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Analyst reduces CNR outlook as Prairie drought blights earnings hopes
MONTREAL -- According to the Canadian Press, a leading brokerage firm has rolled back its profit and share-price outlook for Canadian National Railway Co. as a result of the weak Canadian grain harvest. UBS Warburg believes the railway's pro-forma earnings per share...
EPA, Tenn. spar over acid cleanup
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The last of nearly 3,000 residents forced to evacuate because of sulfuric acid leaking from a derailed freight train were allowed to return home Tuesday morning, setting off a dispute between county officials and the federal Environmental...
Strikes set for Sept. 24 and Oct. 1 on London Underground
LONDON -- Workers on London's Underground system will strike on Sept. 24 and Oct. 1 if they have not gained a pay agreement, union leaders said Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that each strike would start at 8 p.m. and continue for 24 hours, the unions said....
State and railroad avoiding blame in deaths of 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A train plowed into a minivan at an ungated Downstate crossing this summer, killing a woman, her two children and a niece and nephew in one of the deadliest rail accidents in Illinois history, according to the Chicago Tribune. Now the railroad...
U.S. agents foil train bandits after boxcar brawl
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico -- In a scene out of the Wild West, FBI agents slugged it out with alleged train bandits aboard a boxcar, foiling a suspected robbery along the tracks running above the Mexico-U.S. border, the FBI said on Friday. According to Reuters, two FBI...
Amtrak fires its head of MBTA service
BOSTON -- The Amtrak official responsible for running the MBTA's commuter rail system has been fired because, he says, he refused an order to implement layoffs that would have created safety concerns, reports the Boston Globe. Kevin E. Lydon, who served for two years...
Workers neutralizing acid from train
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Nearly half the 3,000 residents forced to evacuate because of a sulfuric acid leak from a derailed freight train were allowed to return home Monday night, according to the Associated Press. Emergency workers were close to neutralizing the leak from...
Ruptured gas main shuts rail service
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. -- A construction crew ruptured a gas main Thursday, forcing police to shut down train service into Manhattan for four hours and close two exits on a main artery out of the Lincoln Tunnel, reports the Bergen Record. The 9 a.m. accident in front of...
One killed, one injured by high-voltage Amtrak line
ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- One man died and another was burned Friday night after the pair climbed a signal post along the Acela Express rail line in Attleboro and were electrocuted, according to MBTA Police. Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...
Freeport, Texas, chemical plant has railcar fire
FREEPORT, Texas -- A huge fire at a chemical plant near Houston started Friday when a railroad car carrying ammonia began leaking and exploded, rattling windows miles away, authorities said Friday. Reuters reports that the plant is owned by chemicals firm BASF and is...
