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Norfolk Southern sees no sign of double-dip recession
(Reuters circulated the following on June 8, 2011.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp's chief executive said the U.S. economy shows no signs of a double-dip recession despite slowing in the second quarter. The company's carload volume is up 3 percent in the second...
High-speed rail would impact America’s freight trains
(The following appeared on the Miller-McCune website on June 15, 2011.) The recent controversy over high-speed rail in America has obscured one fact about trains that defines — and pretty well explains — the main trend in rail traffic in the U.S. and Europe over the...
CSX pushes Ohio hub to California shippers
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation believes its new Northwest Ohio hub will give it a new edge over over-the-road trucking by lowering the cost of transportation for shippers moving goods...
Amtrak restores service over flooding Missouri River in Nebraska, Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 14, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Amtrak is restoring its California Zephyr passenger train between San Francisco and Chicago, which was disrupted by the flooding Missouri River in the Omaha area. Amtrak says Tuesday that...
Railroads try to keep goods rolling in spite of floods
(The following appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 15, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Railroad tracks around the Midlands are looking a bit different thesedays. Some are surrounded by sandbags and levees. Other stretches are elevated a few feet off the ground. A...
Rahall: Amtrak privatization a ‘death knell’
(The following appeared on the Beckley Register-Herald website on June 15, 2011.) BECKLEY, W.Va. — A congressional Republican plan to privatize Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor would be the “death knell” for service to southern West Virginia, Congressman Nick Rahall,...
Lautenberg, Holt voice opposition to cutting federal rail security funding
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 14, 2011.) Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) joined mass transit workers at a transit center in Trenton, N.J., to oppose proposed drastic cuts to...
Senate hearing focuses on cutting rail security budget
(The following appeared on the All Headline News website on June 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday took on the dispute of whether to increase railroad security spending after new threats of terrorist attacks or cut it back to reduce the...
FBI investigates track tampering in Iowa
(The following appeared on the ABC News website on June 14, 2011.) NEW YORK — A fiery train disaster was narrowly averted early Sunday near a small town in Iowa. Someone was very determined to derail a train carrying highly flammable ethanol, according to the CEO of...
RRB to begin withholding Medicare Parts C and D premiums
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on May 27, 2011.) CHICAGO — Beginning with the premiums due for June 2011, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will be able to withhold premiums for Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage Plans) and Medicare...
Union Pacific to display two locomotives near ballpark during College World Series
(The Union Pacific issued the following press release on June 13, 2011.) OMAHA, Neb. — Baseball fans and railroad enthusiasts can savor the best of both worlds when Union Pacific Railroad brings America's pastime together with an American icon during college...
Geary named Amtrak’s chief of operations
(The following appeared on the Railway Age website on June 13, 2011.) Jeffrey E. Geary, a railroad industry veteran, has been named Amtrak’s vice president of operations. Full story: www.railwayage.com
For CSX official, a clean railroad is a safe railroad
(The following appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on June 14, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With a railway network spanning about 21,000 miles, it seems like a monumental job to keep track of all the debris that may be left along the tracks. But Richard...
CP selects site for new Regina intermodal terminal
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 13, 2011.) On Friday, Canadian Pacific, provincial and local officials announced the site for a new intermodal facility in Regina, Saskatchewan. The terminal will be located at a 300-acre site in...
New Mexico wildfires disrupt Amtrak service in western Kansas
(The following appeared on the Kansas City Star website on June 13, 2011.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If it’s not flooding, it’s fire. Amtrak service on the Southwest Chief, which stops at Kansas City’s Union Station, has been temporarily suspended between Newton, Kan., and...
Amtrak service still down in N.D., Minnesota
(The following appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on June 13, 2011.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Amtrak's passenger trains still aren't running west of St. Paul because of water-related track closures between Devils Lake and Rugby, N.D., and between Sandpoint, Idaho,...
Amtrak touts international peer review of high-speed rail plans
(The following appeared on The Hill website on June 13, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The national passenger rail service, better known as Amtrak, said Monday that rail companies in Europe and Japan said its plans to build high-speed railways in the Northeast were sound....
CP Rail stresses long-term view after weather woes
(Reuters circulated the following on June 13, 2011.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian Pacific Railway will have to work to earn back customer confidence lost because of recent weather woes, but it expects any drop in market share is temporary. Flooding and other weather...
Police say Tennessee man shot at NS train with AK-47
(The following appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on June 14, 2011.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say Claiborne County resident Mark Anthony Bruce was irate when he learned a train struck and killed his deaf friend. So he allegedly got drunk, grabbed an...
Amtrak continues Illinois high-speed rail corridor work
(Amtrak issued the following press release on June 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Upgrading of approximately 96 miles of railroad track, including installation of 110,000 railroad ties for future high-speed Amtrak trains, will resume June 16. This work will lead to the...
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