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Village explores silencing train horns
(The following article by Korrina Grom was posted on the Antioch Review website on November 6.) ANTIOCH, Ill. -- At all hours of the night, residents of area towns who live anywhere near railroad tracks are jolted from their sleep by the sound of blaring train horns....
CSX announces 2004 retirement of Chief Commercial Officer
(CSX issued the following news release on November 5.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael J. Ward, CSX Corporation chairman, president and chief executive officer and CSX Transportation (CSXT) president, announced today P. Michael Giftos, executive vice president and chief...
NS completes voluntary separation program
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on November 6.) NORFOLK, VA -- Norfolk Southern Corporation announced today that it expects to record a $107 million charge against fourth quarter 2003 earnings related to completion of its voluntary separation...
UP announces closing of the Overnite IPO
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on November 5.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation today announced the closing of the initial public offering of 25,000,000 shares of common stock in Overnite Corporation. The public offering price was $19.00 per...
Bomb scare stops Amtrak train in Greenville
(Television station WYFF posted the following report on its website on November 5.) GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Greenville police are investigating a letter that said there were bombs on a train. Officers told WYFF News 4 that an attendant on an Amtrak train traveling to New...
Amtrak weighs dropping Canada
(The following story by James McCurtis Jr. appeared on the Lansing State Journal website on November 6.) LANSING, Mich. -- Amtrak has proposed cutting Canada out of its Toronto-to-Chicago line to eliminate delays at the border and to help improve its service. Amtrak...
Amtrak may shorten its International route
(The following article by David Jesse was posted on the Port Huron Times Herald website on November 6.) PORT HURON, Mich. -- Kay Olsen could be a living advertisement for Amtrak. On Friday morning, she parked her pickup truck in the small parking lot at the Port Huron...
DM&IR could lose 94 jobs
(The following article by Peter Passi was posted on the Duluth News Tribune website on November 6.) DULUTH, Minn. -- Railroad workers learned Wednesday that CN intends to make some deep cuts after acquiring the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co. next year. An...
CN Rail sees 122 layoffs at Great Lakes Transport
(Reuters distributed the following article on November 6.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. expects to cut 122 jobs once it completes its takeover of Great Lakes Transportation LLC, CN said on Wednesday in a filing to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board....
Remote-controlled locomotive angers railroad union
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on November 6. A clarification in second-to-last paragraph was made by BLE editors (in parenthesis).) TOLEDO, Ohio -- Norfolk Southern railroad's assignment of a remote-controlled locomotive...
