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Made-in-Burma jacket stirs flap
(Reuters circulated the following story by Caren Bohan on March 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A "Bush-Cheney '04" campaign jacket sold on the Internet has stirred controversy because it was made in Myanmar, whose imports have been banned by the United States. Although the...
UP announces annual distribution of interest on certain debentures, bonds and certificates
(Union Pacific Corp. issued the following news release on March 19.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad Company announced today that it has determined the contingent interest and sinking fund payments due in respect of Available Net Income for 2003 under the terms...
Grants and rails, and the debate in between
(The following article by David W. Dunlap appeared on the New York Times website on March 21.) NEW YORK -- There is only $1,163,955,348.58 left. Though that sounds like a lot, it is not enough to cover the many claims on the federal grants for rebuilding Lower...
CN hopes DM&IR buy will be complete next month
(The following story by Pat Faherty appeared on the Budgeteer News website on March 19.) DULUTH, Minn. -- The Canadian National Railway Company hopes to complete purchase of the DM&IR next month. Best known by its symbol “CN” and its red locomotives, the carrier...
Calif. forum eyes county’s trains
(The following story by Tom Lochner appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on March 21.) RICHMOND, Calif. -- Several times a week, Eddrick Osborne waits in his car as trains as long as a mile pass the crossing outside his home or the one by his workplace. Stuck...
Paperless railroad?
(RMI issued the following news release on March 22.) ATLANTA -- RMI, the largest independent provider of accurate, reliable, comprehensive and secure rail information services to the transportation industry, today announced the availability of its Automated Manifest...
NJ Transit’s fancy financing
(The following story by Jennifer Moroz and Frank Kummer appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- Before state taxpayers even had a chance to try out their $1.1 billion light-rail system last Sunday, NJ Transit officials were...
Opinion: UP step toward passenger rail leaves San Antonio out
(The following column by David Hendricks appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on March 20.) SAN ANTONIO -- Union Pacific Railroad, the Omaha, Neb.-based dominant line in Texas, has come up with a surprising proposal to shift freight routes to accommodate...
NS moves to abandon possible light-rail line
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 20.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has taken the first formal step toward abandoning the 13.7-mile rail line that runs from near downtown Norfolk to Birdneck...
BNSF cars derail outside Barstow
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 22.) BARSTOW, Calif. -- A freight train derailed Sunday in a remote desert area about a mile from Ludlow with no reported injuries, fire officials said. Twenty-six of the 98 cars on the Burlington Northern...
