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Via unveils Renaissance rail cars
TORONTO -- Train buffs can kick the tires of Via Rail's new Renaissance cars tomorrow afternoon at Toronto's Union Station, the Globe and Mail reported. Via is inviting the public to try out the seats, wander through a dining car and check out the sleeper-car bedrooms...
DM&E track undergoes repair
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Repairs were completed this week on a half-mile stretch of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad track in Rochester, the Post-Bulletin reported. The repaired area was damaged on April 19, when seven cars belonging to a DM&E train went off the tracks...
Kansas City Southern’s 3rd quarter to be below expectations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern expects third- quarter earnings to be lower than current consensus estimates, citing higher operating costs caused by congestion directly related to the implementation of a new computer operating system as well as temporary...
Union Pacific finalizes land and track sale
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. closed the sale of 175 miles of track, land, operating rights and facilities to Utah Transit Authority for $185 million, according to Dow Jones Newswire. In a press release Friday, the company projected the sale will add $88 million...
Train to trouble
OTTAWA -- David Gunn has made a career of making trains run on time and on budget, the National Post reported. The tough-talking railway man is credited with having fixed ailing municipal subway and commuter rail systems in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York...
Panel targets remote-control trains
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Even though it won't be legally binding, Mayor Pro Tempore Lorri Burgess got a Metro Council committee Wednesday to endorse a resolution banning remote-controlled locomotives from Baton Rouge railroads, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported. The full...
Trains run with no engineers aboard
CLEVELAND -- Don Glass dons his Lionel train cap, flips a toggle to sound a bell, and twists a lever to set a nearby locomotive in motion. No, this isn't some toy train setup in a basement. It's the real thing - a 125-ton, unmanned locomotive. Glass is running it with...
Bombardier anticipated Amtrak troubles
OTTAWA -- Bombardier Inc. anticipated problems with high-speed passenger trains it built for Amtrak months before the equipment went into service, documents tucked away in a Washington, D.C. courthouse indicate, the National Post reports. They cast fresh light on the...
Railtrack property assets boosts cash return
LONDON -- Troubled railway operator Railtrack Group said Friday it will return a higher-than-expected sum of cash to shareholders, following the successful sale of its non-railway assets, reports a wire service. The company - which was put into receivership last...
At rail station, it’s down to details
RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- The last coffee counter candidates are sitting down for job interviews. Windows are being washed and magazine racks installed. All are part of a wave of finishing touches under way this week at the new Rensselaer rail station in preparation for...
