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DM&E moving to Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.C. -- The newly formed parent company of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is buying the former IBM Building in downtown Sioux Falls to serve as its corporate headquarters, the Argus Leader reports. The parent company, Cedar American Rail...
City decides not to sue over DM&E approval
MANKATO, Minn. -- The city of Mankato has decided not to sue to block the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's plan to run coal trains through or around the city, a wire service reported. The City Council voted 4 to 1 on May 13 not to pursue a full-blown lawsuit...
STB issues decision on use of arbitration to resolve disputes in railroad matters
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan on May 22 announced various steps the Board has taken to address the appropriate role of arbitration in resolving disputes involving railroad matters. These steps include preparing an...
Lots of seats, but sorry, this car’s taken
NEW YORK -- It sounds like the dream of an Amtrak rider the night after a really bad trip home, according to the New York Times. The rider paces the platform at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, looking into cars, finding every seat full, the aisles packed with angry...
Man sleeping on tracks suffers only minor injuries when hit by train
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A man struck by a freight train after he fell asleep on the tracks was able to escape serious injury when a metal grate moved his body out of danger, a wire service reported. Alfonso Asitimbay, 31, of Hackensack, was struck around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday...
Railway postpones hearing to cut its link
SYDNEY, N.S. -- A public hearing into a plan by the Cabe Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway to cut freight service in Cape Breton has been postponed while negotiations continue with a customer, believed to be Nova Scotia Power, the National Post reports. Other...
Remote control train derails, lands on bridge
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- A remote control train derailed here on May 19, landing on the eastbound lane of the 135th Street bridge, the (Joliet, Ill.) Herald News reports. Romeoville police said the train carrying freight into the Midwest Generation Plant went over the end...
Settlement reached in rail suit
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- After 16 years, a lawsuit over chemical exposure at the Paoli Rail Yard has reached the end of the line in Chester County Court, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Chester County Judge Robert J. Shenkin approved a settlement of $975,000 on Friday...
Rail tax relief dies in budget, CSX ready to sue
ALBANY, N.Y. -- CSX Corp. plans to pursue a federal lawsuit challenging the way its railroad property is assessed in New York state after the Legislature derailed a plan for tax relief in the state budget, reports the Albany Times-Union. The railroad company will also...
Railway postpones hearing to cut its link
SYDNEY, N.S. -- A public hearing into a plan by the Cabe Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway to cut freight service in Cape Breton has been postponed while negotiations continue with a customer, believed to be Nova Scotia Power, the National Post reports. Other...
