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California Rep. proposes bill to raise cap on Metrolink accident victim compensation
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 16, 2011.) Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.) has proposed legislation that would increase compensation to victims of the 2008 Metrolink accident in Chatsworth, Calif. Gallegly, whose district is home...
Opinion: Could Florida’s governor be warming to SunRail?
(The following column appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 17, 2011.) ORLANDO, Fla. — When SunRail's chief antagonist blows smoke at the commuter train for Central Florida, we have to clear the air of its inaccuracies. But on Friday, Dockery said something...
KCS seeks to align with short line railroads
(Kansas City Southern issued the following press release on May 13, 2011.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Last week, KCS assistant vice president sales and marketing Darin Selby, Midwest Division general manager Chad Devenney and Southeast Division David Carroll attended the...
MBTA looks to alter rail pact with MBCR
(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 17, 2011.) BOSTON — Massachusetts transportation officials said yesterday that they were scrutinizing possible changes to the MBTA’s contract with the company that runs the commuter rail system — or perhaps a...
President Obama pushes transportation agenda
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama gave a strong push to a transportation infrastructure 2009 stimulus program to repair roads, re-engineer the rail system and “maintain a world-class...
GE Transportation’s arrival signals welcome economic news for Fort Worth
(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 16, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — The announcement last week about a major production company coming to Fort Worth was big -- big as a locomotive. GE Transportation's decision to locate a $96 million...
Supreme Court rejects BNSF appeal in rate case
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected BNSF Railway’s attempt to overturn a 2009 regulatory case decision that the railroad charged unreasonable rates on some coal shipments. The...
Union Pacific seeking buyouts of Iowa businesses to expand rail bridge
(The following appeared on the Clinton Herald website on May 13, 2011.) CLINTON, Iowa — Union Pacific is attempting to purchase area businesses so it can expand its railway bridge. “We’ve had several businesses approach us directly that have been approached directly...
Norfolk Southern locomotives go DC-AC
(The following appeared on the Hampton Roads Inside Business Journal on May 13, 2011.) ROANOKE, Va. — To keep pace with surging freight shipments, Norfolk Southern has ordered 1,500 specially designed coal cars and 242 AC locomotives. AC locomotives? "Locomotives are...
Metra ‘quiet cars’ get ringing endorsement from passengers
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Metra says that about 84 percent of respondents to a survey on quiet cars endorsed them. So beginning June 6, trains on all 11 Metra lines will have quiet cars during rush-hour, making...
Without aid, Wisconsin’s Hiawatha Amtrak service is in a pinch
(The following appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on May 15, 2011.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — After being turned down for federal high-speed rail funds, state officials are now pondering how to pay for millions of dollars of work needed to keep the existing Amtrak...
Editorial: No-ride list for Amtrak a bad idea
(The following editorial appeared on the Free Lance-Star website on May 15, 2011.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Amtrak last month hit a new high in ridership: 2.7 million passen- gers, up nearly 10 percent from April 2010. On the busy Washington-Boston Northeast Regional...
Soaring fuel costs vex Metra officials
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 13, 2011.) CHICAGO — Fearing Metra will face a $19 million diesel fuel cost overrun by the end of the year if oil prices remain at record high levels, officials of the commuter rail agency acknowledged...
Opinion: Passenger rail a good alternative to $4 gasoline
(The following column appeared on the Des Moines Register website on May 15, 2011.) DES MOINES, Iowa — The return of high gasoline prices is a reminder that Iowa needs to move forward with an "all of the above" transportation strategy that provides many options to get...
Rail helps pick up the slack as barge unloadings slide at New Orleans
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 13, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The number of grain barges unloading at New Orleans in recent weeks has dropped 14 percent from average levels for this time of year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Floods raising shipper costs, analyst says
(The following appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on May 13, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bulk shipper costs are escalating for the second quarter, an industry analyst said, because of heavy flooding on major U.S. rivers. Barge traffic has been disrupted,...
BNSF says Bellingham is only practical route to Cherry Point cargo terminal
(The following appeared on the Bellingham Herald website on May 13, 2011.) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Trains headed for SSA Marine's proposed new shipping terminal at Cherry Point would get there via Bellingham, not the South Fork Valley, a BNSF Railway Co. spokeswoman said...
Genesee & Wyoming logged more carloads in April
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 12, 2011.) Last month, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s (GWI) subsidiary railroads handled 82,190 carloads, up 12.3 percent compared with April 2010 volume. Excluding 5,925 carloads from Australia’s...
Canadian Pacific Railway announces dividend increase
(Canadian Pacific issued the following on May 11, 2011.) CALGARY, Alberta — The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today declared an increase in CP's next quarterly dividend to thirty cents ($0.30) Canadian per share on the outstanding Common...
GE plans Texas locomotive plant near Buffett’s BNSF
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on May 12, 2011.) NEW YORK — General Electric Co. (GE) plans to open a locomotive plant employing more than 500 people in Fort Worth, Texas, the hometown of Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe, as demand rises for...
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