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Snow’s challenge: Remake Treasury might
(The following Reuters story by Jonathan Nicholson appears on Yahoo News.) WASHINGTON -- As railroad executive John Snow prepares to take the helm at the Treasury Department , one of his challenges, experts say, will be rebuilding the department's once-unquestioned...
CSX names a new chief
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on February 1.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael J. Ward was given the throttle yesterday of Richmond-based CSX Corp., the nation's third-largest railroad. Ward's appointment as chairman...
CSX promotes Ward to replace Snow as CEO
(The following article by Don Phillips was published in the February 1 issue of the Washington Post.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CSX Corp.'s board of directors yesterday named President Michael J. Ward to succeed John W. Snow as chairman and chief executive, replacing a man...
Teamster freight members overwhelmingly authorize strike
(The following is a press release from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.) WASHINGTON -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today announced that members covered by the National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA) voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike...
Cash crisis forces rail chiefs to scale down and delay programs
(The following Associated Press article was published on Yahoo News) LONDON -- Blaming spiraling costs, Britain's rail development body said Thursday it is scaling down the number of improvements to some lines and facilities and delaying work on others. The Strategic...
Rail intermodal up, carload freight down
(The Association of American Railroads posted the following report on its website on January 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads was up sharply from last year during the week ended January 25, but carload was down, the Association of American...
Big trains may yield to progress, light rail
(The following story by David Quigg and David Wickert was published in today’s online Tacoma News Tribune) TACOMA, Wash. -- By the end of March, freight trains might no longer roll through the University of Washington Tacoma campus. Sound Transit said Thursday that it...
Demanding details on LIRR
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell was published in Newsday’s online edition on January 31) NEW YORK -- It is one of the biggest changes ever for the Long Island Rail Road and will ultimately lead to the creation of a commuter line that will dwarf all others across...
Transportation company CSX reports profitable fourth quarter
(The following article by Christopher Calnan was published in the online edition of the Florida Times-Union) NEW YORK -- CSX Corp., the parent company of Jacksonville's CSX Transportation, reported strong fourth-quarter earnings for 2002 yesterday that improved on the...
CSX profits soar, covering losses
(The follwing article by Peter Dujardin was published in the Hampton Roads Daily Press online edition on January 31) RICHMOND -- CSX Corp. reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and annual profits Thursday, as higher automotive and fertilizer shipments offset...
