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Snow says he’ll forgo severance package
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Treasury secretary nominee John W. Snow said yesterday that he will not accept a severance package he negotiated last year at his company, CSX Corp., potentially worth millions of dollars, the Washington Post reported. Snow will forgo pay and...
Snow to sell CSX stock if nomination confirmed
NEW YORK -- CSX Corp. Chairman and CEO John Snow, who the Bush administration has tapped to be the new Treasury secretary, will sell his CSX stock holdings if Congress confirms his nomination, Dow Jones Newswires reported, citing a White House spokeswoman. Snow was...
BNSF cars burst into flames in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. -- State road engineers haven’t decided when to reopen Highway 509 near the Port of Tacoma after a spectacular railroad tanker car fire on December 11 charred the overpass and shut down area roads in all directions, the Seattle Times reported. State...
Bombardier higher after recent slide
TORONTO -- Shares of train and plane maker Bombardier Inc. pushed higher early on Tuesday after falling hard the day before on news that United Airlines parent UAL Corp. had filed for bankruptcy protection, Reuters reports. Bombardier shares, which raced to C$4.94 at...
Rail fan pulls teen from car/train wreck
DESHLER, Ohio -- Bill Shaffer hadn’t planned on watching train traffic Saturday afternoon when he ran into town to return a few videos, the Toledo Blade reports. But the train buff couldn’t resist a quick trip to Crossroads Park in downtown Deshler, where train tracks...
Central Maine train service plans derailed
GARDINER, Maine -- The return of passenger train service to central Maine may have been fleeting, the Central Maine Daily Sentinel reported. The Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad has not renewed its lease with the state Department of Transportation to continue...
Amtrak discounts Lake Shore-run tickets
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Discounted tickets on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, which runs through the Rensselaer Rail Station en route from Chicago to New York City and back, will soon be just a mouse click away, the Business Review of Albany reported. Travelers looking for a...
Bicyclist struck and killed at rail crossing
AMES, Iowa -- An Ames man who apparently had a hearing impairment was killed Sunday when his bicycle was struck by a Union Pacific Railroad train at the Duff Avenue crossing, the Ames Tribune reported. The Ames Police Department has identified the victim as...
Train crew finds 2,260 pounds of pot
WEST MONROE, La. -- Workers who were cleaning out a railroad freight car at a West Monroe plant found an unusual stowaway -- 2,260 pounds of marijuana wrapped in burlap cloth, the Shreveport Times reported. The Metro Narcotics Unit is working with the FBI and U.S....
Officials urge more rail cars
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Officials in eight Fairfield County towns are urging the state to order new trains for the Metro-North commuter line and not wait for the results of a study on double-decker cars, the Associated Press reported. In a letter to state Transportation...
