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City’s new whistle ban makes locomotive engineers uneasy
MADISON, Wisc. -- Locomotive Engineer Stefan Romanski's and conductor Joe Dufeck's train rumbled across Stoughton Road Thursday, 1,500 massive tons of steel in 17 open gondola cars, when a car darted in front of the crossing's flashing lights, the Wisconsin State...
Grupo TMM comments on KCS legal actions
MEXICO CITY -- Grupo TMM, the largest Latin American multi-modal transportation and logistics company and owner of the controlling interest in Mexico's busiest railway, Grupo TFM, stated that it is aware that Kansas City Southern Industries, through its Mexican...
CPR offers Alberta rail line for sale
CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) announced it is offering for sale a low-density railway branchline in southern Alberta, in accordance with discontinuance procedures of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA), reports a company press release. CPR is offering for...
CPR to close Lethbridge Frog Shop
CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway announced on January 16 that it will close its Lethbridge Frog Shop in May, the company announced in a press release. In conjunction with the shop closure, eight positions will be eliminated. An additional 12 positions currently...
Via won’t expand train doors despite complaints from disabled
OTTAWA -- Via Rail says it won't widen doorways to allow for bigger wheelchairs on its new fast trains, despite complaints from the disabled. A written response by the Crown corporation to the Council of Canadians with Disabilities on Tuesday also says it won't widen...
Funding for new railroad bridge approved
BURLINGTON, Iowa -- After years of waiting, railroad officials say they've started looking for bids on an estimated $30 million Mississippi River bridge rehabilitation project, the Hawk Eye reports. Federal authorities consider Burlington's 134-year-old railroad...
UP selects company for fuel risk management
NEW YORK -- Kiodex, Inc., a provider of Web-based risk management solutions, today announced that Union Pacific Railroad, the largest railroad in the United States and a subsidiary of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP - news), has become a customer of the Kiodex...
Royal train may be axed next year
LONDON -- The Royal Train may be sidetracked for good next year as part of a drive to reduce the cost of royal travel to taxpayers, a wire service reports. The accountant for Queen Elizabeth II said Wednesday that reduced use of the luxury nine-carriage Royal Train...
KCS orders 50 Beltpack units
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- CANAC Inc, North America's leading supplier of solutions to the rail industry, announced on January 15 that Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) will take delivery of 50 Beltpack(R) locomotive remote control (LRC) systems during the coming year,...
BNSF to report fourth-quarter earnings Jan. 22
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation will report fourth-quarter earnings and other performance results at its regular quarterly meeting with financial analysts at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time January 22, 2002, in New York City. Presentation material...
