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N.C. DOT looking to buy old railroad corridor
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The N.C. Department of Transportation is near a deal with CSX to buy an abandoned rail spur that could one day carry passenger trains back to downtown Wilmington, the Wilmington Morning Star reports. The below-grade rail corridor, between Fourth...
Bombardier reverses plan to close German plant
BERLIN -- In a move charged with political overtones, Bombardier Inc. has reversed its decision to close a rail-car plant in eastern Germany after the personal intervention of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with Bombardier's chairman, Laurent Beaudoin, the Globe and...
At Grand Canyon, no way to run a railroad
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- As this sublime hole in the ground succumbs to its second century of mass tourism, there is a weird new wrinkle in the love-it-to-death romance between the Grand Canyon and the nearly five million people who descend upon it every...
UK rail managers cover for strike staff
LONDON -- SWT hopes to run a third of trains for commuters Commuters faced delays as staff on the South West Trains network began their latest 48-hour strike on Monday, BBC News reports. About 100 managers were brought in by the company to carry out guards' duties on...
U.S. mayors support Amtrak
WASHINGTON -- According to a wire service, the U.S. Conference of Mayors pledged its support Thursday for Amtrak, the nation's financially troubled passenger railway that Congress may overhaul this year. New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, president of the mayors' group,...
CP says 240,000 gallons of ammonia spilled in Minot derailment
MINOT, N.D. -- A Canadian Pacific Railway official announced Wednesday that phase one -- the removal of the 31 derailed freight cars from the immediate derailment site west of Minot -- has been finished. John Bergene, a public affairs official with CP Rail, told a...
Proposed bill would limit railroad accident liability
HOPEWELL, Va. -- Reducing huge payouts after drivers ignore the red and white crossing arms across railroad tracks would be one of the benefits of a bill introduced by Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), the Hopewell News reports. The bill "provides that in any suit for...
Union Pacific to trim jobs
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. will trim up to 2,000 jobs through attrition this year, according to a wire service. The company announced the move Thursday, when it also said it earned $275 million, or $1.06 a share, for the fourth quarter, soundly beating...
Public transportation ridership continues to grow
WASHINGTON, DC -- New ridership statistics complied by the American Public Transportation Association indicate that levels for 2001 continue to exceed the record-breaking pace of the previous year. APTA data shows that ridership increased 2.2 percent for the first...
GE Transportation cutting 1,100 jobs
ERIE, Pa. -- GE Transportation Systems will cut about 1,100 jobs, including 900 at the locomotive maker's operations in Erie, a wire service reports. The Erie-based company said Wednesday it is cutting jobs because of a continuing decline in orders for new...
