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Port looks for big upgrades to benefit from dredging

(The following story by Aaron Nathans appeared on the News Journal website on March 7, 2010.) PORT OF WILMINGTON — The folks at Dole are looking forward to the day when a deeper shipping channel on the Delaware River might allow them to bring in their fruit in bigger...

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Opinion: CSX deal boosts passenger trains

(The following column by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Worcester Telegram & Gazette website on March 7, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — Make no mistake about it, the most important thing about CSX Corp.’s plans to more than double the size of its freight yard on Franklin...

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Railroad shares up at the close of March 5 trading

(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 5, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $.91 or 1.9 percent, to $48.97. Canadian National rose $1.26 or 2.3 percent, to $56.25. Canadian Pacific rose...

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Bridge to ease rail gridlock, create 1,450 jobs

(The following report by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 6, 2010.) CHICAGO — A $133 million federal stimulus project to build a railroad "flyover" at the Metra, Amtrak and freight tracks in Englewood will untie a knot in the nation's...

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Chance at 100 railroad jobs draws 2,600 people

(The following story by Amy Wilson appeared on the Herald-Leader on March 6, 2010.) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Allen Bryant’s fourth baby was born only six hours before he showed up in a Lexington line to wait for the chance to apply for a temporary railroad construction job...

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Fire reported on tracks at Harpers Ferry, W.Va.

(The following story by Edward Marshall appeared on The Journal website on March 5, 2010.) HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — A MARC service commuter train was rerouted on the Brunswick Line near the train station in Harpers Ferry Thursday night after a fire broke out on a...

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Out with train horns, in with cameras?

(The following story by Joe Ferguson appeared on the Arizona Daily Sun website on March 5, 2010.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Now that the train horns have been silenced, BNSF Railway wants the city of Flagstaff to consider installing cameras at the five at-grade crossings. The...

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