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Derailed train ties up traffic
(The following article by Peter Reuell was posted on the Metro West Daily News website on December 23.) FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A derailed train snarled commuter traffic in downtown Framingham yesterday as crews worked to right nearly a dozen tanker cars and boxcars....
Train derails in Kendallville
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 23.) KENDALLVILLE, Ind. -- Police say 15 rail cars derailed on a Northeastern Indiana rail line Monday, and one car plowed into a fence behind a business in downtown Kendallville. No injuries were...
CN cited in deadly train wreck
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article on December 23.) PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- The federal Transportation Safety Board has issued two recommendations in the wake of a fiery train derailment that killed two people east of Prince George last spring. The...
U.S. threat level rises to orange
(The following article by John Mintz was posted on the Washington Post website on December 22.) WASHINGTON -- Federal officials said yesterday that because fresh intelligence suggests al Qaeda is planning multiple catastrophic terrorist attacks in the United States,...
Labor talks end as stores reject striking grocery workers’ offer
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 21.) LOS ANGELES -- Ten weeks into a strike that has hit more than 800 grocery stores in Southern California, talks between the supermarkets' operators and workers' union came to an abrupt end after...
Report: Ohio rail bridges neglected most
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 21.) CLEVELAND -- Ohio has nearly 3,000 bridges in need of major repairs, and those spans that are the responsibility of railroads are less likely to be maintained properly, a report said Sunday. The...
Georgia-Pacific to sell railroads to Genesee & Wyoming
(The Atlanta Business Chronicle posted the following article on its website on December 22.) ATLANTA -- Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific Corp. plans to sell three short-line railroads to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. for $55.6 million. As part of the agreement, Genesee &...
SEPTA takes on issue of late trains
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA's Regional Rail system has been called many things in recent months by its riders. "Punctual" is not one of them. Since April, trains on the 13...
DM&IR to recall 65 workers
(The Proctor Journal posted the following article on its website on December 22.) PROCTOR, Minn. -- Twenty Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Co. employees have returned to work. An additional 45 laid off workers are expected to be back on the job by spring. The...
CSX says no decision made on selling track
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on December 22.) RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corp. is in the "very preliminary stages" of considering the possible sale or lease of a 200-mile stretch of track that arcs across Virginia...
