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Derailed train blocks roads
(The following story appeared on the Cincinnati Post website on November 4.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Three freight cars derailed from a southbound CSX train in downtown Hamilton at 12:20 a.m. today. One of the three cars overturned and slid into the parking lot of...
BLE-IBT Town Hall meetings today in Nebraska
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold two Town Hall Meetings today in Lincoln and Omaha, Neb., regarding the proposed merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The meetings will include a presentation to explain the proposed merger and the expected benefits,...
Hot water trick frees mountain lion cubs
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on November 2.) HELENA, Mont. -- A railroad inspector and a game warden used the age-old trick of a little hot water to free three mountain lion kittens stuck to a railroad track. Pat O'Rourke was inspecting the...
Success for an IPO spinoff
(The Washington Post published the following article on its website on November 3.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Railroad holding company Union Pacific on Friday spun off its Richmond trucking subsidiary in a $475 million stock offering of Overnite Corp. Shares of Overnite closed...
MTA union may vote
(The Los Angeles Times posted the following article by Kurt Streeter on its website on November 3.) As striking drivers for a private company that contracts with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed Sunday to go back to work, the leader of the MTA's...
He’s working on the railroad
(The following story by George Schwarz appeared on the Amarillo Globe-News website on November 3.) AMARILLO, Texas -- The wail of the train whistle and the low rumble of a diesel engine that float across Amarillo may conjure up the romance of the rails for some. But...
Fast-tracking a neglected rail hazard
(The following article by Jennifer Mena was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on November 2.) LOS ANGELES -- After the federal government named 10 railroad crossings the riskiest in California, major alterations were quickly prepared for nine of them --...
Comparing VRE with New Jersey Transit
(The following column by Steve Dunham appeared on The Free Lance-Star website on November 2.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- "The next stop is Newark Broad Street," said the computer. Only it wasn't. The next stop was Penn Station in New York City. We had just left Newark....
NJ Transit commuters pass on sitting in middle seats
(Newsday posted the following article on its website on November 2.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit officials who want more commuters to be able to sit and relax on their way home are finding that middle seats aren't cutting it with most. Pamphlets titled "Why Stand When...
LIRR’s M-7 Cars Pass a Year’s Test
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell was posted on Newsday's website on November 2.) NEW YORK -- It rolled into service a year ago, a gleaming new Long Island Rail Road car making its debut on the 8:38 a.m. westbound commute out of Long Beach. At the time, the new...
