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KCS’s Mexrail transaction complete, pending STB approval
(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on May 9.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Grupo TMM, S.A. (Grupo TMM) today announced that in accordance with the Mexrail Stock Purchase Agreement entered into on April 20, 2003, KCS has...
Mexico TMM, KCS complete rail deal
(Reuters circulated the following article on May 9.) MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's biggest rail operator, Grupo TMM, said on Friday it had completed the sale of 51 percent of stock in Mexrail, its main freight line to the U.S. border, to U.S. railroad Kansas City Southern...
Retired BLE member wins NY lottery
(Television station WXXA posted the following story on its website on May 12. Crag Waltz Sr. is a retired member of BLE Division 46 in Albany, N.Y.) ALBANY, N.Y. -- Craig Waltz Sr. purchased a New York State Lottery Million Dollar Wish Instant Game at the Ravena...
Corporate responsibility holds center stage at NS annual meeting
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following story by Carolyn Shapiro on its website on May 9.) NEW ORLEANS -- Corporate responsibility dominated discussion Thursday at the Norfolk Southern Corp. annual meeting here, with shareholders also expressing concern with company...
Bill would exempt Alaska RR from fuel tax
(The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner posted the following article by Tom Moran on its website on May 9.) JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska's iron horse shouldn't be saddled with a tax, Sen. Gary Wilken said Wednesday night. Wilken, R-Fairbanks, the co-chair of the Senate Finance...
Union Pacific to open museum
(The Daily Nonpareil posted the following article by Tim Rohwer on its website on May 8.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- History will repeat itself on Saturday in Council Bluffs. When the last spike was put in place on the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, a guy on a...
Commuters rail against station woes
(The Stamford Advocated posted the following article by Jonathan Lucas on its website on May 9.) DARIEN, Conn. -- Between fare hikes, overcrowding, parking and dirty rail cars, commuters have a lot to complain about these days. Yesterday morning, they got a chance to...
Unions fear the worst at BC Rail
(The Squamish Chief posted the following article by John French on its website on May 9.) SQUAMISH, B.C. -- Rob Hurren and other BC Rail (BCR) employees are used to hearing talk of the rail shops in Squamish being downsized or eliminated. Now more than ever, that fear...
Wayward egret travels Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 8.) NEW CUMBERLAND -- Butch, an injured egret that spent nearly a week trapped inside a minivan bumper while it traveled by rail and highway from Florida to Pennsylvania, flew home Thursday -- on a jet...
Carload, intermodal rail traffic up in April
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on May 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Both carload and intermodal traffic were up on U.S. railroads in April 2003 compared to April 2002, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today....
