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Railroad fight goes to federal appeals court
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Ashley H. Grant on June 11.) ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A 5-year-old fight over the proposed expansion of the DM&E Railroad chugged into federal court Wednesday, with several groups asking a three-judge panel to...
Congressman pressing for railroad security
(The following article by Christopher Scott was posted on the Lowell Sun’s website on June 11.) LOWELL, Mass. -- Rep. Marty Meehan is calling on Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to beef up oversight along the nation's rail corridors, now that a federal...
U.S. OKs shipments of fireworks by rail
(The Washington Times posted the following article by Tom Ramstack on its website on June 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A recent rule revision by the federal government has ended a railroad embargo against carrying fireworks that threatened Fourth of July celebrations for...
CNR says stronger loonie hard on profits
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on June 12.) NEW YORK -- Canadian National Railway is still on track to meet its 2003 financial goals even though the strong Canadian dollar has cut more than $50 million in revenues so far, CN's's chief executive...
Operator OK’s T unions’ contracts
(The following article by Mac Daniel appeared in the Boston Globe on June 12.) BOSTON -- Officials at the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co., the operator of the MBTA's commuter rail lines as of July 1, announced yesterday that contracts have been ratified with...
Remote train debate presses forward
(The following article by Joan Kent was posted on the LaCrosse Tribune’s website on June 12.) LACROSSE, Wisc. -- It looked like Burlington Northern Santa Fe switch foreman Wayne Storlie was just walking alongside the locomotive in the train yard on Oak Street. Until...
Residents evacuated after derailment
(The Associated Press distributed the following story on June 12.) WATERLOO, Iowa -- A train derailment in Black Hawk County between Raymond and Jesup Wednesday caused authorities to evacuate nearby residents. Several cars of a two-mile long Illinois Central train...
Three injured in train derailment
(The following article by Christine Harvey was posted on the Northwest Indiana Times website on June 12.) ST. JOHN, Ind. -- Emergency workers needed the Jaws of Life on Wednesday to pry two injured CSX employees from the wreckage of a train derailment behind Schilling...
French transportation heads toward normal
(The following Associated Press article was distributed on June 11.) PARIS -- A French transport strike against pension reform slowed train, bus and subway services Wednesday, and a teachers' union vowed to keep up its walkouts. The disruptions, however, were less...
At least four dead in head-on German train collision
(The following article was distributed by AFP on June 11.) SCHROZBERG, Germany -- At least four people were killed and many others injured when two regional trains collided head-on in southwest Germany. A spokesman for the rail network Deutsche Bahn cited emergency...
