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RailAmerica’s March carloads up 7% in North America
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on April 8.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc. reported its carloads (including intermodal units) for March 2003. As compared to the same period in 2002, March 2003 North American "same railroad" carloads increased...
Opinion: Waiting for the train
(The Boston Globe published the following editorial on April 9.) BOSTON -- People on the South Shore understand that improvements in the transportation system require commuters to reduce their reliance on Route 3 and the Southeast Expressway. That is why 64 percent of...
BNSF moves to take city land
(The Citizen posted the following story by Mary Alys Cherry on its website on April 9.) HOUSTON -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has filed suit against the City of Houston to begin condemnation proceedings on land it wants to build a railroad. The action...
CPR reopens damaged line through Red Wing
(The Duluth News-Tribune posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 9.) RED WING, Minn. -- The Canadian Pacific Railway reopened its main line through downtown Red Wing on Monday following a weekend derailment. Repairs to 1,500 feet of...
VIA introduces a new smoking policy on its eastern transcontinental trains
(VIA Rail issued the following press release on April 8.) MONTRÉAL -- Beginning May 1, 2003, VIA Rail Canada will offer an on board smoke-free environment to all passengers travelling on the Ocean(Montreal-Halifax) and the Chaleur (Montreal-Gaspé). This decision was...
Report: Recent rash of car-train crashes motorists’ fault
(Los Angeles television station KNBC posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 9.) LOS ANGELES -- A rash of recent car-train crashes that killed four people in Los Angeles County was a coincidence and motorists were at fault. A report...
Alberta studies high-speed train between cities
(The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. posted the following article on its website on April 9.) CALGARY -- The Klein government is looking into whether a proposed high speed rail link between Calgary and Edmonton is feasible. A protoype "jet train" locomotive built by...
Ex-railroad workers file asbestos lawsuits
(The Salt Lake Tribune posted the following article by Rhina Guidos on its website on April 9.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The papers describe five men who faced the end of their lives with bodies ridden with cancer. They had difficulty breathing because of damaged...
Possible sabotage derails 3 railroad cars in North Plains
(The following article by Ian Rollins was published on April 8 by the Hillsboro Argus.) NORTH PLAINS, Ore. -- Three railroad cars derailed early Sunday morning in what might have been an act of sabotage. Portland & Western Railroad officials said the incident is under...
Authorities: Vandalism could have caused train derailment
(Boone Today posted the following article on its website on April 9.) BOONE, Iowa -- A complaint late Thursday afternoon by a railroad employee who saw trespassers near the Kate Shelley High Bridge led to the arrest of two people law officers say attempted to derail a...
