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B&A losing workers as sale approaches
BANGOR, Maine -- The railroad company that's buying the bankrupt Bangor and Aroostook (B&A) System will be operating with a smaller work force when the deal is completed within a few months, the Associated Press reported. A bankruptcy judge this week approved Rail...
PENNDOT highlights aviation, rail projects
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- On behalf of Gov. Mark Schweiker, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) Deputy Secretary for Aviation and Rail Freight Elizabeth S. Voras yesterday launched a tour of nine airports and six rail-freight operations to highlight the...
West Coast lockout hits rail intermodal loadings
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Due to the work stoppage at West Coast Ports, intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads during the week ended October 5 dropped by more than 50,000 units during the week ended October 5, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on October...
Tri-Rail breaks passenger barrier
MIAMI -- Tri-Rail took a big hit after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, as passenger levels at the three South Florida airports it serves also plummeted, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. But with air travel on the upswing, ridership on the 72-mile commuter rail...
Tri-Rail ponders line purchase in SE Florida
MIAMI -- As plans to create a regional transportation authority gather steam, Tri-Rail has its eye on buying the Florida East Coast Railway's tracks from Jupiter to Miami and running commuter trains through downtowns along the Gold Coast, the South Florida...
BNSF to report 3rd quarter earnings October 22
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Financial analysts and investors are invited to join Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) for its regular quarterly live Webcast at 8:45 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday, October 22. BNSF will report third-quarter earnings and other...
Judge rejects suit against railroad
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A federal judge has rejected a wrongful death suit by the widow of a deputy volunteer fire chief against a railroad, the Hampshire Gazette reported. Virginia Murphy claimed in her suit that Conrail's negligence in starting an April 1999 forest...
Train is just the ticket for emergency training
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- "One should always have something sensational to read on the train," Anglo-Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde once said. The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that the Norfolk Southern train that pulled into World's Fair Park on Thursday was...
Operation Lifesaver teaches railroad awareness, safety
MARION, Ohio -- Norfolk-Southern's Operation Lifesaver train rolled through Marion Wednesday as part of an effort to educate the community about railroad safety, the Marion Star reported. Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit, public information program dedicated to...
1 motorist cited during rail crossing crackdown
TOLEDO, Ohio -- One driver was cited when law enforcement personnel in Lucas, Fulton, and Williams counties enforced railroad grade-crossing safety laws Tuesday during the awareness program Operation Lifesaver, the Toledo Blade reported. The train went from Toledo to...
