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Daschle hopes Pierre rail bypass funds coming
(The following Associated Press article appeared in the Aberdeen American News.) PIERRE -- Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., hopes Congress will approve money this year for a railroad bypass around Pierre. It would be built if the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad...
CSXT announces industrial development partner shipping award winners
(CSXT issued the following press release on May 29.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 29, 2003 - CSX Transportation (CSXT), a division of CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX), today announced the winners of its Industrial Development Partnershipping Award for outstanding assistance in...
Intermodal traffic up on U.S. railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on May 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic was up while carload freight was down slightly on U.S. railroads during the week ended May 24 in comparison with the corresponding week last...
Deal with BNSF extends Sounder train to Everett
(The Seattle Times posted the following article by Mike Lindblom on its website on May 30.) SEATTLE -- By the end of this year, commuters will be able to board a morning train in Everett and roll along the Puget Sound waterfront into Seattle. Sound Transit signed a...
DM&E President expects lawsuit to be resolved soon
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 30.) DOUGLAS, Wyo. -- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad President Kevin Schieffer expects a resolution soon for a lawsuit that has halted the railroad's plans to expand into the Powder River Basin. The...
Fastfrate, CPR open Calgary cross-dock facility
(Today’s Trucking posted the following article on its website on May 29.) CALGARY -- Building on a 40-year-old partnership, Consolidated Fastfrate and Canadian Pacific Railway will open a 100,000-sq.-ft. cross-dock and warehouse facility next to Canadian Pacific...
NTSB drops inquiry into Lomira derailment
(The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted the following article by Larry Sandler on its website on May 29.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- Federal investigators have quietly dropped their probe into why a freight train jumped its tracks, smashed into a Lomira factory and killed a...
Bombardier gets C$227 million German rail order
(Reuters distributed the following article on May 28.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. said on Wednesday it received an order worth C$227 million ($163 million) from German railways to supply 60 additional regional trains. Bombardier, the world's largest maker of...
Man rescued after foot is stuck in railroad ties
(The Charlotte Observer posted the following article by Jackie Mah on its website on May 29.) GASTONIA, N.C. -- As an eight-car freight train moved closer, Paul Martin, 31, of Gastonia, struggled to free his foot from the tracks. John Wilkinson, an emergency room...
Amtrak train hits truck at railroad crossing
(The following article was posted on WESH NewsChannel2000.com’s website on May 28.) ORLANDO -- An Amtrak train slammed into a pickup truck along South Orange Avenue in Belle Isle after 4 p.m. Wednesday, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported. The train struck the back end of the...
