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Rail cars jump tracks in UP yard
(Television station News 9 in San Antonio posted the following story on its website on July 10.) SAN ANTONIO -- Investigators are looking into a train derailment in East San Antonio. About nine railcars went off the tracks at the Union Pacific Railyard near Interstate...
Derailment of chemical cars forces evacuations
(The Henderson Gleaner staff posted the following story on its website on July 10.) HENDERSON, Ky. -- Two CSX rail cars carrying chemicals to Brenntag derailed in Henderson Wednesday night, prompting officials to evacuate several homes and block off an estimated...
Volatile liquid in car toppled in remote control derailment
(The Peoria Journal Star posted the following article on its website on July 10.) GALESBURG, Ill. -- Five train cars -- one of which contained liquid petroleum gas -- derailed in Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s rail yard Tuesday evening, just over a week after 12 cars...
Teamsters statement on Yellow proposal to buy Roadway
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on July 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yellow Corporation today announced its intention to purchase Roadway Corporation. Should this arrangement proceed, the potential impact on tens of thousands...
No. 2 in trucking, Yellow, will buy No. 1, Roadway
(The following article by Claudia H. Deutsch was posted on the New York Times website on July 9.) NEW YORK -- The Yellow Corporation, the nation's second-largest trucking company, will acquire the industry leader, the Roadway Corporation, the two companies said...
Morning trains on MARC lines to have ‘quiet cars’
(The Baltimore Sun posted the following article on its website on June 9.) BALTIMORE -- All morning trains to Washington on the Maryland Rail Commuter Camden and Brunswick lines will have designated "quiet cars" beginning Monday, the state announced yesterday. MARC...
BNSF to report second-quarter earnings
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following news release on July 8.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI) (BNSF) will report its second-quarter 2003 earnings at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time July 22, 2003, through a Webcast....
Dow, BNSF celebrate completion of rail line
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following news release on July 9.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Union Carbide Corporation, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), a subsidiary of...
U.P. taking a new route on work force
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following article by Stacie Hamel on its website on July 6.) OMAHA, Neb. -- When Roderick Riley was mulling a Union Pacific job offer, the Houston resident took a look at the railroad's demographics. Aging. Overwhelmingly white....
North Platte woman sues U.P. over 1999 accident
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on July 4.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A lawsuit has been filed against the Union Pacific Railroad and a U.P. employee seeking damages from a 1999 accident involving a company vehicle. City Councilwoman Rita Hernandez...
