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High-speed rail’s director leads talk on future of Amtrak line
TOLEDO, Ohio -- To attend a meeting in Toledo yesterday, Marcus Mason took a train from his Washington home to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, flew to Chicago and then Detroit, then rented a car to complete the trip, the Toledo Blade reports. That would...
Md. maglev plan causes uproar
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new high-speed rail line could cut right through Howard County's newest upscale development, and the prospect has thrown Rouse Co. executives and local officials into a bit of a frenzy. Some residents aren't feeling so comfortable either, the...
Union Pacific first-quarter profits up 23 pct
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp., North America's biggest railroad operator, said on Thursday first-quarter profits rose 23 percent on cost-cutting and cheap fuel. The Omaha, Nebraska, firm, which also owns a trucking company, said in a news release that quarterly...
KCS 1Q earnings per share nearly doubles
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. (KCSI) issued a press release reporting a $5.8 million increase in net income for the first quarter of 2002 to $11.7 million (19 cents per diluted share) compared to $5.9 million (10 cents per diluted share)...
Norfolk Southern profits higher
NORFOLK, Va. -- A wire service reports that Norfolk Southern Corp. posted higher profits in the first quarter despite a slight decline in revenue from the same period last year. The Norfolk-based railroad company said Wednesday it earned $86 million, or 22 cents a...
Heat may factor in Auto Train crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Washington Post reports that a temperature change in the rail, possibly complicated by routine maintenance done several days earlier, may have been a major factor in the derailment of Amtrak's Auto Train in Florida last week, said investigative...
AFL-CIO to release state-by-state job safety report as ergonomics issue intensifies
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In advance of Workers Memorial Day, April 28, the AFL-CIO will release a study Thursday, April 25 entitled “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect; a National and State-by-State Profile of Worker Safety and Health in the United States,” the AFL-CIO...
Iowa official questions DM&E rail merger
RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Even before Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has filed for federal approval of its planned merger with I&M Rail Link, the Iowa Department of Transportation has raised serious concerns about the deal, the Rapid City Journal reports. In a letter...
1,000 show support for DM&E bypass
PIERRE , S.D. -- One thousand petition signatures supporting a railroad bypass around Pierre and Fort Pierre are on their way to South Dakota's congressional delegation, the Capital City Journal reports. Organizer Bob Parsons said the success of the petition drive...
CPR carries mammoth crude oil reactor
EDMONTON -- A mammoth 1.2-million pound reactor braced across a specially assembled railway freight car will make its way slowly, cautiously across Canadian Pacific Railway's northern tier route through Alberta and Saskatchewan over the next four days, the railway...
