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More Kansas wheat moving by rail
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on June 24.) WICHITA, Kan. -- More of the Kansas wheat crop is moving to market this year on the railroad because of a shortage of trucks and a slow harvest in Oklahoma that has kept haulers there. Also spurring...
City still seethes over derailment
(The following Associated Press article by Laura Wides was posted on the Contra Costa Times website on June 25.) COMMERCE, Calif. -- Railroad officials say they have assured residents of this Los Angeles suburb that all damages will be paid after a runaway train...
Northern Ontario forest fires force evacuations, disrupt rail service
(The Timmins Daily Press posted the following article to its website on June 25.) TIMMINS, Ont. -- A fire ban remains in effect throughout the Timmins area, as dry conditions continue throughout the North. Six new forest fires ignited in Ontario on Tuesday, while...
Indian train crash death toll rises to 51
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 24.) BOMBAY -- Indian rescuers, working in pouring rain, pulled out 17 more bodies Tuesday from a mangled train that crashed in western India, pushing the death toll to at least 51, a railway official said. The...
Disney in bullet train battle
(The Tallahassee Democrat posted the following Associated Press article by Mike Branom to its website on June 24.) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Three of America's biggest entertainment conglomerates - Disney, Anheuser-Busch and Vivendi Universal - are playing a dangerous...
Residents question CSX rail lines relocation
(The following article by Moody Connell appeared on the Pascagoula Press website on June 24.) ST. MARTIN, Miss. -- Residents from Jackson and Harrison counties fired questions at a Mississippi Department of Transportation engineer over the impact of rerouting CSX rail...
N.C., Virginia seeking to speed up rail service to D.C.
(The following article from the Associated Press was posted on the Myrtle Beach Sun News website on June 24.) RALEIGH, N.C. -- State officials begin answering questions this week about a project to rebuild a largely abandoned rail corridor north of Raleigh needed for...
Illinoisans sue over derailment, toxic spill
(The following article by the Associated Press appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 23.) TAMAROA, Ill. - Some 800 households and businesses around this Southern Illinois town shared nearly $700,000 in compensation after a Canadian National-Illinois Central...
CPR outsources management of $2.7 billion worth of pension funds
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article on June 24.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has hired seven outside firms to manage pension-fund assets worth $2.7 billion. CPR said Monday that the transfer of responsibility from Canadian Pacific...
Rail crossing safety would lose status in bill
(The following article by Ken Leiser was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s website on June 23.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The White House's proposed federal transportation spending plan could spell the end of the line for a program aimed at preventing accidents at the...
