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Via derailment prompts upgrade call
(The following story by Peter Geigen-Miller appeared on the London Free Press website on January 11.) LONDON, Ontario -- Last week's derailment of a London-Stratford-Toronto passenger train underlines the urgent need for more federal spending on rail lines and...
BNSF derailment near Austin forces evacuations
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 11.) CAMERON, Texas -- A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway freight train derailed early Sunday in Milam County, spilling hazardous chemicals and causing officials to evacuate 22 residents. The 87-car...
Derailment sends train into river
(The Statesman-Journal posted the following article on its website on January 11.) PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Eastern Oregon late Saturday, sending three train cars carrying lumber plunging into the Columbia River. What caused 17 of...
Rail carloads up in December, Q4; Intermodal sets record
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on January 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail traffic rose 1.6 percent (24,255 carloads) in December and 1.1 percent (46,364 carloads) in the fourth quarter of 2003 compared to the same period in...
Last mail train ends historic run
(Reuters circulated the following story on January 9.) LONDON -- Almost 170 years of railway and postal history will draw to a close early on Saturday morning as the last mail train pulls into Penzance station, the Royal Mail says. The last Travelling Post Office, on...
End may be in sight for grocery strike
(The following story by Frank Green appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on January 8.) SAN DIEGO -- Retail analysts say the 88-day-old Southern California grocery strike and lockout probably will end in the next month or so as mounting pressures on both...
Snoozing straphanger finds knife in chest
(The following story by Lindsay Faber and Rocco Parascandola appeared on Newsday?s website on January 8.) NEW YORK -- A Queens man fell asleep on an E train Wednesday night and woke to find a steak knife sticking out of his chest -- put there by a fellow passenger in...
Sask. shortline hopes to find local support
(The following story by Adrian Ewins appeared on the Western Producer website on January 8.) SASKATOON -- A group of farmers in southwestern Saskatchewan wants to buy the short-line railway that provides the only rail link to their isolated corner of the Prairies. The...
CP Rail CEO Rob Ritchie named 2004 Railroader of the Year by Railway Age
(Canadian Pacific Railway and Railway Age issued the following news release on January 8.) NEW YORK -- Robert J. Ritchie, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Railway, has been named 2004 Railroader of the Year by railroad industry trade journal...
2003 Railroad Facts available
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following new release on January 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Did you know that Class I U.S. railroads moved almost 1.8 billion tons of freight in 2002? Or that Texas has more rail mileage and employees than any other...
