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France sees possible terror link to ricin find
(The New York Times published the following Reuters article on March 21.) PARIS -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday there was a possible link between the discovery of the deadly toxin ricin in a Paris railway station and a terrorist threat but...
Police vigilant at Ohio railroad bridges
(The Cincinnati Enquirer posted the following article by James Pilcher and Jane Prendergast on its website on March 20.) CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Cincinnati police have begun round-the-clock patrols on two key Ohio River bridges that are links in major national freight...
UP on high alert
(Nebraska television station KETV posted the following Association Press article on its website on March 20.) OMAHA -- Omaha's Union Pacific, the nation's largest railroad, increased monitoring and surveillance of certain trains as the United States opened its war...
Americans face check points as war begins
(The following Associated Press article was posted on the New York Times online edition on March 20.) NEW YORK -- With traffic-stalling vehicle checks on interstates, armed patrols inside subway tunnels and briefcase inspections at heartland statehouses, Americans...
The new high-speed rail Bombardier Jettrain locomotive visits Toronto
(Bombardier published the following press release.) TORONTO, ONTARIO -- Bombardier Transportation's latest high-speed rail innovation, the Bombardier JetTrain(a) locomotive, stopped at Toronto's Union Station today as part of its North American demonstration tour. The...
Canac Inc. – BELTPACK(R) locomotive remote control systems now number over 500 in North America – CSXT orders 75 BELTPACK(R) LRC Systems
(Canac distributed the following press release on March 19.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CANAC Inc, today announced that CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) has ordered and will take delivery of seventy-five (75) BELTPACK(R) locomotive remote control (LRC) systems during the...
Police training to reduce railroad accidents
(Ventura County Star posted the following story by Leslie Parrilla on its website on March 20.) VENTURA, Calif. -- The fingers of Amtrak train engineer Veronica Jackson sit poised over a large red emergency lever as she scans empty railroad tracks in Oxnard on...
Jury rewards damages to injured railroad employee
(Newsday.com posted the following Associated Press article on March 20.) PATERSON, N.J. -- A man who seriously injured his hand while working at a Secaucus rail yard three years ago will receive $324,800 in damages from a Pennsylvania railroad equipment company. A...
Union Pacific announces interest payments and sinking fund payments on Missouri Pacific securities
(UP distributed the following press release on March 19.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad Company announced today that it has determined the contingent interest and sinking fund payments due in respect of Available Net Income for 2002 under the terms of certain...
Tribes hope to restore tax on BNSF
(The Billings Gazette posted the following story by Lorna Thackeray on its website on March 20.) BILLINGS, Mon. -- Montana's Fort Peck Tribes may be able to start taxing Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad again, if their attorneys can demonstrate that trains that...
