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Railroad back on track
(The following article by Erin Adamson and Tim Richardson was posted on the Capital-Journal website on December 19.) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Union Pacific Railroad tracks in northeast Kansas were expected to be humming today as the company moves trains that were stranded...
Streets blocked after derailment
(The Glouchester County Times posted the following article on its website on December 19.) WOODBURY, N.J. -- Five Conrail boxcars jumped the tracks near Bellevue Avenue here shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday and the long train to which they were attached blocked traffic...
No one hurt in Wisconsin UP accident
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 18.) WATERTOWN, Wisc. -- Old railroad track may have caused seven cars on a Union Pacific Railroad freight train to derail and spill hundreds of tons of barley. The derailment occurred Wednesday less...
Alexandria derailment ties up commute
(The following article by Lyndsey Layton was posted on the Washington Post website on December 19.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A CSX freight train derailed in Alexandria yesterday morning, twisting about 1,000 feet of track and severely interrupting service for about 8,000...
CPR to operate intermodal trains up to 3 km in length
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on December 19. CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway says it will be able to increase the length of its intermodal trains due to the introduction of remote-control units that mimick the actions of engineers in leading...
GE chalks it up to ingenuity
(The following story by Peter Panepento appeared on the Erie News website on December 18.) ERIE, Pa. -- When a team of GE Transportation Systems Inc. engineers and locomotive builders traveled to Chu, Kazakhstan, this fall, their most important tool wasn't a laptop...
Commuters give LIRR C+
(Newsday posted the following article by Joie Tyrrell on its website on December 18.) NEW YORK -- It's another C+ for the Long Island Rail Road. In the annual LIRR Report Card that looks at everything from on-time performance to bathroom cleanliness, riders gave the...
Help Grocery Workers and Their Families
(The E-Activist Network distributed the following on December 18.) Dear Working Families e-Activist: More than 75,000 grocery workers will spend this holiday season on the picket line. These brave workers are holding the line for health care and good jobs in the face...
AirTrain service on track
(The following story by Joshua Robin appeared on the Newsday website on December 17.) NEW YORK -- Thirty-five feet above the Van Wyck Expressway, cruising along at 50 mph, the most unusual feeling settles in: pleasure at the sight of a clogged highway. Things look...
Container-train remote locomotives an industry first for CPR in Canada
(CPR issued the following news release on December 18.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway this week becomes the first railway in Canada to operate intermodal freight trains with mid-train remote-control locomotives, the company announced today. Mimicking the control...
