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Fresno rail consolidation plan halted
(The following story by Russell Clemings appeared on The Fresno Bee website on January 25, 2010.) FRESNO, Calif. — A new report on moving the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks out of central Fresno to relieve traffic congestion says it would cost at least $803...
Sulfuric acid tanker among derailed UP cars near Houston
(The following story by Cindy Horswell appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on January 25, 2010.) HOUSTON — Union Pacific brought in heavy equipment late Monday to remove eight cars that had derailed in Baytown, including one filled with sulfuric acid and another...
Public hearings scheduled this week on Va. rail study
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on January 26, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Public hearings on a state study of high-speed rail to Hampton Roads will be held this week in Richmond, Newport News and Norfolk. The hearings are...
Could lawsuit jeopardize stimulus money for proposed KC-area rail hub?
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on the Kansas City Star website on January 26, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The lawsuit probably couldn’t have come at a worse time for BNSF Railway. The federal government is getting close to announcing whether BNSF will get...
New CN chief shakes up leadership team
(Canwest News Service circulated the following on January 25, 2010.) TORONTO – The new chief executive of Canadian National Railway Co., Claude Mongeau, said Monday he has shuffled his leadership team following the retirement of Hunter Harrison as CEO in December, and...
KCS announces revised conference call time for fourth quarter earnings release
(Kansas City Southern issued the following on January 25, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern is revising the time for its fourth quarter 2009 conference call to 8:45 a.m. eastern on Thursday January 28, 2010 from the previously announced time on the same...
Wisconsin & Southern calls on feds, state to provide funds for ‘shovel-ready’ projects
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 25, 2010.) The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) is promoting a plan to federal and state lawmakers that calls for soliciting about $90 million in government funds for “shovel-ready”...
Mexico railroad rights dispute is close to solution
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Thomas Black on January 25, 2010.) MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s two largest railroads will have to resolve a dispute over using each other’s tracks within a month or the government will step in and impose a settlement, said...
President Obama nominates candidates for Amtrak’s board, NTSB and NLRB
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 25, 2010.) On Jan. 20, President Obama announced his nomination of Jeffrey Moreland as an Amtrak board member for a five-year term. In 2007, Moreland retired from BNSF Railway Co. as executive...
In Indiana, hard times still ride rails
(The following story by Marty Schladen appeared on The Journal Gazette website on January 26, 2010.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Officially, the recession likely is over, but the trains that haul the freight that chugs through the economy still aren’t burning up the tracks....
Railroad shares mixed at the close of January 25 trading
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 25, 2010.) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: Burlington Northern rose $.18 or .2 percent, to $99.29. CSX rose $.83 or 1.9 percent, to $44.95. Canadian...
Railroads, utilities clash over dust from coal trains
(The following story by Josh Voorhees of Greenwire appeared on the New York Times website on January 25, 2010.) NEW YORK — An effort by railroad companies to control dust blowing from coal trains has drawn the wrath of electric-power generators and the attention of...
Railroads cut U.S. jobs to new low in December
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Class I railroad workforce shrank again in December, the Surface Transportation Board said, bringing the number of jobs at the largest...
Railroad Retirement Board customer service plan update
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board circulated the following on January 8, 2010.) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the...
Union Pacific gets on track after Neb. derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 22, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Neb. — A Union Pacific spokesman says two rail lines damaged by a train derailment in Columbus are set to reopen. UP spokesman Mark Davis says about 240 feet of damaged track have been...
Amtrak train partially derails near Fairfax, Va.
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 24, 2010.) FAIRFAX, Va. — An Amtrak spokeswoman says a train heading to Florida derailed just outside Washington, causing several minor injuries and delaying the train for about four hours. Amtrak spokeswoman...
Metra train halted as Wilmette cops inspect suspicious package
(The following appeared at ChicagoBreakingNews.com on January 23, 2010.) CHICAGO — An inbound Metra Union Pacific North Line train was delayed about an hour north of Wilmette as police there investigated a suspicious package on a curb at the station, officials said....
Norfolk Southern sees light at the end of the tunnel
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on January 24, 2010.) COOPERS, W.Va. — When the workers laboring to raise the roof of the old Cooper Tunnel on the Norfolk Southern mainline in Mercer County see daylight, it’s about...
Opinion: The seeds of job growth: The Heartland Corridor
(The following column by U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) appeared on the Williamson Daily News website on January 23, 2010. He represents West Virginia’s 3rd District.) WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Norfolk Southern rail line that traverses southern West Virginia will soon see...
Don’t judge rail report by its partisan cover
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on January 24, 2010.) TAMPA, Fla. — When it comes to attention-grabbing covers, the title "Great Rail Disasters" with an illustration of a train wreck is tough to beat for creating a sense of...
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