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Taconite Harbor dock reopening could hurt CN, Twin Ports
(The following article by Peter Passi was posted on the Duluth News Tribune website on May 9.) DULUTH, Minn. -- What becomes of an idle Taconite Harbor ore dock once used by LTV Steel Mining Co. could have significant implications for the region. If the facility is...
Even without railroad, Proctor has hope for future
(The following article by Chuck Frederick was posted on the Duluth News Tribune website on May 9.) DULUTH, Minn. -- No matter what happens, Proctor will be OK. The small rail town just up the hill from West Duluth has rolled for decades with the fortunes and...
CN closes transaction to acquire rail and marine holdings of Great Lakes Transportation LLC
(CN issued the following news release on May 10.) MONTREAL -- CN today completed its acquisition of the rail and marine holdings of Great Lakes Transportation LLC (GLT). CN will now commence the step-by-step integration of two railroads and a rail switching company...
Train derails in Tualatin
(The following article by Michael Milstein was posted on the Oregonian website on May 9.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- A train engine and nine cars derailed near Southwest Tualatin-Sherwood Road at Southwest Boones Ferry Road in Tualatin just before 3 p.m. Saturday, causing five...
GO getting $1 billion ticket to ride
(The following story by Caroline Mallan appeared on the Toronto Star website on May 7.) TORONTO -- A $1 billion cash injection for GO Transit aimed at speeding up and smoothing out the ride for 60,000 daily commuters will roll out today. Under a joint...
Hoffa lauds Senate stand on overtime
(The IBT issued the following news release on May 6.) WASHINGTON -- On behalf of the 1.4 million members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I commend the United States Senate for voting to defend working Americans from the Bush Administration's proposed...
For photographers at the old N&W, trains were only part of the picture
(The following story by Kevin Kittredge appeared on the Roanoke Times website on May 7.) ROANOKE, Va. -- They took pictures of cows, parades, newborn chicks, football games, bathing beauties, the Hotel Roanoke - and, oh yeah, trains. Unlike O. Winston Link, who now...
San Antonians protest hazerdous materials
(The following story by Lisa Rantala appeared on the News 9 San Antonio website on May 6.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Days after a massive train derailment south of downtown San Antonio, area residents began to raise their signs and voices in protest. They are demanding...
Teacher’s train theme connects with kids
(The following story by Keith Uhlig appeared on the Wausau Daily Herald website on May 7.) WAUSAU, Wisc. -- Wausau's historic Grant Street train depot played a key role Thursday in an Antigo teacher's imaginative lesson plan. Connie Miller, a sixth-grade teacher at...
No one hurt after train clips car
(The following story appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 7.) CHICAGO -- Two women escaped injury Thursday when a Metra train clipped the right rear fender of their vehicle as it sat on the tracks near the Wilmette commuter train station, authorities said....
