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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...
Neighbors help forge rules for Caltrain yard in S.J.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose's historic tree-lined Lenzen Avenue area is preparing for a new and unwanted neighbor: a 24-acre maintenance yard that will handle almost two-thirds of the Bay Area's commuter trains, the San Jose Mercury News reports. But residents...
Bank of America weighs bid for Railtrack
LONDON -- Bank of America Corp. is considering a bid for the failed British rail network operator Railtrack Plc, the Observer newspaper said, quoting unnamed senior sources at the bank, a wire service reports. The North Carolina-based bank is interested in buying all...
ARC continues Amtrak bashing
WASHINGTON -- Figures released by the Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) contradict Amtrak's projections that train ridership blossomed in the days and weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a wire service reports. Nationwide ridership was actually lower each day in the...
BNSF should pay taxes, tribes reply to court
POPLAR, Mont. -- The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Nation has filed a reply brief in its appeal of a district court decision denying the tribe authority to tax Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The brief was filed in the federal Court of Appeals for the...
Union Pacific completes acquisition of Motor Cargo
NEW YORK -- According to a wire service, Union Pacific Corp., the No. 1 railway operator in the United States, said on Friday that it has acquired a majority stake in transport company Motor Cargo Industries Inc. Union Pacific paid roughly $80 million for a 98.3...
CPR Holiday Train to launch cross-country goodwill voyage
CALGARY, AB -- Canadian Pacific Railway's Canadian Holiday Train begins its spectacular 5,000-km, 15-day journey in Montreal on Friday December 7, taking the battle against hunger to dozens of communities across the country. The 1,200-ft. freight train, decorated in...
Post-attack Amtrak ridership did not rise as reported
MILWAUKEE -- The planes were grounded and the nation had just watched airliners crashing into skyscrapers - but Amtrak ridership still didn't grow as the railroad claimed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, new figures show, according to the Milwaukee...
DM&E project causes worry
PIERRE , S.D. -- The federal Surface Transportation Board released its final environmental impact statement on November 19 regarding DM&E's proposed expansion and upgrade project that would allow the railroad to add coal to its list of shipped products, the Capital...
