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DM&E builds railroad empire while it awaits court approval
(The following article by Cara Hetland was posted on Minnesota Public Radio’s website on June 11.) MINNEAPOLIS -- The future of the largest railroad expansion plan since the Civil War goes before a Federal Appeals court. The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's $2...
UBS trims railroad profit forecasts
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 11.) MIAMI -- UBS Warburg transport analyst Rick Paterson on Tuesday said it cut earnings forecasts for Union Pacific Corp. and other big railroads, saying cargo-volume trends were disappointing. Paterson also said in...
Opinion: RCO system raises concerns
(The following editorial appeared in the June 3 issue of the Hermiston Herald.) HERMISTON, Ore. –- Since community safety in Umatilla County is a key factor in the debate over remote control locomotives, the area’s governments should be getting up to speed on the...
Suitcase at German train station had bomb
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on June 9.) DRESDEN, Germany -- A suitcase left at a railway station in an eastern German city last week contained a bomb, police said Monday. Police found explosives and a detonator in the black case, which was...
Show and Tellier: New Bombardier CEO set to meet stockholders for first time
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article by Allan Swift on June 10.) MONTREAL -- Paul Tellier, who became chief executive of troubled Bombardier Inc. five months ago, will have a lot on his shoulders as he meets shareholders for the first time at the...
Opinion: BMWE endorses Gephardt
(The Kansas City Star posted the following column by Randolph Heaster on its website on June 10.) KANSAS CITY -- While most labor groups are waiting until later this year to make presidential endorsements, one major railroad union has backed U.S. Rep. Richard...
GE locomotives at 500
(The Erie Times-News posted the following article by Peter Panepento on its website on June 7.) ERIE, Pa. -- GE Transportation Systems Inc. is expected to meet its sales expectations for 2003 following a recent order by an unnamed company for 100 new locomotives. The...
FEC hires BNSF’S Lucas
(Florida East Coast Railway issued the following news release on June 10.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C., the transportation subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc., has named John C. Lucas as Vice President/General Manager of...
NYC-area trash rots for months in Buffalo rail yard
(Reuters circulated the following story on June 9.) NEW YORK -- Three hundred eighty-eight containers of garbage from the New York City area have been rotting in a Buffalo, N.Y., rail yard since December, reviving memories of New York City's infamous garbage barge of...
Thune registers to lobby for DM&E
(The Aberdeen American News posted the following Associated Press article on its website on June 10.) WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. John Thune, R-S.D., has registered to lobby the federal government on behalf of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad of Sioux Falls. Thune...
