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CSX gave Snow $68.9 million when he left
(The Washington Post published the following story by David. S. Hilzenrath on its website on March 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Treasury Secretary John W. Snow left CSX Corp. last month with $68.9 million in deferred compensation and other pay, including a pension that...
Treasury Sec’y Snow got $60.8m from CSX
(The Associated Press published the following article on March 24.) WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary John Snow, who led railroad giant CSX Corp. for 14 years, received $60.8 million in cash, stock and pension money when he resigned to join the government last month,...
Mich. offers six-month contract to Amtrak
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on March 24.) LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Transportation on Monday offered a six-month contract to Amtrak to keep two of its passenger rail lines open in the state, but a company spokeswoman...
CPR uses VIN numbers to boost auto shipment efficiency
(CPR distributed the following press release on March 24.) TORONTO -- Canadian Pacific Railway is nearing completion of a $4.5-million, multi-year program to harmonize railway shipments of motor vehicles with manufacturers' and dealers' computerized inventory systems...
W.Va. Senator Byrd fights to keep Amtrak rolling
(The Charleston Gazette posted the following article by Paul J. Nyden on its website on March 23.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During budget debates on the Senate floor late Friday, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., convinced a majority of senators to keep Amtrak alive. The Bush...
Union Pacific cuts earnings outlook
(The New York Times posted the following Reuters story on its website on March 24.) SEATTLE -- Union Pacific Corp. lowered its first-quarter earnings outlook on Monday, blaming higher fuel prices stemming from the Iraq war, severe winter storms, and said that it would...
Jordanian sought by FBI apprehended on Amtrak
(Chicago television station WMAQ posted the following article on its website on March 24.) CHICAGO -- Federal agents on Monday located a Jordanian air marshal on an Amtrak train en route to Florida two days after he failed to leave the United States during his...
Troopers on trains issued gas masks
(The following article by Tracy Gordon Fox appeared in the Hartford Courant on March 25.) HARTFORD, Conn. -- State troopers riding Metro-North Railroad trains to help protect the nearly 100,000 Connecticut residents who commute to New York City daily will now be...
Inquiry focuses on track laid just before derailment
(The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published the following story by Ken Leiser on its website on March 24.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Federal accident investigators are focusing even more closely on a recently installed section of rail recovered from the scene of a Feb. 9 train...
14 cars of train carrying chlorine, propane derail in river
(Boston.com posted the following Associated Press article on March 24.) CHARLEMONT, Mass. -- Railroad officials worked Monday to clear 14 cars of an eastbound freight that derailed on a section of tracks that run along the Deerfield River. Authorities said at least...
