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Communities along CSX line look for ways to restore service
(The following story by Ben Zion Hershberg appeared on the Courier Journal website on June 15, 2010.) A decision last month by CSX Transportation to stop operating trains from Bedford to New Albany has drawn mixed reviews, with some residents who live near the line...
CN looks to speed flow of goods
Port authority, operator strike deal with railway to boost competitiveness (The following story by Scott Simpson appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on June 15, 2010.) Canadian National Railway is earning kudos from Port Metro Vancouver for aggressive new efforts to...
$5 million stimulus to fund port project
(The following story by Larry Rulison appeared on the Time Union website on June 15, 2010.) ALBANY -- Local elected officials were at a bustling Port of Albany Monday morning to announce that they had secured $5 million in federal stimulus funding to pay for the next...
Train fire ties up R5 rail traffic
(The following story by Dan Sokil appeared on The Reporter website on June 15, 2010.) NORTH WALES - Commuters coming into North Wales, Lansdale and all points northwards were delayed Monday afternoon, by an apparent electrical fire on a SEPTA car as it pulled into the...
One of Roanoke’s “Lost Engines” finds a new home
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 13, 2010.) NORFOLK, VA. — The locomotive gleamed like it did when it first saw life a hundred years ago, already turning heads in its new home near the nTelos Pavilion. The Norfolk & Western 1134 might never steam...
UP trains sideswipe each other in western Nebraska
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 12, 2010.) ROSCOE, Neb. — Two trains headed in opposite directions apparently sideswiped each other near Roscoe in western Nebraska. Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Mark Davis says the contact damaged several...
UP’s North Platte Service unit goes 200 days without collision
(The following story by Diane Wetzel appeared on The North Platte Telegraph website on June 12, 2010.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad's North Platte Service unit has gone more than 200 days without a railroad crossing collision. "We want to thank the...
TSA nominee faces GOP opposition on labor issues
(The following story by R.G. Edmonson appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 11, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — No one on the Senate Commerce Committee challenged John S. Pistole’s qualifications to become the next head of the Transportation Security...
South Carolina homes again evacuated during Norfolk Southern cleanup
(The following story by John C. Stevenson appeared on The Greenville News website on June 11, 2010.) LIBERTY – After 436 residents were allowed to return to their homes following an initial evacuation near a 24-car train derailment and chemical spill Thursday, an...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, June 11 — 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 issuing statements of service
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on May 29, 2010.) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a “Certificate of Service Months and Compensation” (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee who received creditable...
Norfolk Southern to resume transfer of chemicals from derailed train cars
(The following story by Angela Davis appeared on the Greenville Online website on June 14, 2010.) LIBERTY — Norfolk Southern expects to resume efforts Tuesday to remove hazardous chemicals from cars damaged during the train derailment in Liberty. Attempts Sunday to...
NJ Transit and County officials working to restore shuttle service at Liberty State Park
(The following story by Melissa Hayes of Jersey City News appeared on June 14, 2010.) NJ Transit is working with Hudson County officials to restore weekend shuttle service at Liberty State Park. The service was cut last month as part of statewide service reductions....
N.Y. high-speed rail gets a boost
(The following story by Steve Orr appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on June 14, 2010.) New York state and the CSX railroad have set aside differences so that planning can go forward for a high-speed rail line across upstate New York. The parties have...
Museums celebrate railroad heritage
(The following story by Andrew Schotz appeared on The Herald-Mail website on June 13, 2010.) HAGERSTOWN — “Hub City” history lives at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, where train layouts replicate the vibrancy of decades past. The public was invited to watch and...
BNSF thanks employees with old-fashioned train trip across the Mississippi
(The following story by Wayne Risher appeared on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on June 12, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. —Some companies have a picnic at the ballpark or the zoo to show employees some love for a job well done. The BNSF Railway brings in a 1950s...
‘Inland port’ a vision for jobs, growth in Arizona
(The following story by Sean Holstege appeared on The Arizona Republic website on June 13, 2010.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Two maps appear on a screen inside the offices of the Maricopa Association of Governments. To Executive Director Dennis Smith, they show the Valley's...
VRE crafts contingency plan
(The following appeared on the Washington Post website on June 10, 2010.) Washington, D.C. — Virginia Railway Express has crafted a contingency plan that asks Amtrak to continue service for two additional weeks if the new operator for the commuter-rail service is not...
Voters approve bonds to preserve Montreal, Maine & Atlantic line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 10, 2010.) On Tuesday, Maine voters approved a bond referendum that will provide $47.8 million for railroad, marine and highway facilities. The referendum includes funds to help preserve 240 miles...
STB to hold public hearing on case involving coal dust issue
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on June 10, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, July 29 on a case that centers on whether a railroad may deny service to coal shippers who do not...
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