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UP’s Davidson, Young sign SEC certifications
OMAHA -- Union Pacific's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dick Davidson and Chief Financial Officer Jim Young today filed signed sworn statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) certifying the SEC filings made by the Company in 2002. "Union...
NS will try remote control in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS -- Imagine moving a huge locomotive through a rail yard via remote control, without an engineer in the cab, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. It's a prospect that railroads say will save them money, that unions fear will be unsafe and cost them jobs...
Opinion: Either Amtrak or nothing
WASHINGTON, D.C. --Taking a train from here to New York is easy, convenient and relatively cheap, according to an editorial in the Providence Journal. You catch the Metro to Union Station, take the escalator upstairs to buy a ticket, wait at the gate, and settle into...
UP’s $260 million headquarters takes shape
OMAHA -- A bed of steel beams grows from a block-wide field of dirt in downtown Omaha. Cranes join tall buildings in dotting the skyline, the Omaha World-Herald reports. If it weren't for a telltale horse and buggy in the foreground or a trolley in the background of...
CPR begins massive bridge work projects
MINNEAPOLIS -- Work is to begin this month on a two-year project to replace Canadian Pacific Railway's nearly century-old swing bridge over the Black River at La Crosse, Wis., with a lift bridge. Edward Kraemer & Sons of Plain, Wis., will build six bridge piers and...
Storms cause flooding of London rail network
LONDON -- Heavy rainfall caused extensive flooding throughout London's rail network Thursday, closing several stations and cutting services before the morning rush hour, according to a wire service. The capital experienced the worst of storms that swept through...
CPR subsidiary Tronicus opens Mexican office
CALGARY, AB, and MEXICO CITY -- Supply Chain Management provider Tronicus Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE & TSE: CP) is pleased to announce the creation of its Mexican subsidiary Tronicus (Mexico) S.A. de C.V. and welcome Mexican...
Proposed Amtrak station gets funding
WASHINGTON -- The Buffalo News reports that the Senate Appropriations Committee has included $1.5 million for an intermodal Amtrak station near the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge in Niagara Falls, lawmakers said Tuesday. Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton,...
Bill includes money for railroad traffic issues
BILLINGS, Mont. -- South Side resident Marion Dozier has waited many times over the years for trains to cross 27th Street downtown, the Billings Gazette reports. Dozier is relieved that a new federal transportation bill includes $100,000 for a study of alleviating...
VIA spruces up service to Toronto with luxury sleeping cars
OTTAWA -- Overnight train service between Ottawa and Toronto is about to make a comeback, with VIA Rail offering luxurious sleeping cars to match those of the heyday of train travel, the Ottawa Citizen reports. Each standard sleeping cabin will have two beds, wash...
