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Canadian Pacific eyes B.C. Rail
(Bloomberg news circulated the following story on May 22.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the country's second-biggest freight carrier, says it will propose a plan to run B.C. Rail Ltd., a money-losing company owned by the B.C. government. The provincial...
CPR says it can offer most competitive solution in BC Rail restructuring
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following news release on May 21.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX/NYSE: CP) said its extensive track connections to other carriers offer shippers and communities on BC Rail more gateways to North American markets than...
Substance leads to Penn Station drama
(The following article appeared on the New York Times’ website on May 22.) NEW YORK -- A Liberian man who provoked the suspicions of the authorities on an Amtrak train on Tuesday -- and spurred the partial evacuation of Pennsylvania Station in New York -- was in...
SEPTA police on elevated alert
(SEPTA issued the following news release on May 21.) PHILADELPHIA -- Responding to the action by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to raise the national terror alert to "high," the SEPTA Transit Police Department has been placed on an elevated state of alert....
Runaway rail car hits truck
(The Akron Beacon Journal posted the following story by Jim Carney on its website on May 22.) AKRON, Ohio -- A runaway 20,000-gallon railroad tank car collided with a railroad truck near Summit Street in downtown Akron on Wednesday morning. The Wheeling & Lake Erie...
Leaking sulphuric acid from freight train derailment forces evacuation
(The London Free Press News posted the following article on its website on May 22.) GAMEBRIDGE, Ontario -- A freight train derailment involving about 40 cars, some leaking sulphuric acid, forced the evacuation yesterday of part of this small Lake Simcoe town, police...
CN train derails near Orillia, Ont.
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Jordan Heath-Rawlings on its website on May 22.) TORONTO -- A CN freight train derailment near Orillia, Ont., has blocked off a chunk of Highway 12 and forced Ontario Provincial Police to briefly evacuate a small...
2 UP trains collide in southwestern Arizona
(The Arizona Republic posted the following article by Carlos Miller on its website on May 22.) PHOENIX -- Two freight trains traveling in the opposite direction on parallel tracks collided in southwestern Arizona on Wednesday after one jumped the tracks and hit the...
Crews cleaning up after derailment
(The following article by Tillie Fong appeated in the Rocky Mountain News on May 22.) PLAINVIEW, Colo. -- Railroad crews were cleaning up spilled coal and replacing tracks Wednesday after a part of an eastbound Union Pacific train derailed Tuesday night about 25 miles...
BNSF makes loading expertise available worldwide
(The Burlingotn Northern Santa Fe Co. issued the following news release on May 20.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- High-quality, low- cost, safe solutions for the handling, storage, securement and transportation of cargo, provided as part of its overall service to rail...
