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CN bid ‘not a done deal’
NORTH BAY, Ont. -- The group representing unionized workers at the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission says its plan to protect jobs and improve service was unfairly evaluated by the province, the North Bay Nugget reported. Phil Koning, president of the...
BLE, railroads agree to keep RC operators out of cabs
CLEVELAND -- The operators of remote-control locomotives on U.S. Class 1s will be barred from occupying locomotive cabs until the dispute over the implementation of remote control is resolved, according to a report from Trains.com. On Tuesday October 15, the...
Little progress in making trucks safe from terror
WASHINGTON -- After the terrorist attacks last year, intelligence agencies and experts warned that America's vast fleet of trucks, particularly rigs hauling loads of explosive fuel or toxic chemicals, would be ideal terrorist weapons, according to the New York Times....
Boulder falls off truck in Italy, smashing locomotive, killing engineer
ROME -- A boulder fell off a truck in eastern Italy and smashed into a train locomotive early Monday, killing the engineer and seriously injuring another train worker, railway officials said. According to the Associated Press, railway officials said four of the...
NS chairman to undergo cancer surgery
NORFOLK, Va. -- According to Reuters, David Goode, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Norfolk Southern Corp., will undergo surgery for prostate cancer, the railroad company said on Friday. Norfolk Southern, based in Norfolk, Virginia, said the cancer...
Trains still lure Mexicans to U.S.
LOS CONOS, Mexico -- The Associated Press reports that Janeth Molina knows how harrowing it is to stow away on a train in pursuit of the American dream. She did it three years ago. And despite hearing that two cousins from Los Conos were among 11 migrants found dead...
Meager federal funding for Amtrak contributes to the closure of large Ohio steel company
COLUMBUS -- Years of subsistence level funding for Amtrak is now contributing to the near demise of an Ohio steel supplier that provides the passenger railroad’s fleet with most of its undercarriage assemblies. This may result in the loss of hundreds of good-paying...
LIRR cars break down less frequently in 2002
NEW YORK -- Long Island Rail Road trains are breaking down far less often this year -- traveling 45 percent more miles between pit stops -- enabling more of them to run on time, the New York Daily News reported. Trains traveled an average 40,066 miles before suffering...
Study examines whistles at crossings
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. -- One possible solution to the noise problems posed by federally mandated train whistles is attaching the whistles to equipment at the crossings where they are intended to warn motorists and pedestrians, the Times Online News reports. Northwestern...
CN Rail says in talks to buy Ontario Northland Rail
MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co., Canada's largest railway and the No. 5 in North America, said on Friday that it had begun exclusive talks to acquire publicly owned Ontario Northland Rail, reported Reuters. CN officials declined to divulge financial terms,...
