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Airline takes on Amtrak
(The Boston Globe posted the following article by Matthew Brelis on its website on February 26.) BOSTON -- Seeking to derail Amtrak's increasing market share in the Northeast Corridor and to ground upstart American Eagle, US Airways today will start touting what it...
Runaway train in downtown Wilkes Barre
(Wilkes Barre television station WNEP posted the following story on its website on February 26.) WILKES BARRE, Pa. -- A railroad tanker started rolling through Wilkes Barre Tuesday morning. It traveled more than a mile with no one at the controls. Amazingly, no one...
No injuries when CP Railway train derails
(The following article is from the Citizens Voice.) LAFLIN, Pa. -- A Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed about 6 a.m. Tuesday at a point near the border between Plains Township and Laflin along Gardner's Creek.Fourteen cars jumped the tracks, four of which were...
CSX will move headquarters to Jacksonville
(The Florida Times-Union posted the following article by Christopher Calnan on its website on February 25.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corp., the parent company of Jacksonville's CSX Transportation, announced today that it was moving its headquarters from Richmond,...
CSX to move headquarters to Florida
(The following article by the Associated Press appeared in the New York Times online.) RICHMOND, Va. -- CSX Corp. confirmed Tuesday that it will move its corporate headquarters from Richmond to Jacksonville, Fla. The move, expected to be completed by early May, had...
CN says rail ‘re-regulation’ would be regressive
(Canada.com posted the following Canadian Press article by David Paddon on February 25.) TORONTO -- The federal government appears to be "on a path toward re-regulation" of the rail freight industry, an unnecessary step backwards that will undo the benefits of...
Ottawa to tighten grip on airlines, railways
(The following article by David Ljunggren was published by Reuters.) OTTAWA -- Canada on Tuesday announced plans to tighten its grip on airlines and railway companies and said its new rules would ensure consumers benefit from as much competition as possible. Unveiling...
High-speed rail in five years: Collenette
(The Globe and Mail posted the following article by Keith McArthur on its website on February 26.) OTTAWA -- Transport Minister David Collenette told reporters Tuesday that he hopes a high-speed rail link in Central Canada will become a reality in five or six years....
Fringe groups a threat to rail security, safety in Pa.
(The BLE’s Pennsylvania State Legislative Board issued the following press release on February 26.) CAMP HILL, Pa. -- There is a real possibility that war with Iraq will unleash acts of anti-U.S. violence by extremists in Pennsylvania who do not belong to Al Qaeda or...
Blagojevich in Tamaroa; CN pays $225,000 in claims
(The following article by John H. Croessman was published by the Du Quoin Evening Call.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told Tamaroa Mayor Bill Place Friday "There's no substitute for a hands-on mayor." The governor thanked Place and Illinois Emergency...
