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Germany begins rail privatization
(New Zealand’s Business Day published the following report on its website on July 21.) BERLIN -- The German government has begun the process of privatising the state rail service Deutsche Bahn, its last big corporate asset, according to press reports. Berlin had...
Scrutiny minimal for van transport
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article by Brett McNeil and Joshua S. Howes on its website on July 22.). CHICAGO -- The deadly crash of a 15-passenger van near Kankakee over the weekend has cast new light on a cottage industry of independent bus services...
Program preps workers for railroad jobs
(The Chicago Sun-Times posted the following article by Francine Knowles on its website on July 21.) CHICAGO -- After being laid off from a job as a printer five months ago, Derek Kimble found himself out of work along with millions of others in a still-limping...
BNSF workers seek buyout
(The Topeka Capital-Journal posted the following story on its website on July 22.) TOPEKA, Kan. -- Eighty-eight Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway employees in Topeka have signed up for a buyout from the railroad, a company spokesman said. BNSF made an offer...
Robbing trains goes high-tech
(The Daily Press published the following story by Kimball Payne on its website on July 20.) HAMPTON ROADS, Va. -- The 21st century Jesse James is hiding out in New Jersey. Authorities allege Edward Mongon was the ringleader of a band of thieves that combined decades...
CSX: Cuts won’t hurt Va. operations
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following story by Chip Jones on its website on July 22.) RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corp.'s slashing of supervisor jobs last week is not expected to have much impact on the railroad's operations in Richmond and around Virginia, a...
Outage disrupts passenger service
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following article by Frederick Cusick on its website on July 22.) PHILADELPHIA -- A power failure on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line affected thousands of Amtrak, SEPTA and NJ Transit riders during the rush hour last night. The...
Federal cuts will hurt Amtrak
(The following article by Susan Wood appeared in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on July 22.) LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- Come next fall, a House transportation plan may derail Amtrak service -- including South Lake Tahoe's bus connection to and from Sacramento. As part of the 2004...
KCS says Q2 income hit by Mexican results
(The following Reuters story by Michael Connor was distributed on July 21.) MIAMI -- Kansas City Southern, the U.S. rail group planning to change its name to Nafta Rail, on Monday said second-quarter profits had been hurt by weak results at a Mexican railway and would...
CN profit drops 12.7%
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Darren Yourk on its website on July 22.) TORONTO -- Canadian National Railway Co.'s second-quarter profit dropped 12.8 per cent, it said Tuesday as a surging Canadian dollar, fuel costs and lower grain volumes hit...
