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Most LIRR riders support GOP security measures
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell and Jennifer Smith appeared on Newsday’s website on April 29.) NEW YORK -- The security plan to have police search every train entering Penn Station during the four-day Republican convention drew praise from security-minded...
GOP convention security: search all Penn Station trains
(The following story by Rocco Parascandola appeared on Newsday’s website on April 29. Staff writers Joshua Robin and Curtis Taylor contributed to this story.) NEW YORK -- Every train headed for Penn Station during this summer's four-day GOP convention will be stopped...
Railroads blast Ill. gov’s plan for new fuel tax
(The following article by Chuck Sweeney was posted on the Rockford Register Star website on April 29.) ROCKFORD, Ill. -- The CEOs of North America's six largest railroads are protesting Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to charge them and other nonroad fuel users the same...
Bean company protests BNSF plans
(The following article by Ann Bailey was posted on the Grand Forks Herald website on April 29.) McCANNA, N.D. -- Despite its location within a few feet of a railroad, North Star Bean Co. gets hit in the bottom line with trucking costs. That's why North Star Bean...
Railroad industry gears up to hire
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on April 28.) WASHINGTON -- The freight railroad industry is kicking its recruitment efforts into high gear to counter an anticipated surge in retirements over the next decade, as well as a stodgy image that...
Union Pacific reports first quarter results
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on April 29.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP - News) today reported $.63 per diluted share, or $165 million in income from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2004 compared to $.57 per...
CSX Corp.’s earnings dip 70 percent
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Times-Union website on April 29.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corp.'s first-quarter earnings dropped 70 percent from a year ago, the railroad giant reported Wednesday, but factoring out one-time charges swelled...
CSX 1Q earnings plummet 70 percent
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on April 28.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Railroad giant CSX Corp. reported Wednesday that first-quarter earnings dropped about 70 percent, but the company still beat Wall Street estimates. In the quarter ended March...
UP train derails in South Dallas; no injuries reported
(The following story by Randy Lee Loftis appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on April 28.) DALLAS -- A dozen cars of a Union Pacific train derailed in South Dallas early Wednesday. Some flammable liquid leaked from overturned tank cars, but no one was injured,...
Freight trains collide, derailing 5 boxcars
(The following report appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 29.) LOS ANGELES -- Two freight trains collided near the top of the Cajon Pass early Wednesday, forcing five boxcars to derail north of Highway 138. None of the four operators aboard the two...
