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BC Rail served towns ‘left out’
(The following story by Maurice Bridge appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on November 6.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Communities along the BC Rail line continued to complain Wednesday about being left out of the provincial government's plans to lease the rails to a private...
Railroad union ratifies health-care agreement
(The following report appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune on November 7.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Union Pacific Corp. and other U.S. railroads won approval Thursday of a plan under which members of their largest union will start paying part of health-care premiums,...
How safe are Midstate’s railroad crossings?
(The Tennessean posted the following article by Bonna de la Cruz on its website on November 7.) NASHVILLE -- The railroad crossing at Lebanon Pike near Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage could be a case of an accident waiting to happen. According to an accident...
BLE member learns where to expect crossing trouble
(The following story by Margo Rivers appeared on the Nashville Tennessean website on November 7. Jerry McCloud is Secretary-Treasurer of BLE Division 129 in Nashville.) NASHVILLE -- Every time engineer Jerry McCloud passes the crossing near Sanbyrn Drive in...
Bush to nominate two new STB members
(The following report appeared on the Association of American Railroads website on November 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush has announced the names of two people he intends to nominate to fill both vacancies that exist on the Surface Transportation Board. The...
Proposed new rail car reflector rule will enhance safety
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on November 6.) WASHINGTON -- A proposed rule to enhance safety by establishing specific requirements for the placement of reflective material on freight railcars was announced today by Federal...
Amtrak petitions court for U.P. billing records
(The following story by Mark Kawar appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on November 5.) OMAHA -- Union Pacific Co. overbilled Amtrak more than $1 million for the use of its tracks, Amtrak charged in a court petition filed Friday. Amtrak claimed in the petition...
Freight train problem shuts down roadway
(Sacramento television station KCRA posted the following article on its website on November 6.) SACRAMENTO -- A broken part on a long freight train caused a big problem in north Sacramento Thursday. The Burlington North train was stopped after engineers noticed a draw...
Norfolk Southern’s rates for Duke Energy coal are upheld
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on November 7.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. won an important rate case Thursday that could have cost it millions of dollars a year. The Surface Transportation Board,...
Norfolk Southern reviews STB ruling
(NS issued the following press release on November 5.) NORFOLK, VA -- Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced that the Surface Transportation Board has issued a decision in Duke Energy Corp. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company upholding as reasonable its common...
