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Tim Faithfull appointed to CPR Board of Directors
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following news release on December 10.) CALGARY -- Tim Faithfull has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway. The appointment, which is effective Dec. 10, 2003, was announced by Ted Newall, Chairman...
Family affair: Brothers share common bonds of railroad work, Army service in Mideast
(The following story by Katherine Didriksen appeared on the Stamford Advocate website on December 11.) STAMFORD -- Troy Finn was welcomed to Iraq on March 23 by the sound of sirens. "Lightning! Lightning! Lightning!" the call sign for a chemical attack were the first...
$1B more for Grand Central-Penn link
(The following story by Erik Holm and Joshua Robin appeared on Newsday?s website on December 10.) NEW YORK -- Eight years before its planned completion, the price tag for bringing Long Island Rail Road riders to Grand Central Terminal has increased by $1 billion to...
Trial for UP contract van driver to start Dec. 8
(The following story by Jason Kristufek appeared on the Boone Today website on December 9.) BOONE, Iowa -- A Des Moines man charged with killing three Mid-Iowa motorcycle riders in an automobile accident in the summer of 2002 is scheduled to stand trial on Dec. 8 in...
NJ Transit OKs pact to deliver dirt
(The Cherry Hill Courier-Post placed the following article by Richard Pearsall on its website on December 11.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit's board of directors on Wednesday approved a contract to take contaminated dirt from East Camden to a quarry in Pennsylvania that...
BNSF to operate Ethanol Express
(The following story appeared at SolarAccess.com on December 10.) CARSON, Calif. -- Shell Oil Products US (Shell), working together with The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), a subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, and Lomita...
Southeast considers high-speed rail line
(The following article by Larry Copeland was posted on the USA Today website on December 11.) NEW YORK -- It used to be possible to zip from one city in the Southeast to another along interstate highways that were seldom crowded outside major metropolitan centers. But...
NS expands fleet
(The following story by Peter Hull appeared on the Daily Press website on December 11.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to buy 100 new locomotives next year, as the nation's No. 4 freight rail company remains optimistic of continued growth in its cargo...
Norfolk Southern earmarks $810 million for capital budget
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on December 11.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. announced Wednesday that it plans to spend $810 million on capital improvements next year. The budget includes $517 million...
Amtrak makes history with record-breaking ridership
(The following story by Jo Lee Ferguson appeared on the Longview News-Journal website on December 11.) LONGVIEW, Texas -- More people rode Amtrak trains last month than any other November during the company's 32-year-history, with the Texas Eagle route seeing a...
