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Railroad merger should not affect Conn. commuters
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plan to combine Metro-North Railroad with the Long Island Rail Road shouldn't change anything for commuters on the New Haven line, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The Connecticut...
One school closed by CN derailment to reopen Tuesday
AMITE, La. -- At least one of four Tangipahoa Parish schools that had been closed as part of a city-wide emergency plan to clean up a hazmat spill on the Canadian National Railroad will reopen Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. School Superintendent Virgil Allen...
Hundreds seeking shelter following CN derailment
ROSELAND, La. -- An air of concern and confusion floated around the doors of Roseland Elementary School Saturday evening as volunteers took in people and families displaced by the freight train derailment in Amite earlier that day, the Daily Star reported. People...
CN wreck closes La. schools, roads
AMITE, La. -- Five area schools are closed today, some roads around U.S. Highway 51 remain blocked and hundreds are still out of their homes because of a freight train derailment and hazardous material spill just south of Amite Saturday afternoon, the Daily Star...
11 found dead in rail car
DENISON, Iowa -- Up to 11 badly decomposed bodies were discovered yesterday afternoon in a grain hopper car in Denison, Iowa, the authorities said. They appeared to be Mexican immigrants, the Mexican consul in Omaha said. A spokesman for the Union Pacific railroad,...
Union officials call for inspectors at ports
LOS ANGELES -- Labor leaders called on Friday for health and safety inspectors at backlogged West Coast ports to monitor working conditions and to squelch shippers' claims that longshoreman are staging work slowdowns, Reuters reports. Four days after President Bush...
Opinion: Tenn. rail proposal an idea that is on track
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A recent study conducted by the Tennessee Department of transportation throws a new wrinkle into how the state thinks about transportation. TDOT is proposing the state create new passenger and freight rail service between Bristol and Memphis. It's a...
Safety concerns close bridge treasured in railroad history
MOUNT JEWETT, Pa. -- In its heyday, the Kinzua Viaduct could support the 511-ton Big Boy, the biggest steam engine in the world. Now, the tallest and longest railroad bridge of the Industrial Age is off limits even to pedestrians, the Associated Press reported....
GE locomotive plant shows signs of recovery
ERIE, Pa. -- GE Transportation Systems Inc. booked $1 billion in new orders during the third quarter, a number that bodes well for the company as it heads into 2003, the Erie Times-News reported. The new orders include about $500 million in deals for new DASH-9...
Car-loading firm loses contract with UP
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Union Pacific Railroad is changing the company it uses for loading and unloading automobiles in Centreville, a move that will cost 90 workers their jobs, the Belleville News-Democrat reported. Inter-Rail Transport Inc., based in Centreville, Md.,...
