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CSX freight train crew member shot in upstate New York
BRANT, N.Y. --According to the Associated Press, a railroad conductor was shot and wounded early Thursday after he got off a freight train to investigate a problem with the train, police said. The CSX train made an emergency stop around 1 a.m. (0600 GMT) near the...
Cars derail in BNSF remote control accident
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two train cars derailed Thursday when a remote-controlled locomotive stopped too late and hit an empty outbound cargo train leaving Burlington Northern Santa Fe's west Lincoln rail-switching yard, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. BNSF spokesman...
CSX workers learn to maneuver cars by remote control
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- David Fry manned the controls of a CSX switch engine, sending a tanker car coasting down a track at the South Charleston assembly yard, the Charleston Gazette reported. The maneuver, known as car-kicking, has to be done with a precise touch....
Unexploded WWII bomb delays UK trains
NOTTINGHAM, England -- Trains in and out of Nottingham were delayed today after a suspected Second World War bomb was discovered in Derby, the Nottingham Evening Post reported. Commuters were evacuated from Derby Midland Station shortly after 8am when workmen found...
BNSF Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Schultz announces plans to retire in mid-2003
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Charles L. Schultz, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI - News; BNSF), today announced his intention to retire from BNSF in mid-2003. Schultz has been executive vice president...
UP selects Plateau Systems to manage learning and regulatory compliance for 48,000 employees
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages all of an organization's learning and knowledge, announced today that Union Pacific Railroad has selected the Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) to manage Web-based and classroom...
Some Charlotte citizens see discrimination in rail decision
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Federal transit officials say they will look into complaints by eastside residents that the county is discriminating against lower-income neighborhoods by offering them busways instead of light rail, the Charlotte Observer reported. The Eastside...
KCS reports third quarter and year to date 2002 earnings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern reported net income of $10.6 million (17(cent) per diluted share) for the third quarter of 2002, a 17% increase from net income of $9.0 million (15(cent) per diluted share) reported for the third quarter of 2001. This increase...
City wants C.B. rail line decision stayed
SYDNEY, N.S. -- The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has asked the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to stay a decision expected any day now on the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway’s plans to abandon the Cape Breton section of its rail line, the Halifax...
Idaho lobbies Mineta for rail line
BOISE -- When U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta came to Boise on Wednesday to talk about airport security, the stop also gave Mayor Brent Coles a chance to lobby the senior Bush administration official about plans for a regional commuter rail line, the Idaho...
