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Union Pacific raises dividend 30 percent
(U.P. issued the following press release on November 19.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation announced that its Board of Directors voted today to increase the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock by 30 percent to 30 cents per share. The increased...
Co-ops, processors cope with rail car shortage
(The following article by Jerry Perkins was posted on the Des Moines Register website on November 20.) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Farm cooperatives and grain processors across the nation are wrestling with a shortage of railroad grain cars this fall because of the record...
Mont. Amtrak service to survive
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 19.) HELENA, Mont. -- It appears Amtrak passenger service across Montana's Hi-Line will continue, Sen. Max Baucus announced Tuesday. Baucus said Amtrak officials told him the Empire Builder route won?t...
AFL-CIO’s TTD elects new officers
(The AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department issued the following news release on November 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The member unions of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), in a meeting of leaders yesterday, elected Edward Wytkind as President and...
Report approves BC Rail bid process
(The following report by Scott Simpson of the Vancouver Sun appeared at Canada.com on November 20.) VANCOUVER -- Neither the bidders for BC Rail nor the Crown railway's biggest customers were consulted for a report that gave glowing approval to the provincial...
CP Rail withdraws bid for B.C. Rail
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article on November 20.) VICTORIA -- Canadian Pacific has withdrawn its bid to run Crown-owned B.C. Rail, Premier Gordon Campbell said Wednesday. The company, selected as one of the three final bidders, sent a letter to...
Update: Burnt trestle disrupts passenger, freight rail service
(The following story appeared on The Fresno Bee website on November 19.) FRESNO, Calif. -- An early morning fire today destroyed a Madera County railroad trestle near Avenue 26 and Santa Fe Drive east of Chowchilla, disrupting service for Amtrak passengers and...
Blaze destroys key BNSF railroad trestle
(The following article by Glenna Jarvis was posted on the Madera Tribune website on November 20.) CHOWCHILLA, Calif. -- An early morning fire Wednesday destroyed a 440-foot railroad trestle east of Chowchilla, disrupting Amtrak service to Merced and the rest of the...
Freight train cars derail
(The following article by Kelly Nix was posted on the Californian website on November 20.) AROMAS, Calif. -- Workers install new track Wednesday at the site of a Union Pacific train derailment in Aromas. The train was carrying lumber and malt barley, some of which can...
BNSF eyes wireless for numerous projects
(The following story by Bob Brewin was posted on Computerworld.com on November November 19.) LAS VEGAS -- Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. wants to transfer much of its wireless operations from its own systems to commercial cellular service provided by...
