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KCS ‘Holiday Express’ brings cheer, charity
KANSAS CITY -- In its second annual trip, Kansas City Southern's Holiday Express train will bring Santa Claus and his elves to visit 24 communities in seven states throughout the KCS system, including Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and...
CSX ad campaign targets food manufacturers
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Transportation Inc. is going for the grocers, the Florida Times-Union reported. The railroad is in the middle of a marketing program, dubbed "Taste the Savings," to attract food manufacturers to use rail service for shipments of their basic...
Catch a train to Florida and take your car with you
LORTON, Va. -- It's no bullet train -- the 861-mile trip takes more than 16 hours -- but the Amtrak Auto Train offers a break for travelers weary of driving up and down I-95 between Washington, D.C., and Orlando, Fla., the Associated Press reported. The auto train...
Plans submitted for Pa. maglev project
PITTSBURGH -- Planners who want to bring a highly touted high-speed magnetic rail project to the Pittsburgh region have already submitted their draft plans, hoping to beat out the Baltimore-Washington area for federal funding, the Associated Press reported. But with...
Train Trench work begins in Reno
RENO, Nevada -- It is the first major construction on the Reno railroad trench. Work on Keystone Ave. will force thousands to find another way around the tracks on the west side of Reno. This happens just eight days before an election that could scrap the $282-million...
UP move could free up land in Denver for new uses
DENVER -- Plans to develop a transportation hub at Front Range Airport in Adams County will have a ripple effect on land use throughout the metro area, the Rocky Mountain News reports. If the Union Pacific Railroad moves part of its operation to the airport, Denver...
Couple files $950,000 lawsuit against Norfolk Southern
GREENEVILLE, Va. -- A Kingsport couple have filed a $950,000 federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway Co. claiming the railroad failed to maintain a safe crossing at Snapps Ferry Road in Greeneville, the Kingsport Times-News reported. Franklin and Frances...
Families of two killed in CSX train crash win trial
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A jury awarded about $475,000 on Friday to the families of two Chipley residents killed in a collision with a CSX train three years ago, the Associated Press reported. Driver Tonia Campbell, 18, and passenger Greg Cady, 23 were killed in the October...
Union Pacific earnings rise 60 percent
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corp., benefiting from higher railroad profits, a land sale in Utah and a tax settlement, posted third-quarter net income of $437 million, or $1.63 a share, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The Omaha-based transportation giant, whose largest...
Resentments remain after Amite train derailment
AMITE, La. -- The tracks through town are long cleared, but hard feelings remain from the Oct. 12 freight train derailment that forced hundreds to evacuate their homes, the Associated Press reported. At least one lawyer is unhappy over the number of attorneys from...
