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Burlington Northern profit edges higher
(Reuters distributed the following article on July 22.) CHICAGO -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the No. 2 U.S. railroad, on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose only slightly amid weak increases in volume as fuel costs edged higher. The Fort Worth, Texas, company...
States aim to make high-speed rail a reality
(MSNBC posted the following article by Lynne Shallcross on its website on July 22.) NEWARK, N.J. -- The futuristic world of high speed rail: Europe and Japan swear by it while America dreams about it. But Californians who dream of a zooming between San Francisco to...
Remote controlled locomotives coming to Nampa
(Nampa television station KCBI posted the following story by Mike Keckler on its website on July 21.) NAMPA, Idaho -- Nampa's switching yards are a busy place. Trains roll in, are backed up, taken apart and reassembled. A process coordinated by a switchman on the...
Riders up, Amtrak still falls short
(The following article by Lynne Shallcross appeared on MSNBC.com on July 18.) ABOARD AMTRAK'S METROLINER -- Barbara Tedesco is relaxing, listening to a CD player while her 11-year-old son, Tommy, contentedly flips through some books and looks out the window. It’s not...
Man slept between tracks as trains hurtled past
(UK’s Bracknell News circulated the following story by James Ferguson on July 17.) LONDON -- A man who was so drunk that he slept peacefully between railway tracks while a train hurtled over him at 90 miles an hour could face prosecution by police. The man, who is...
Sound Transit promises funds
(The following article by Jeff Switzer appeared in the King County Journal on July 18.) SEATTLE -- A $500 million federal grant on the line, Sound Transit politicians promised Thursday to cover Seattle's light-rail costs without raiding funding for Eastside and South...
N.C. rail interests come together
(The Salisbury Post published the following article by Mark Wineka on its website on July 18.) SALISBURY, N.C. -- When the first freight train blew its whistle and rumbled by the Salisbury Station, it interrupted the lunch crowd inside. The reaction? A round of...
OPPD switching to U.P. in new 5-year contract
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following article by Nancy Gaarder on its website on July 16.) OMAHA -- In a significant decision in terms of fuel and expense, the Omaha Public Power District is planning to switch rail and coal companies for its next five-year...
BNSF finishes work on track near Miami
(The Amarillo Globe-News posted the following story by Greg Rohloff on its website on July 18.) AMARILLO, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has completed work on a 13.5-mile section of double track near Miami, part of an expansion to accommodate growth in...
Senate Rail Safety Bill Falls Short in Keeping Workers Safe
(The TTD distributed the following statement on July 17.) Fails to Curb Fatigue, End Harassment of Workers Who Report Safety Problems Washington, D.C. -- The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department,...
