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Calif. bullet train details revealed
(The following story by Mark Grossi appeared on The Fresno Bee website on January 29.) FRESNO, Calif. -- A bullet train from downtown Fresno to Bakersfield would cover 106 miles in 35 minutes. The construction cost: $2.55 billion. But a statewide high-speed rail...
UP Board of Directors elects new member
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on January 29.) OMAHA, Neb. -- The board of directors of Union Pacific Corporation today elected Michael W. McConnell, the managing partner of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., to the Union Pacific Corporation board. This...
Amtrak suspends St. Cloud service
(The following report appeared on the St. Cloud Times website on January 30.) ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Amtrak passenger train service through St. Cloud will continue to be delayed at least through today. Amtrak suspended its daily Empire Builder service west of...
Trains’ speed stirs rumblings in Minn. town
(The Duluth News Tribune posted the following article by Lee Bloomquist on its website on January 30.) ORR, Minn. -- Services at Calvary Lutheran Church come to a halt each Sunday when the Canadian National Railway runs though town. "First, you hear the whistle, and...
Freight traffic up sharply on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on January 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up sharply during the week ended January 24 in comparison with the corresponding week last year, the Association of...
Union Pacific plans big rail center southeast of Dallas
(The following article by Steve Brown was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on January 30.) DALLAS -- Union Pacific Railroad Co. is planning a sprawling rail center that will be one of the largest businesses ever built on the Interstate 45 corridor south of...
Union figure pleads guilty in bribery case
(The Houston Chronicle posted the following story on its website on January 28.) HOUSTON -- The former president of the nation's largest railroad operating union has pleaded guilty to charges that he and other union officials sought bribes from attorneys in return for...
NS downgraded to “neutral weight”
(The following report appeared at NewRatings.com on January 30.) NEW YORK -- Analysts at Prudential Financial downgrade Norfolk Southern (NSC) from "overweight" to "neutral weight." The target price is set to $23.00. In a research note published yesterday, the...
Iraqi rail officials get a look at U.P., Amtrak equipment
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on January 30.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Iraqi railroad officials are getting a close look at high-tech tools, which they might soon be using at home, during tours of Union Pacific and Amtrak...
Tracks cleared after avalanches
(The following report appeared on the Daily Inter Lake website on January 30.) KALISPELL, Mont. -- Railroad crews on Thursday cleared and reopened tracks near Essex that were blocked since Wednesday when two avalanches hit a freight train and derailed 15 cars. But...
