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Feds want more data on n-waste rail spur
SALT LAKE CITY -- According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance often find themselves at odds over wildlands, but their shared opposition to storing nuclear-plant waste in Utah has put them on the same side of the...
UP among best
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Railroad ranked 18th out of 75 Fortune 200 companies in Money magazine's best company benefits survey, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The companies were ranked on several factors, including the generosity of nonunion benefit plans for mid- to...
City, CSX reach tentative deal on crossing closure
JACKSONVILLE -- An improperly closed railroad crossing that irked northwest Jacksonville neighbors for 3 1/2 years will remain barricaded -- for now -- under a deal by CSX Transportation and City Hall, the Florida Times-Union reports. "What's that going to do for us?"...
CPR signs 10-year, $400 million contract
TORONTO -- The Canadian Pacific Railway and Consolidated Fastfrate today announced the signing of a 10-year, $400-million contract that will formally link the two transportation giants in a partnership designed to set a new industry standard for the movement of...
Congress approves transport, Mexico truck bill
WASHINGTON -- Congress approved legislation on Tuesday to allow Mexican trucks wider access to U.S. roads and fund major transportation programs, including $1.25 billion for tighter aviation security measures in response to the Sept. 11 hijack attacks, a wire service...
Festive Canadian Pacific Railway train lights up New York
NEW YORK -- Canadian Pacific Railway's Holiday Train, a 1,200-ft freight train decorated with thousands of Christmas lights, will begin its spectacular cross-continent journey in New York City tomorrow with a special ceremony to honor the fallen heroes of September...
Panama train cash kills engineer
PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Two trains collided on a scenic route along the Panama Canal, killing the engineer of one train and slightly injuring 10 American tourists, a wire service reported. The passengers injured in Sunday's accident, who took the train as part of a...
Railway retirement bill advances in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON -- A bill to let some railway pension funds be invested on Wall Street advanced in the U.S. Senate on Monday after a Republican attempt to attach unrelated amendments on energy and human cloning failed, reports a wire service. But a handful of determined...
Energy, cloning fights sidetracked
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans yesterday abruptly dropped a bid to force immediate action on President Bush's energy proposals and anti-cloning legislation, choosing to postpone a showdown rather than invite defeat in the opening skirmish, the Washington Post...
Joliet backs study of Metra extension
CHICAGO -- Joliet has agreed to support a feasibility study intended to entice Metra to extend commuter train service westward into LaSalle County, according to the Chicago Tribune. CSX Railway has 59 miles of track between Joliet and LaSalle-Peru in LaSalle County....
