Rail Industry News
CN announces plans for new $100 million logistics park in Calgary
(CN issued the following on February 4, 2010.) CALGARY — CN today announced it plans to establish a new $100-million CN Calgary Logistics Park (http://www.cn.ca/calgarypark) in Conrich, located in Rocky View County north east of Calgary. The 680-acre park is planned...
NTSB provides update on June 2009 fatal collision of two D.C. Metro trains
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on February 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today released additional information about the Board's scheduled public hearing as part of its ongoing investigation into...
STB rate decision disturbs railroad, shippers
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board’s decision to order freight rate repayments by Union Pacific Railroad to U.S. Magnesium over some chlorine hauls...
Engineer: “I could see the passenger looking at me with her mouth open in shock”
(The following story by Stu Ducklow appeared on The Hants Journal website on February 5, 2010.) NEW MINAS, Nova Scotia — If you ever get inside the cab of a locomotive, take a look the heater panel in front of the engineer’s seat. It sits just where the brake pedal...
Amtrak plans $11 billion of train equipment purchases
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on February 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, said it needs $11 billion in new rail equipment during the next 14 years and is examining ways to fund...
AAR: Year-over-Year 2008 weekly comparison still shows decline
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on February 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads today reported that freight traffic continues to show some improvement compared with 2009, though down sharply compared with the...
Federal income tax and Railroad Retirement benefits
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on February 3, 2010.) The following questions and answers describe the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement beneficiaries...
Dirty ’ol beauty: 1930 steam engine arrives for trips at Florida railroad museum
(The following story by Sara Kennedy appeared on the Bradenton Herald website on February 4, 2010.) BRADENTON, Fla. — John Gramling avoids white clothes when he’s working on the rare, 1930 steam engine called the Flagg Coal Co. No. 75. “It’s a dirty machine,” laughed...
New Lenox: CN ready to talk one-on-one
(The following story by Susan DeMar Lafferty appeared on the Herald News website on February 4, 2010.) NEW LENOX, Ill. — Mayor Tim Baldermann is "confident" that he soon will be talking to Canadian National Railway officials before the village's battle against the...
Rail lobby presents case to Kansas state senate
(The following story by Foss Farrar appeared on the Arkansas City Traveler website on February 3, 2010.) TOPEKA, Kan. — Passenger rail proponents today presented a compelling case for bringing Amtrak back into Kansas, a member of the state Senate transportation...
Central Oregon & Pacific trial to be heard in Roseburg
(The following story by John Sowell appeared on The News-Review website on February 4, 2010.) ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas County Circuit Judge Randy Garrison ruled Tuesday that Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad's civil suit against the state of Oregon will be heard in...
Norfolk Southern yet to lay track at proposed Memphis-area intermodal site
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on February 3, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern Corp. hasn’t laid down any of the track that will connect its main line to the proposed $112 million intermodal terminal in Rossville, but the...
Railroad Retirement Board to mark 75th anniversary in 2010
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on February 3, 2010.) CHICAGO — During 2010, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will observe the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935. Part of President Franklin...
No injuries as Pa. school bus gets clipped by CSX train
(The following appeared on the Daily American website on February 3, 2010.) SOMERSET, Pa. — A Somerset County Head Start bus was involved in an accident with a CSX train on Pleasant Avenue in Somerset at 1:21 p.m. Wednesday. No one was injured when the school bus,...
Wabtec has seen stock price rise for nine straight years
(The following story by Don Hammonds appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on February 4, 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Wabtec Corp., a Wilmerding company that makes products for the railroad and transit industries, has had a pretty good run on the stock market...
Remote conrol maker Cattron-Theimeg Inc. sued for settling suit
(The following story by Joe Pinchot appeared on The Sharon, Pa., Herald website on February 3, 2010.) SHARPSVILLE, Pa. — An insurance company has sued a local company saying Cattron-Theimeg Inc. violated an insurance policy by settling a lawsuit without the carrier’s...
Two railways may be investors’ route to profit
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on February 4, 2010.) TORONTO — When shareholders of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. next Thursday in Fort Worth, Tex., they will be saying farewell to the venerable railway's listing on the...
Railroad shares mixed at the close of February 3 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 3, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.02 or percent, to $99.81. CSX fell $.47 or 1.1 percent, to $44.01. Canadian National...
LaHood: Texas didn’t have its act together on high-speed rail funds
(The following story by Richard S. Dunham appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on February 3, 2010.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blamed Texas officials Wednesday for the state's failure to win federal aid for a high-speed rail system...
DOT pushes stimulus payouts to $8.8 billion
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 3, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation pushed a hefty $524 million out to states in the week ending Jan. 22 to reimburse them for construction project...
BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
