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N.D. governor says he’ll push for money for railroad rate case
BISMARCK, N.D. -- According to the Aberdeen News, farmers could save millions. North Dakota's farmers could save millions on their railroad wheat shipments if the state pursues a federal complaint against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Gov. John Hoeven...
Amtrak service to L.A. hits a detour
(The following article by Matt Weiser was published in the 1-2-03 online issue of the Bakersfield Californian.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The latest effort to restore Amtrak passenger trains to the Tehachapis has stalled in frustration after Union Pacific Railroad...
No injuries in coal train derailment
(The following Associated Press article was published in the 1-3-03 online issue of the Billings, Mont., Gazette.) BRIDGEPORT, Neb. -- No injuries were reported after a Union Pacific coal train derailed four miles southeast of town early Thursday. Mark Davis, a...
UP derailment slams businesses
(The following article by Jondi Gumz was published in the 1-3-03 online edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel.) APTOS, Calif. -- Another Union Pacific train has derailed in the Aptos area, halting all commercial rail traffic in the county for the third time in two...
China tests German-made fast train
SHANGHAI -- According to the New York Times, China has awarded Germany a potentially lucrative contract to lengthen the world's first commercial magnetic-levitation rail system to cities surrounding Shanghai, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany said today. The...
Remembering Central Railroad
NEWARK, N.J. -- From toy trains circling under the Christmas tree to giant locomotives roaring over the tracks, railroads have been attracting hobbyists for generations, according to the New Jersey Herald. Trains emerged before airplanes, cars and trucks. They...
Bombardier’s new chief is practiced at cleanups
TORONTO -- When Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada appointed Paul M. Tellier as chief executive of the Canadian National Railway in 1992, Mr. Mulroney recently recalled, his instructions were simple: "Go down there and clean the place out." Mr. Tellier, at the...
Railroad expects drop in revenue
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- According to the Anchorage Daily News, the Alaska Railroad expects an $8 million drop in revenues for 2003 due to a decline in freight after the loss of its Healy coal shipments last year. The state-owned railroad is predicting a $1.1 million...
Jobless benefits expire as White House, Congress home for the holidays
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO. "There is no joy this holiday season for the over 830,000 Americans who will lose their unemployment benefits at the stroke of...
Train crossings still hazardous despite warning
LAFAYETTE, La. -- According to the Lafayette Advertiser, more than half of all train-vehicle collisions occur at crossings where there are warning devices, said Robert Gould, spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration on Tuesday. Monday afternoon Phil Harrower,...
