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Union Pacific to truck it on Dallas-Memphis route
(The following Bloomberg News report appeared on the Memphis Business Journal website on April 1.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Seeking to recover from a round of delays, Union Pacific will start next week shifting a portion of cargo it carries for the United Parcel Service onto...
Houston’s mayor is boiling over freight lines blocking streets
(The following story by Rad Sallee and Rosanna Ruiz appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on April 2.) HOUSTON -- Hours after some schoolchildren crawled between freight train cars that blocked north Houston intersections for more than an hour, Mayor Bill White...
All fired up about coal
(The following story by Rebecca Smith of the Wall Street Journal appeared on the Virginian-Pilot website on April 2.) NEW YORK -- Two years ago, lobbyist Steve Miller delivered some disquieting news to coal-industry executives gathered at an association meeting. Half...
Court awaits BNSF’s response
(The following story by James Quirk Jr. appeared on the Hawk Eye website on April 2.) BURLINGTON, Iowa -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has until 5 p.m. today to respond to a lawsuit filed against it March 4 by the city of Burlington. It's unclear, however,...
Bomb found on rail line in Spain
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on April 2.) MADRID, Spain -- Police found a bomb Friday on a high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said. Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 22-24...
Boston Democrat convention poses commuter nightmare
(Reuters circulated the following story by Mark Wilkinson on April 1.) BOSTON -- A major train station will be closed and an interstate highway through Boston's center will be shut down in the evenings during July's Democratic Convention as security fears have...
Hub cries foul over N.Y.’s Penn Station plans
(The following story by Robin Washington appeared on the Boston Herald website on April 2.) BOSTON -- It may be a party, but it's not fair. That's the attitude of some Bay Staters when comparing the massive disruptions expected during July's Democratic National...
Ammonia leaking from rail car
(The following article by S.K. Bardwell was posted on the Houston Chronicle website on April 2.) HOUSTON -- Hazardous material crews from the Houston Fire Department continue to work at a northeast Houston rail yard where a tank car is leaking anhydrous ammonia....
FBI warns of transit terror plot
(NBC News posted the following article on MSNBC.com on April 2.) WASHINGTON -- In one of the most specific terrorist alerts to date, the FBI has issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies around the nation warning of an alleged plot against buses and railways in...
Losing sleep over daylight-saving time
(The Safety Assurance and Compliance Program (SACP) Communication Sub-Committee on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway issued the following news release on April 2.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- This Sunday, April 4, at 2 a.m., local time, we move our clocks forward an hour...
