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Jackson’s Amtrak Station is still going strong after 137 years
(The following story by Leanne Smith appeared at Mlive.com on May 7, 2010.) JACKSON, Mich. — Anyone who has studied Jackson history knows the fledgling city would never have prospered or thrived without its railroads. A landmark of those early boom days stands today...
Hotel for CSX workers opens in Comfort, W.Va.
(The following story by Eric Eyre appeared on the Charleston Gazette website on May 8, 2010.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new 25-room hotel that caters to railroad workers has opened in Boone County. The Oak Tree Inn will primarily serve CSX Corp. train crews that work in...
Woodside locals irked as Amtrak takes the ax to more than 100 trees
(The following story by Darren Tobia appeared on the New York Daily News website on May 9, 2010.) WOODSIDE, N.Y. — The federal stimulus may be pumping greenbacks into the economy but it's also making a part of Woodside distinctly less green. Locals are steamed over...
Buffett’s firm releases details of $3.6B 1Q profit
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on May 8, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday it benefited from an improving economy and investment gains related to its acquisition of BNSF railroad in the first quarter as it...
MoDOT, Amtrak giving away baseball tickets
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 10, 2010.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation and Amtrak are giving away free train travel and tickets to Royals and Cardinals baseball games this summer. The prizes will be awarded by...
Quake damage limited to train delays, authorities say
(The following appeared on the North County Times website on May 8, 2010.) ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A 4.8 earthquake Saturday morning in Imperial County shook up Amtrak coastal train schedules in San Diego County, but no injuries or damages were reported. According to the...
Nearly-completed intermodal project in Joliet is touting itself as a ‘recession buster’
(The following story by Bob Okon appeared on the Herald-News website on May 9, 2010.) JOLIET, Ill. — The industrial city within a city is taking shape on the south end of Joliet. CenterPoint Intermodal Center-Joliet -- a 4,000-acre, $2 billion project that is changing...
STB reaffirms Las Vegas-California high-speed rail line falls under its jurisdiction
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on May 7, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Surface Transportation Board today reaffirmed its jurisdiction over DesertXpress, a planned high-speed rail line linking Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif. Supporters...
BNSF upgrading Wyoming tracks
(The following story by Tom Mast appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on May 8, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — BNSF Railway Co. plans to spend $84 million on track improvements in Wyoming this year. Major projects will include rail, tie and surfacing work, BNSF...
UP work train replaces rails, ties in single pass
(The following story by Tom Mast appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on May 8, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — A Union Pacific train that replaces rails and ties in one pass has been deployed on a 26-mile stretch of track between Manville and Lusk. “They’re able to do...
FreightCar orders oump despite 1Q loss
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on May 6, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — FreightCar America saw first-quarter orders for future railcars surge to 3,656 units from just 339 a year earlier and 185 in the final 2009 period,...
UP boosts coal train loadings again in April
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 7, 2010.) Last month, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 916 coal trains in the southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) compared with 835 trains in April 2009. The railroad registered 117 missed SPRB loading...
Top FRA official tapped to resolve CSX-NY rail dispute
(The following story by Jerry Zremski appeared on the Buffalo News website on May 10, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ninety miles an hour isn’t exactly high speed when it comes to rail service — but that’s just how fast New York state agreed to run its high-speed rail line...
FRA issues proposed rulemaking on vehicle/track interaction safety
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on May 7, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has announced proposed rules to amend the Track Safety Standards and Passenger Equipment Safety Standards for high-speed and high cant...
Crashes traumatize train engineers: union
(CBC News circulated the following on May 7, 2010.) OTTAWA — Train engineers sometimes never return to work after crashes with vehicles like the one that killed an Edmonton man and his two daughters, a CN engineer and union president says. On Tuesday, John Baxter and...
Keolis, Amtrak disputing transfer of workers for train operations
(The following story by Kytja Weir appeared on the Washington Examiner website on May 10, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A company slated to take over the operations of Virginia Railway Express has only hired one conductor or engineer away from Amtrak, according to the...
Investors want more disclosure of Norfolk Southern’s political spending
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 10, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — For the second year in a row, a group of New York City pension funds has asked shareholders of Norfolk Southern Corp. to push the railroad's board of...
A nation looked to Utah’s Golden Spike 141 years ago
(The following story by Brett Prettyman appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on May 9, 2010.) GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE — Richard Carroll has probably driven enough historic rail spikes to have completed the 1,776 miles of transcontinental railroad on...
Metra executive left legacy — and questions
(The following story by Dan Simmons, Stacy St. Clair and Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 8, 2010. Doug Davidson is a member of Division 96 in Chicago and is the Assistant Director of Arbitration for the BLET National Division.) CHICAGO —...
Floods disrupt Memphis rail service from Chicago, East Coast
(The following story by Wayne Risher appeared on the Memphis Commercial-Appeal website on May 8, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — High water and flood damage slowed rail service into Memphis from Chicago and the East Coast this week. Flooding west of Nashville heavily damaged...
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