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Obstacles don’t dim Davidson outlook
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 17.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- A year ago, Dick Davidson stood before shareholders and warned that Union Pacific Corp. faced an uncertain 2003 because of spiking fuel prices and a...
TSA plans rail security pilot program
(The following article by Chris Strohm was posted on GovExec.com on April 19.) The Transportation Security Administration will launch a pilot program in May to test technologies that could be used to screen passengers and baggage within the rail and commuter train...
U.P. shareholders mix their votes
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 17.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Union Pacific Corp. shareholders rejected proposals Friday aimed at executive compensation and disclosure of political contributions but handed the...
No one hurt as riderless NJ Transit train derails in Bay Head
(The Newark Star-Ledger posted the following article on its website on April 20.) NEWARK, N.J. -- For the fifth time in eight months, the wheels of an NJ Transit train came off the tracks yesterday afternoon. The incident happened at about 1 p.m. at the agency's rail...
CN expects healthy earnings
(The following article by Don MacDonald was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on April 19.) MONTREAL -- The latest financial-reporting season kicks off this week with a flurry of statements from Canadian companies including Montreal's Canadian National Railway...
Old railroaders trade tales at annual reunion
(The following story by Tom Lochner appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on April 19. Brothers E.B. Ohman and Vern Moore are members of BLET Division 283 in Oakland, Calif.) CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. -- A bunch of old rails met at Dino's Restaurant on Sunday to swap...
Specter pushes for $25M for new regional rail line
(The following story by Anna Haigh appeared on the Daily Pennsylvanian website on April 19.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The plan for a MetroRail line between Philadelphia and Reading may be an expensive project -- at a proposed cost of $2.5 billion -- but state officials...
Palmdale, Calif., to fund its own rail study
(The following story by Jim Skeen appeared on the Los Angeles Daily News website on April 18.) PALMDALE, Calif. -- Palmdale will spend $200,000 for further analysis of environmental studies for a proposed statewide rail system in an effort to get it routed through the...
California considers high-speed rail
(United Press International circulated the following article on April 18.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Residents of California have been asked to comment on a high-speed rail plan that could ease highway congestion, reduce energy use and rival flying times. The California...
Opinion: The economy — Come again
(The following editorial appeared on The Capital-Journal website on April 19.) TOPEKA, Kan. -- Matthew Rose is always welcome in Topeka, especially when he brings good news. Rose, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe...
