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Norfolk Southern announces fourth-quarter meeting, conference call
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on January 13.) NORFOLK, VA -- Norfolk Southern Corporation will hold its fourth-quarter analyst meeting at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Chase World Headquarters, 270 Park Avenue, New York (3rd Floor...
N.D. Amtrak ridership soars
(The following story by Tu-Uyen Tran appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on January 14.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Amtrak passenger boardings in North Dakota increased more than a third in the last quarter, Gov. John Hoeven's office announced Tuesday. In Grand...
Amtrak passengers will take bus during rail repairs
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 14.) FRESNO, Calif. -- A maintenance project designed to improve freight train service between Fresno and Bakersfield will begin Thursday, and while it lasts, Amtrak will bus its passengers back and...
Van ‘came out of nowhere’ and killed motorcyclists
(The following story by Jason Kristufek appeared on the Ames Tribune website on January 13.) TOLEDO, Iowa -- Wayne Wierson of Ames told a Tama County jury on Monday that "it looked like a bomb had gone off" after a van crossed the centerline of a two-lane highway and...
CSX sues over Del. bridges
(The following story by Mary Allen appeared on the News Journal website on January 14.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- CSX Transportation has filed a new lawsuit rejecting ownership of four deteriorating bridges that cross over its tracks, continuing the debate about who should...
High court blocks state from regulating rail grade
(The following story by Bob Egelko appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on January 13.) SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected California's attempt to bolster rail standards on a curving mountain grade in Siskiyou County that was the...
Union Pacific transfers 1,000 from St. Louis to Omaha
(The following story by Jack Naudi appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on March 13.) ST. LOUIS -- Union Pacific Railroad's once-booming operation in downtown St. Louis will virtually shut down this year. The company announced Tuesday that it would transfer...
NS lays off signal repair workers in Roanoke area
(The following story by Lois Caliri appeared on The Roanoke Times website on January 12.) ROANOKE, Va. -- Eighteen railroad workers heard rumors that their shop would close in Roanoke. But they've heard rumors for years. This time, the rumors became a reality. Friday...
NS derailment blocks traffic
(The following story by Diana LaMattina appeared on the Ithaca Journal website on January 14.) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Traffic was at a standstill for about two hours Tuesday afternoon as a 100-car northbound train derailed, blocking several major roadways. "The train had...
Authorities say cell phone linked to deadly school bus crash in N.C.
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Estes Thompson on January 14.) RALEIGH, N.C. -- A truck driver fumbling for a cell phone plowed his tractor-trailer into a stopped school bus Tuesday in rural North Carolina, killing a 5-year-old girl as she...
