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Nuke train rolls, two years late
(The Casper Star-Tribune posted the following story by Brodie Farquhar on its website on July 18.) CASPER, Wyo. -- A shipment of nuclear waste, on hold at its point of origin since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, passed through Wyoming this week. The shipment of 125 spent...
CSX: Effort to fix Ky. woes won’t be derailed
(The Henderson Gleaner posted the following story by Beth Smith on its website on July 18.) HENDERSON, Ky. -- Following a meeting with CSX representatives Thursday, local officials said they feel confident the company will work to correct what caused three derailments...
CSX withdraws threat to close crossings
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following story by Chip Jones on its website on July 14.) RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corp. has stopped feuding with some outspoken folks in the mountains. Officials in Scott County confirmed last week that Florida-based CSX has...
Opinion: Think big for Denver rail system
(The Denver Post published the following column by Dick Kreck on its website on July 18.) DENVER -- I went on vacation recently. A slide show will follow. But my point today is, the highlight of the trip (not counting having one beer with Peter Sleeth, former Post...
Opinion: Amtrak here to stay — a true love
(The following column by George F. Will was circulated on July 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- David Gunn, 65 and a glutton for punishment, left retirement to run Amtrak. His office is in magnificently restored Union Station, a relic of something Gunn knows is gone forever...
BNSF increases dividend 25 percent
(The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. issued the following news release on July 17.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation voted on July 17, 2003, to increase its next quarterly dividend to 15 cents per share on outstanding...
CSXT cuts another 143 jobs
(The Florida Times-Union published the following story by Christopher Calnan on its website on July 18.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation cut 143 jobs this week, most of them operations department supervisors and nearly half of them in Jacksonville, railroad...
Airborne pilots to conduct informational picketing
(Teamsters Local 1224 distributed the following news release on July 16.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Teamsters Local 1224 flight crewmembers, with the support of fellow Teamsters throughout Ohio, will conduct informational picketing in and around their Wilmington hub on...
Sound Transit funding hits potential roadblock
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer posted the following Associated Press article to its website on July 17.) SEATTLE -- Just days after the Bush administration tentatively approved a $500 million funding agreement for a proposed light rail line in Seattle, the project...
One killed in car-train crash
(The Clovis News Journal posted the following story by Darrell Todd Maurina on its website on July 17.) CLOVIS, N.M. -- A Portales woman who drove around barricades and road closed signs was killed by a freight train on Tuesday night after her vehicle became stuck on...
