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U.P. aims to boost efficiency
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 18.) OMAHA -- Union Pacific still is contending with a service crisis that has forced the railroad to "leave business on the table," but its chairman and chief executive said this...
Amtrak seeks aid for Boston-NYC spans
(The following story by Glenn Maffei of States News Service appeared on the Boston Globe website on June 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A portion of the Northeast rail corridor that carries thousands of passengers a day between Boston and New York is in danger of being...
Streets closed by rail chemical spill
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on June 18.) FLORENCE, Ala. -- Three streets were closed Friday by a toxic chemical spill on a railroad track serving the Corus Tuscaloosa steel plant. The spill is at least two miles long and could extend as many...
Trains collide, derail south of Delta
(The following article by Robert Cook was posted on the Salt Lake Tribune website on June 20.) MILFORD, Utah -- Two trains derailed early Saturday at a Union Pacific Railroad switching site in Millard County -- the same place a freight train derailed last winter....
New railroad security bill introduced in U.S. House
(The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure issued the following news release on June 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- New legislation designed to expand and improve anti-terrorist security programs for passenger railroad and freight rail systems was...
Nevada storage for nuclear waste not expected soon
(The following story by Dennis Hoey appeared on the Portland Press Herald website on June 18.) WISCASSET, Maine -- It looks as though Maine will be stuck with high level nuclear waste for at least another 20 years. Susan A. Smith, a senior policy analyst with the U.S....
SWCM registration is now online
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...
Whistle pop: C&O will compete ‘fiercely’
(The following story by Hawes Spencer appeared on The Hook website on June 17.) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The mom and pop business that wants to take over the historic mainline of the C&O railroad will pay $140,000 a year for the privilege-- plus pay all the real estate...
Citizens want to see stinking trains move
(The following story by Matt Suman appeared on the Advertiser-Tribune website on June 18.) FOSTORIA, Ohio -- Train cars filled with construction debris must be shipped to the Loudon Township landfill faster to reduce odors that have angered Fostoria residents. The CSX...
NS moving Atlanta offices to Midtown
(The following story by Walter Woods appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on June 17.) ATLANTA -- The Norfolk Southern Corp. is chugging its local headquarters to Midtown. The Virginia railroad company is under contract to buy AT&T's former Peachtree...
