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Hobbyist or Terrorist?
(Time.com posted the following article by Amanda Ripley on its website on May 24.) PHILADELPHIA -- Every lunch hour, computer programmer John Almeida leaves his cubicle at an insurance company outside Philadelphia and chases trains. He sets up four video cameras on...
Hot and bothered over rail slowdowns
(The following report by Chip Jones appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on May 15.) RICHMOND, Va. -- The heat is on CSX Corp. for imposing temperature-related slowdowns this week for passenger and commuter trains between Richmond and Washington despite...
CN derailment lawsuit moved
(The following article by Christi Mathis was posted on the Southern Illinoisian website on May 16.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- A lawsuit filed by a group of Tamaroa residents seeking compensation for damages and losses suffered when a Canadian National/Illinois Central Railroad...
CN reaches tentative labor agreement with BMWE on former Wisconsin Central territory
(CN issued the following news release on May 17.) CHICAGO -- CN announced today it has reached a tentative labor agreement with members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWE) who work on CN's former Wisconsin Central territory in the U.S. Upper...
Lawmakers call for better rail security
(The following article by Peter Brownfeld was posted on FoxNews.com on May 18.) WASHINGTON — A pilot program in Washington, D.C., to screen rail lines for explosives is one step administration officials say they have taken to boost rail security, but structural...
Rock slide causes derailment, detoured traffic
(The following story by Ann Depperschmidt appeared on the Denver Post website on May 17.) DENVER, Colo. -- Amtrak's California Zephyr train took a Wyoming detour Friday and Saturday after a Union Pacific train derailed Thursday night near Granby. It was the second...
Train derailment causes little damage
(The following article by Michael Wright was posted on the Brazosport Facts website on May 16.) LIVERPOOL, Texas -- No one was injured Saturday when a Union Pacific rail car derailed shortly after leaving the Solutia plant. The accident happened about 4 p.m. about...
Crews respond to train derailment
(The following article was posted on Pittsburgh television station KDKA’s website on May 17.) NORTH HUNTINGDON TWP., Pa. -- Crews are responding to a train derailment late this afternoon in Westmoreland County in which more than 20 cars have left the tracks in North...
Remote controlled train derails at Union Pacific yard
(The following story was posted on Salt Lake City television station KSL’s website on May 15.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Union Pacific is investigating an accident today in one its Salt Lake City Rail yards. Officials say at 1:30 this afternoon one switch engine went...
Strong week for rail freight traffic
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on May 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. railroads reported solid gains in freight traffic during the week ended May 8 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of American...
