILITY WORKERS WIN VOICE--At ATC/Vancom, nearly 300 para-transit drivers, dispatchers, lift attendants and utility...
CN to raise $800M US in debt financing to help fund recent acquisitions
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article on July 6.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National announced plans for an $800 million US debt offering to pay for some of its recent acquisition of Great Lakes Transportation and to finance a portion of the cost of its...
A Penn Station magician plots his greatest feat
(The following article by Michael Luo was posted on the New York Times website on July 7.) NEW YORK -- At the end of "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy and her friends discover that the great wizard of Emerald City is just an ordinary man. Similarly, when the curtains are...
CSX line sales, leasing could affect 250 jobs
(The following story by Bob Withers appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on July 7.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- CSX Transportation has invited eight short-line railroads to bid on buying or leasing two major rail routes in West Virginia and Western Maryland, an action...
Moody’s cuts outlook on CSX Corp to “negative”
(Reuters circulated the following story on July 6.) NEW YORK -- Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday affirmed its ratings on CSX Corp's debt but lowered its outlook to "negative" from "stable." The ratings agency said the outlook reflected the railroad company's...
Opinion: Congress needs to OK Amtrak plan
(The following column by Dave Zweifel appeared on the Capital Times website on July 7.) MADISON, Wisc. -- The concrete lobby is undoubtedly buttonholing members of Congress right now to turn down Amtrak's recent proposal to expand some of its train service, including...
Court: Amtrak employees can’t walk off the job in protest
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 6.) WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Amtrak employees can't walk off the job to protest what they call chronic government underfunding of the passenger railroad. Members of unions...
