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Spurred by railway hub plans, McCalla residents seeking to create a city
(The following story by Anita Debro appeared on The Birmingham News website on May 2, 2010.) McCALLA, Ala. — A group of McCalla residents is seeking to incorporate a portion of the western Jefferson County community into a city of nearly 5,000 people. Organizers with...
New York & Atlantic to upgrade locomotive fleet
(The New York & Atlantic issued the following on April 30, 2010.) GLENDALE, N.Y. — The New York & Atlantic Railway said today that a federal grant for new equipment will help the Long Island freight carrier lower its locomotive emissions by more than one third. The...
One month later, CSX cleanup continues in Baltimore
(The following story by Arthur Hirsch appeared on The Baltimore Sun website on April 30, 2010.) BALTIMORE, Md. — A month after eight freight cars slipped off the tracks in Patapsco Valley State Park, the rail company says it is about to clean up the last of the...
CSXT, Delaware & Hudson seek STB approval for joint-use corridor
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 30, 2010.) CSX Transportation and Canadian Pacific subsidiary Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. (D&H) recently filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval of a...
Metra’s longtime boss ousted while misconduct probe is launched
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 30, 2010.) CHICAGO — Metra's board of directors put the agency's longtime chief executive on administrative leave with full pay on Friday and named a special counsel to...
Officials do Amtrak test run from Miami to Jacksonville
(The following story by Larry Hannan appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on May 1, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A passenger train traveled Saturday from Miami to Jacksonville for the first time since 1968 on the Florida East Coast railroad tracks. But obstacles...
Pumping up rail freight capacity a heavy load
(The following story by Michael Pound appeared on the Beaver County Times website on May 3, 2010.) PennDOT says moving freight by rail eases congestion on our highways, saves fuel costs and, with some enhancements to the current lines, the state could improve upon its...
Amid rate hikes, CSX spends millions on lobbyists to fight tougher regulation
(The following story by Matt Dixon appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on May 1, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville-based rail carrier CSX Transportation has poured millions into lobbying against a bill that would end railroad industry antitrust...
CSX says New York is backing away from an earlier agreement to limit the speed of passenger trains
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on May 2, 2010.) ALBANY, N.Y. — CSX Transportation, citing safety concerns, has told the state Department of Transportation that passenger trains traveling faster than 90 mph would have...
DM&E maintenance of way workers choose BMWED
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on April 29, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of the 277 maintenance of way workers employed by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E) voted this week to become members of the Brotherhood...
Opinion: Why America still needs Amtrak
(The following column by Curtis Tate appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on April 30, 2010.) CHICAGO — U.S. travelers have grown accustomed to long airport security lines, delayed and crowded flights, and congested roadways. It should come as little surprise to...
Berkshire managers check out BNSF passenger train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on April 30, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett and his top Berkshire Hathaway managers got a special glimpse of the company's latest and biggest acquisition before the annual meeting. Buffett and the...
Buffett emphasizes BNSF purchase at meeting start
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on May 1, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett declared his support for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein Saturday, and said he has no plans to sell his company's stake...
Railroad shares down at the close of April 30 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 30, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were down at the close of trading: CSX fell $1.23 or 2.1 percent, to $56.05. Canadian National fell $2.37 or 3.8 percent, to $59.79. Canadian Pacific...
Metrolink to unveil commuter train cars with crash-absorbing impact zones
(The following story by Rich Connell appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 2, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Trying to shed a record of deadly accidents, Southern California's Metrolink system will take a leap forward on safety this week when it unveils the nation's...
Norfolk Southern prepares for ‘biggest engineering undertaking’ in last 100 years
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 2, 2010.) NEAR KERMIT, W.Va. — Floodlights glared deep in a century-old tunnel under an Appalachian hillside. An excavator poked at the arched ceiling like a pterodactyl. Chunks of...
NY subway train stopped safely by ‘dead-man’ control
(The following story by Andy Newman appeared on the New York Times website on April 28, 2010.) NEW YORK — They call it the dead-man feature. In the spartan, phone-booth-size motorman’s cab in a subway train, there is a metal arm a few inches long called the...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, April 30 — 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....
California high-speed rail plan troubled, official warns
(The following story by Patrick McGreevy appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 30, 2010.) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — California may not be able to complete a high-speed rail system, set to begin construction in 2012, because of poor planning and a lack of...
U.S. should avoid rail standards that limit Japan
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by John Hughes and Angela Greiling Keane on April 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. should avoid adopting standards for high-speed rail safety that would bar Japanese companies from competing for American projects,...
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