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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...
UP announces acquisition of shares in Motor Cargo
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corporation and Motor Cargo Industries, Inc. today announced that Union Pacific has accepted the Motor Cargo shares which were tendered for exchange in the exchange offer which commenced on October 31, 2001, whereby Union Pacific offered to...
Railroad retirement bill up for vote soon
ROANOKE, Va. -- The U.S. Senate is scheduled this week to vote on whether it should proceed with a railroad retirement bill that would raise benefits for thousands of older and retired rail workers and cut taxes for railroads, the Roanoke Times reports. The...
Amtrak trains searched after threat
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Four Amtrak passenger trains were stopped and searched in four states after a caller reported there was a bomb aboard one of the trains. Nothing dangerous was found, according to a wire service. The trains, all Southwest Chiefs which run between...
Prosecutors drop charge in Amtrak bomb threat
PITTSBURGH -- Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped a felony charge against a local community college student after a witness failed to show up to testify about an alleged bomb threat at the Downtown Amtrak station, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports. Pittsburgh City...
Union Pacific sees revenue growth until 2005
NEW YORK -- Union Pacific Corp., the No. 1 railway operator in the United States, on Wednesday said it expects that its 2002 earnings per share will be higher than in 2001, and that its revenues next year will grow from 1 percent to 3 percent, depending on the...
U.P. outlook upbeat
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Dick Davidson said during an analyst meeting on November 28 in Omaha that he expects future earnings to be better than they were this year, the Omaha World-Herald reports. Davidson, who said last month during...
Railroads challenge harmful West Virginia court practice
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three eastern railroads will file suit to stop West Virginia's "mass litigation" process, which unfairly benefits out-of-state plaintiffs and their attorneys at the expense of the state's citizens and businesses. CSX Transportation, Norfolk...
2 riding atop train killed as it goes under bridge
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Two men were killed Wednesday when the train they were riding atop went under a South Side bridge, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Tucson police were called to the Union Pacific rail yard, off Aviation Parkway between East 22nd Street and East 36th...
