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Council holds closed session on BNSF
(The following story by James Quirk Jr. appeared on The Hawk Eye website on January 27.) BURLINGTON, Iowa -- A chorus of "no comment" was sung in unison by members of the Burlington City Council after a Monday closed session held to discuss whether to take the...
Norfolk Southern’s income 60 percent down
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on January 28.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp.'s fourth-quarter net income fell 60 percent as the railroad company took after-tax charges related to voluntary staff reductions and a decline in the value...
Kansas City Southern reports year-to-date and fourth quarter 2003 earnings
(KCS issued the following news release on January 29.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southernreported net income of $11.2 million ($0.08 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $57.2 million ($0.91 per diluted share) for the year ended...
LIRR train fire prompts evacuation
(New York television station WCBS posted the following story on its website on January 28.) RONKONKOMA, N.Y. -- Some 30 passengers had to be evacuated, when a fire broke out under a car of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma on Wednesday morning. Officials say the...
Avalanches hit freight train in Mont.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 28.) ESSEX, Mont. -- Avalanches crashed into a freight train in northwest Montana on Wednesday, knocking 15 cars off the rails and shutting down the tracks also used by Amtrak. No one was injured and...
Coal train cars derail in western North Dakota
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 28.) FRYBURG, N.D. -- Railroad crews began repairing tracks Wednesday after a coal train derailed near the southern part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The 109-car train was headed to Minnesota...
CIT Rail Resources signs operating lease with Mexico’s TFM
(CIT Rail Resources issued the following news release on January 27.) NEW YORK, N.Y. -- CIT Rail Resources, an operating group of CIT, and one of North America's largest railcar and locomotive lessors, announced today that it has signed an operating lease agreement...
Elburn police to target railroad crossings
(The following story by Can Chanzit appeared in the Kane County Chronicle on January 27.) ELBURN, Ill. -- Residents who want to tempt fate at railroad crossings can expect police officers to be watching later this winter. Elburn Police Chief James Linane said the...
CSX Transportation to utilize MCI Satellite Services
(CSX issued the following news release on January 28.) ASHBURN, Va. -- MCI today announced that it is providing CSX Technology, Inc., the technology subsidiary of CSX Corporation, owner of the largest rail network in the eastern United States, satellite services at...
Federal money again sought to fix rail bridge
(The following article by Bill Stewart was posted on the Oregonian website on January 28.) VANCOUVER -- Local transportation officials will again seek federal help to make the rail bridge between Vancouver and Portland safer. But this time, Congress first will be...
