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Railroad crossing gates, lights ordered
(The following story by Don Behm appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website on May 27.) ADDISON, Wisc. -- State rail safety officials have ordered Wisconsin Central Ltd. to install gates and automatic flashing lights at its crossing with Hillcrest Drive, south...
Proper U.S. flag etiquette
The U.S. Code is more strict about some aspects of handling the flag than contemporary culture demands -- it states, for example, that the flag should not be "printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and...
Bombardier has loss on train contracts
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story on May 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bombardier Inc., the world's biggest maker of train cars, had a first-quarter loss because of cost overruns on rail contracts and expenses to cut jobs and offer incentives to sell aircraft....
More Canadian canola to Mexico by rail
(The following report appeared on the High Plains Journal website on May 28.) WINNIPEG -- There has been a huge surge in demand to move Canadian canola by rail to Mexico, with both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Canadian National Railway (CN) the main...
Ad shop wrests NJ Transit contract from Viacom
(The following article by Tommy Fernandez was posted on Crain’s New York Business website on May 28.) NEW YORK -- Manhattan-based ad shop Titan Outdoor has been tapped to manage all of the advertising space owned by NJ Transit. The five-year, $29.6 million...
1907 locomotive moved to railway museum
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 27.) HANCOCK, Mich. -- The Copper Range Locomotive No. 29 in Hancock was a long-dormant relic from a bygone era. At the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, it'll be the missing piece of the puzzle. Workers loaded...
Light-rail practice run
(The following story by Greg Clary appeared on The Journal News website on May 28.) HOBOKEN, N.J. -- A group of state and local officials got a firsthand look at a light-rail system yesterday in New Jersey, where economic development has boomed in a blighted area...
Train use soaring in So. Cal.
(The following article by Dave Downey was posted on the North Coast County Times website on May 28.) TEMECULA, Calif. -- The number of Southern Californians crossing the region by rail soared 12-fold over the last quarter century, and trains will be more important in...
Rail intermodal sets weekly record
(The Association of American Railroads posted the following news release on its website on May 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal freight on U.S. railroads set a weekly record during the week ended May 22, breaking the mark that was set just four weeks earlier, the...
Standard & Poor’s ups BNSF outlook
(Reuters circulated the following story on May 28.) NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's on Thursday said the outlook for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.'s (nyse: BNI - news - people) debt ratings has improved to "stable" from "negative," citing improving market...
