BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Daily Headlines
One of three shut bridges to reopen
(The Delaware News Journal posted the following story by Sean O'Sullivan on its website on August 14.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- One of the three closed bridges at the center of a dispute between CSX Transportation and the Delaware Department of Transportation is set to...
CSX dismisses rumors of more traffic
(The Marietta Times published the following story on its website on August 14.) MARIETTA, Ohio -- Officials from CSX say there is nothing to rumors that traffic on the Harmar Street railroad track in Marietta is due to increase. "We have no projected increase over...
Mexico’s government to release KCS NAFTA Rail decision by August 28
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on August 13.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Grupo TMM, S.A. have announced that Mexico's Foreign Investment Commission (FIC) will rule on the proposed transaction that would place TFM, S.A.,...
Bush’s plan for Amtrak could blow Zephyr away
(The Denver Post published the following story by y Kit Miniclier on its website on August 14.) DENVER -- In its heyday three generations ago, Denver's Union Station hosted 80 scheduled daily passenger trains. Today there are only two, the eastbound and westbound...
Passenger trains have support
(The Arkansas City Traveler published the following story by Foss Farrar on its website on August 14.) ARAKNSAS CITY, Kan. -- One passenger rail proponent is Arkansas City's state legislator, Joe Shriver, a Democrat in the State Legislature. Any move toward passenger...
Potential derailment avoided
(The Brampton Guardian posted the following story by Pam Douglas on its website on August 13.) BRAMPTON, Ont. -- A potential train derailment was avoided during Monday afternoon rush hour when torrential rains washed away an embankment supporting railway tracks beside...
Coal train derailment cleanup continues in Mapleton
(The Bismarck Tribune post the following Associated Press article on its website on August 14.) MAPLETON, N.D. -- It will take another two weeks to clean up wreckage from a coal train derailment here, officials say. Thirty-nine cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
Railroad equipment report available
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on August 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 2003 edition of the Railroad Equipment Report is now available from the Association of American Railroads Policy and Economics Department. The publication...
AFL-CIO may ask Verizon customers to try AT&T
(The New York Times published the following story by Matt Richtel on its website on August 13.) NEW YORK -- Raising the stakes in the protracted contract negotiations between Verizon and its unions, labor officials planned to announce a campaign today to collect the...
Pricetag for upgrade of Metro North lines could top $11 million
(The Hartford Courant published the following story by Stephanie Reitz on its website on August 13.) HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut would have to spend more than $11 million to return all of its aging commuter rail stations to good working order, according to a new...
