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Suicide pact seen in NJ train deaths
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Addicted to drugs and thrown out of their apartment, a young couple walked hand-in-hand onto the railroad tracks in an apparent suicide pact and embraced moments before they walked in front of an Amtrak train, a wire service reported. Damien J....
Mexico blocks proposed railroad merger
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's antitrust regulators have blocked the proposed merger of railway companies controlled by Grupo Mexico SA and Grupo Carso SA on grounds it would create a monopoly in the country's railroad system, according to a wire service. The board of the...
Intermodal remains strong on U.S. railroads
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads continued its recent surge, registering its fifth consecutive weekly gain from year-earlier levels during the week ended May 11, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on its website. Intermodal...
CSXT runaway train labeled a fluke
TOLEDO, Ohio -- In the year since a runaway freight train barreled through Ohio on a 66-mile journey past barns and back yards, investigators have come to a conclusion that it was simply a "freak thing," a wire service reported. Federal and state investigators say...
STB announces settlement in tank car disputes
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on May 15 a third settlement in a dispute between tank car owners and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)...
Charges laid against truck driver in toxic Manitoba derailment
WINNIPEG -- The driver of a truck that collided with a freight train, causing it to derail and start a toxic fire that forced 150 people from their homes, has been charged under the Manitoba Highway Traffic Act, a wire service reported. Anthine Calvin LeFait, 35, of...
Freight train derails in Fla.
INDIANTOWN, Fla. -- A wire service reports that a freight train collided with a dump truck Wednesday, derailing eight cars and injuring the truck driver. A gate that stops highway traffic at the intersection was in the down position, and the truck struck the gate...
Governors sign BNSF protest letter
CASPER, Wyo. -- The governors of five states have signed a protest letter to the president of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, objecting to what they say are unfair preferential rates given to a handful of large grain shippers, a wire service reported....
CPR to sell $1 billion in notes
OTTAWA -- Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has filed a preliminary short-form shelf prospectus with provincial regulators for the potential sale of up to $1-billion of medium-term notes, the Globe and Mail reports. The railway operator said it will recall the existing...
Keep Amtrak trains rolling down the track
(BLE Editor's Note: The following Letter to the Editor of USA Today was written by Rep. Jack Quinn (R-NY), chair of the House Subcommittee on Railroads.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During his tenure as president of Amtrak, George Warrington said that if Congress did not...
