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Mexican Senate questions planned rail sale to KCS
(The following article by Santiago Perez was posted by Down Jones Newswire on April 24.) MEXICO CITY --Mexican senators have agreed to call top government officials and regulators to testify about Kansas City Southern's proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in...
Engineer stops train before striking man kneeling on the tracks
(The Shamokin News Item posted the following article on its website on April 24.) SUNBURY, Pa. -- A 41-year-old Selinsgrove man was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after he kneeled on railroad tracks near Race and Third streets, causing an...
Train derailment forces emergency use of new tracks
(The Brownsville Herald posted the following article by Alison Beshur on its website on April 24.) BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- For the first time ever, a convoy of about 100 railroad cars slipped out of the Port of Brownsville s shipyard and rumbled down a new line of...
House probes union – owned insurance co.
(The following Associated Press article was published by the New York Times online on April 24.) WASHINGTON -- Congress is joining the increasing number of investigations into a stock trading scandal at a union-owned insurance company. The chairman of the House...
Chairman of Ullico says he plans to step down
(Steven Greenhouse wrote the following article for the New York Times on April 24.) NEW YORK -- R obert A. Georgine, chairman and chief executive of Ullico, the embattled union-owned insurer, told the company's board yesterday that he would step aside as chairman in...
Fla. House reconsiders fast-train vote
(The Lakeland Ledger posted the following Associated Press article by Brent Kallestad on its website on April 24.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Under pressure from Gov. Jeb Bush and Republican leadership, the Florida House reversed course and voted Wednesday to reconsider...
New overpass gives pedestrians a lift over Sutherland rail tracks
(The North Platte Telegraph posted the following article by George Lauby on its website on April 21.) SUTHERLAND, Neb. -- One of Nebraska's few pedestrian overpasses across the world's busiest train corridor was installed Monday in this village of 1,129. The $916,000...
Napa-Solano rail: $216 million
(The Napa Valley Register posted the following article by Kevin Courtney on its website on April 23.) NAPA, Calif. -- The cost to establish passenger rail service between the Napa Valley, Fairfield/Suisun and Vallejo is a staggering $216 million, a feasibility study...
UTA to acquire shop for repairing rail cars
(The Salt Lake Tribune posted the following article by John Keahey on its website on April 24.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The Utah Transit Authority, laying groundwork for beginning Ogden-Salt Lake City commuter-rail service by 2007, is preparing to take possession of a...
CPR: Safety through teamwork
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following safety letter to its customers on April 23.) CALGARY -- For the past five years, Canadian Pacific Railway has lead all North American Class 1 Railroads with the lowest train accident frequency and has demonstrated...
