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Norfolk undertakes largest coal landing
(The following story by George Hohmann appeared on the Charleston Daily Mail website on October 7, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern said it undertook one of its largest coal loadings of the last 20 years on Sept. 29 at its Pier 6 trans-loading facility at...
Guinness world record for an 1844 LIRR relic beneath Atlantic Avenue
(The following story by Mike McLaughlin appeared on the NY Daily News website on October 7, 2010.) NEW YORK — It’s dark, dirty and neglected, but a train tunnel beneath Atlantic Ave. is basking in glory after being dubbed the world’s oldest in the new "Guinness World...
Emergency vehicles can use CSX bridge during project
(The following story by Kim Ring appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on October 7, 2010.) Buses also OK on Route 148, residents told BROOKFIELD, Mass. — The raising of a railroad bridge on Route 148 won’t prevent emergency vehicles or school buses from...
CP Rail ‘enthusiastic’ about new Teck deal
(The following story by Scott Deveau appeared on the Financial Post website on October 7, 2010.) The 10-year deal signed between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Teck Resources late Wednesday bodes well for the country’s second largest railway, said Walter Spracklin,...
Bomb threat blamed for police stopping 2 Metra trains
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago BreakingNews Center website on October 7, 2010.) CHICAGO — A telephoned bomb threat received by Kenosha police this morning prompted two Metra trains to be stopped and searched en route to downtown...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, September 13 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
RRB: Summary of annual financial report to Congress
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on August 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system and the railroad...
Union Pacific CEO sees upswing, but still cautious
(The following story by Paul Davidson appeared on the USA Today website on October 6, 2010.) Perhaps no industry has a better feel for the nation’s economic pulse than freight railroads, which transport much of the country’s grains, metals, chemicals, cars and lumber....
Sources Say New Jersey Gov. Christie to Pull Plug on Hudson River Tunnel
(The following story by Andrea Bernstein appeared on WNYC News website on October 5, 2010.) TRENTON, N.J. — The $8.7 billion trans-Hudson river transit tunnel project is expected to be killed later this week by Gov. Chris Christie, according to several sources...
RailAmerica inks new deal with Canadian Pacific
(The following story by Divya Sharma appeared on the Reuters Canada website on October 4, 2010.) BANGALORE (Reuters) — Short-line railroad operator RailAmerica Inc RA.N said its unit RaiLink Canada signed a five-year deal with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP.TO: Quote)...
Norfolk Southern Handles One of Its Largest Vessel Coal Loadings
(The following story appeared on the PR Newswire website on October 5, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) handled one of its largest cargo loadings of the last 20 years at its Pier 6 coal transloading facility at Lamberts Point in Norfolk. On Sept. 29,...
New Albany, CSX reach agreement over major Grant Line project
(The following story by Daniel Suddeath appeared on The Evening News and Tribune website on October 6, 2010.) Construction to include new lanes, addition of sidewalks NEW ALBANY — It won’t include an overpass, but New Albany is aspiring to begin improving a portion of...
Man struck by train in Prince George’s
(The following story by Debbi Wilgoren appeared on The Washington Post website on October 6, 2010.) GEORGE’S COUNTY, Maryland — An unidentified man was struck by a freight train in Prince George’s County before dawn Wednesday, police said, and is hospitalized with...
Man killed by train
(The following story by Eva Ruth Moravec appeared on the Express-News website on October 6, 2010.) SAN ANTONIO — One man was killed early Wednesday morning when he was struck by a train on the Northeast Side, officials said. The victim, whose name has not yet been...
Iowans could see increased security on Amtrak
(The following story was circulated by the Associated Press on October 6, 2010.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Passengers boarding Amtrak trains in Iowa could see more uniformed law officers as part of a national "RailSafe" exercise. The surge in passenger train security...
CSX CEO: Rail is ready for more
(The following story by Kevin Turner appeared on The Florida Times-Union website on October 6, 2010.) Michael Ward says by train now most efficient way to move freight. JACKSONVILLE, Flor. — Above one of the doors at the CSX headquarters building is a likeness of a...
Canadian National Railway is Among the Companies in the Railroads Industry With the Best Relative Performance (CNI, CP, NSC, KSU, UNP)
(The following story by Chip Brian appeared on the SmarTrend website on October 5, 2010.) Below are the top five companies in the Railroads industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday’s trading activity as we search for...
BNSF: Girl not on tracks when killed
(The following story by John Branton appeared on The Columbian website on October 6, 2010.) Part of locomotive that extends outward thought to have hit 17-year-old VANCOUVER, WA — Mindy Doster, a 17-year-old Mountain View High School student who was struck by a...
Amtrak pledges $40 million to Union Station
(The following story was circulated by the Associated Press on October 5, 2010.) CHICAGO — Amtrak has pledged $40 million to spruce up Chicago’s Union Station. The funding was announced Monday during a news conference in the station’s Great Hall. The project will add...
12-year-old killed trying to beat train in Fresno
(The following story was circulated by The Associated Press on October 6, 2010.) FRESNO, Calif. — A 12-year-old boy has died after authorities say he tried to beat a freight train across the tracks. Daniel Madsen was struck and killed by a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe...
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