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UP train derails near Bowie
(The following article by Nate Searing was posted on the Sierra Vista Herald-Review website on February 5.) BOWIE, Ariz. -- Twenty-two railcars on a Union Pacific train jumped the track near Bowie Tuesday, causing no injuries but shutting down the line for more than a...
Grocery strike: Supermarkets reject union offer
(The following story by Larry M Edwards appeared at SanDiego.com on February 4.) SAN DIEGO -- Hopes for ending the nearly four-month-old grocery strike and lockout were dashed today when the supermarket operators rejected an offer from the workers' union to have its...
Rocker rides rails from New Orleans to D.C.
(The following article by Adele Uphaus was posted on the Free Lance-Star website on February 5.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- When Scott Miller was 3 years old, he took his first train trip. All he remembers about it is throwing up. "My mom's grandfather worked for the...
Four options presented for airport rail link
(The following article by Michael Luo was posted on the New York Times website on February 5.) NEW YORK -- In a presentation that was high in lofty ambitions but short on important details, officials unveiled four options yesterday for a rail link to connect Lower...
Commuter rail delays frustrate riders
(The following article by Emily Shartin was posted on the Boston Globe website on February 5.) BOSTON -- Frustrated residents of the western suburbs are criticizing the commuter rail service following delays last week that left some passengers waiting an hour in the...
Steam builds for silencing of idle trains
(The following story by Meredith Goldstein appeared on the Boston Globe website on February 5.) BOSTON -- The sound in question isn't just a humming. It's a rumbling, a vibrating force powerful enough to cause cracks in Mary Zappala's walls and ceiling. Bert Lacerte,...
Area farmers, CP agree on grain car deliveries
(The following story by Jordie Dwyer appeared on the Nipawin Journal website on February 5.) NIPAWIN, Sask. -- There will soon be grain cars moving on the railway tracks between Nipawin and Choiceland. A group of farmers from the Choiceland, Garrick and White Fox area...
Farmers Union demands BNSF lower rates
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 4.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- The Montana Farmers Union is calling for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to reverse an increase in rates for westbound shipment of Montana grain. "Given the record earnings...
CSX Transportation pleased with STB’s Duke decision
(CSXT issued the following news release on February 4.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) is pleased with the findings of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), upholding CSXT's tariff rates charged to Duke Energy Corporation for rail shipments of...
Agency rules CSXT didn’t overcharge for shipping
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on February 5.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation Inc. did not overcharge one of its main customers by boosting coal shipping rates 45 percent, a federal agency ruled...
