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City rebuffs CN’s housing proposal
WINNIPEG -- Canadian National Railway will have to head back to the drawing board, CBC News reported. The rail company wants to build 120 homes on a strip of land running through Winnipeg's River Heights neighbourhood, but a city committee decided not to re-zone the...
Trespasser delays trains at Union Station
WASHINGTON -- According to WJLA, railroad officials say trains were delayed leaving Union Station Wednesday afternoon because of what Amtrak calls "a trespasser". D.C. Fire Department and EMS spokesman Alan Etter says a woman was on top of a train car. Virginia...
Sabotage suspected in Indian train wreck
PATNA, India -- An express train on its way from Calcutta to New Delhi jumped the tracks, sending one of the cars plunging 300 feet into a river and leaving two others dangling from a bridge, officials said today. At least 80 people died and nearly 180 were injured,...
Judges hear sides in fight over Seattle-area light rail route
SEATTLE -- Can foes of Sound Transit persuasively claim in court that a plan for a light-rail line through Rainier Valley discriminates against residents and minority-owned businesses in the area? A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals listened...
Disney seeks to railroad competition
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. -- Should a proposed bullet train network spanning Florida become a reality, Disney wants a direct route from its property to Orlando International Airport, bypassing competing attractions, the Associated Press reported. But government leaders...
Amtrak to offer internet access
PHILADELPHIA -- In a test planned for next month, riders in a cafe car on an Amtrak line with stops in Harrisburg, Philadelphia and New York will be able to watch movies and television shows, check e-mail or shop online using interactive touch screens, the Associated...
Passenger rail idea ignites area interest
FAIRFIELD, Maine -- Clyde Dyar, Fairfield's economic development director, raves about the comfort and convenience of Amtrak's Downeaster, the passenger rail line that runs from Portland to Boston, the Kennebec Journal reported. His hope is that one day that passenger...
CPR hiring outsider to run big part of pension fund
CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway Co. is hiring an outside company to manage a big chunk of the freight carrier's $5.3-billion corporate pension fund, the Globe and Mail reported. The Calgary-based railway announced the move on September 10, saying it will shift...
Small Canadian railway denied access to CN tracks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A maverick Prairie railway lost its bid on Tuesday to have its trains run on tracks owned by Canada's largest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co., to haul grain to the Pacific coast, according to a Reuters report. The Canadian...
CN says CTA makes right decision in denying Ferroequus’s running rights application
MONTREAL -- Canadian National welcomed the decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) to deny the running rights application of Ferroequus Railway Company Ltd. CN said the decision upholds the Canada Transportation Act and previous CTA rulings. CN had...
