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SEPTA counts on firm’s enthusiasm
(The following story by Nathan Gorenstein and Jere Downs appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 18.) PHILADELPHIA -- When the Washington Metro needed 192 new passenger cars, a foreign manufacturer eager for a toehold in the United States offered the...
NS begins use of WNY&P
(The following story by Andy Thompson appeared on the Hornell Evening Tribune website on March 18.) HORNELL, N.Y. -- Few took notice Tuesday afternoon at the height of the snowstorm, but a freight train took a left turn at West Street and headed west. The move, at...
BNSF’s Rose earned $3.1 million
(The following news brief appeared on the Fort Worth Star Telegram website on March 17.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The chairman and chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Matt Rose, earned $3.1 million in salary and bonuses last year, according to the...
Intermodal facility could recouple Roanoke with railroad past
(The following story by Duncan Adams appeared on the Roanoke Times website on March 18.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Roanoke's caboose view of Norfolk Southern Corp. might shift a bit if the company's hopes for a new truck-to-rail facility in the Roanoke Valley don't hop the...
Deceased man’s family sues CSX
(The following story by Steve Orr appeared on the Democrat & Chronicle website on March 17.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Alleging maintenance shortcomings, the family of a man who was electrocuted while jogging along CSX railroad tracks in Brighton a year ago filed a lawsuit...
Opinion: The real lesson of Minot
(The following column by Frederic Smith appeared on the Bismarck Tribune website on March 18.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- Officials and residents of Minot -- and anyone else in North Dakota who lives along a railroad line -- should beware of learning the wrong lessons from the...
Committee meets regarding BNSF rail car shortage
(The following article by Ken Crites was posted on the Minot Daily News website on March 18.) MINOT, N.D. -- The shortage of rail cars at harvest time and even beyond is and has been a perennial problem in North Dakota. Most say it's a problem with no easy solution....
BNSF rail car shortage scrutinized
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 17.) MINOT, N.D. -- Legislators are listening to complaints about a rail car shortage in North Dakota. The manager of Minot's Sun Prairie Grain elevator -- Brad Haugeberg -- says producers are frustrated....
Two equipment makers settle dispute with Amtrak
(The following article by Don Phillips was posted on the New York Times website on March 18.) NEW YORK -- Bombardier of Montreal and Alstom of Paris agreed yesterday to settle a legal dispute with Amtrak in which the sides had blamed each other for a largely failed...
Commuters, you have company
(The following story by Jonathan Schuppe appeared on the Star-Ledger website on March 18.) NEWARK, N.J. -- As about 30,000 extra riders took trains and buses into New York City for yesterday's St. Patrick's Day parade, the New Jersey State Police deployed helicopter...
