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Rail improvements could reduce I-81 trucks by 500,000 a year
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 18.) RICHMOND, Va. -- With significant improvements to Virginia's rail system, 500,000 trucks a year could be taken off Interstate 81, a study released Thursday said. The study, commissioned by the...
Lower rail fees may bypass shippers
(The following article by Adrian Ewins was posted on the Western Producer website on December 18.) SASKATOON -- It's not a subject that stirs the soul or sets the blood to rushing for most people. But railway interswitching regulations are seen by some in the grain...
Canadian grain rail shipping back on time
(The following story appeared on the High Plains Journal website on December 19.) WINNIPEG -- Canada's rail system is returning to normal after a month where shortfalls in the transportation system caused the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to miss out on additional sales,...
Sask. farmers launch complaint against CP
(The following story by Adrian Ewins appeared on the Saskatoon Western Producer website on December 18.) SASKATOON -- A group of farmers in northeastern Saskatchewan is ready to do battle with Canadian Pacific Railway. The 25 farmers want to load producer cars at a...
Rail car shortage to be probed
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 19.) MINOT, N.D. -- Federal regulators are planning to quiz the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad about a rail car shortage. North Dakota grain shippers have been upset for weeks about delays in...
Balancing train horns and ‘quiet’ zones
(The following article by Don Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website on December 18.) WASHINGTON -- Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter said yesterday locomotive engineers must continue to sound horns at highway crossings unless communities create...
Montana Governor objects to BNSF rate boost
(The following story by Jennifer McKee appeared at MontanaForum.com on December 18.) HELENA, Mont. -- Calling an imminent increase in rail shipping rates "a cause for great concern," Gov. Judy Martz asked the head of Montana?s principal railroad to reconsider a rate...
Former and present Mont. Governors tied to BNSF
(The following article by Jennifer McKee was posted on the Billings Gazette website on December 19.) HELENA, Mont. -- Gov. Judy Martz and former Gov. Marc Racicot have ties to the railroad company that Martz has said charges Montana farmers the highest shipping rates...
New train horn rules get initial support
(The Chicago Daily Herald posted the following article by Joseph Ryan on its website on December 18.) CHICAGO -- For nearly a decade, suburban officials have been struggling to silence piercing train horns under a federal law that requires engineers to sound their...
Train fuel leak blocks Arlington Hts. roads
(The Daily Herald posted the following article by Nadia Malik on its website on December 19.) CHICAGO -- A ruptured freight train fuel tank closed down the area around Northwest Highway and Route 53 in Arlington Heights for four hours Thursday night. The train was...
