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Updates from AAR
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AAR Reports August 2010 Rail Traffic Continues Mixed Progress3 Sep 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: AAR Communications, 202-639-2100 Holly Arthur harthur@aar.org AAR Reports August 2010 Rail Traffic Continues Mixed Progress August 2010 Average Weekly Carloads Hig...
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Are we there yet?
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A seasonal peak, or a bump? Growth rate still a question Friday, September 10, 2010 The important trend, Union Pacific Chief Financial Officer Bob Kight told a Credit Suisse conference in New York Wednesday, is being in a position to discuss volume growth. The rate of growth remains a question....
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Another Rockefeller has his say so concerning rail!
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U.S. senator says time to reform freight rail WASHINGTON | Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:50pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freight railroads use market power to overcharge certain shippers and policy must change to ensure fair pricing, a U.S. Senate committee chairman said on Wednesday. Freight railroads are...
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Ex-BC Rail director admits fault
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Ex-BC Rail director admits faultA former board member of BC Rail admitted under cross-examination in a political corruption trial Tuesday that he made more than $400,000 in fees for sitting on the board -- including more than $30,000 in the six years after the railway was sold and had no trains to run...
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Confidential close call reporting on Amtrak
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Confidential close call reporting on AmtrakThe UTU's fourth Federal Railroad Administration sponsored risk-reduction pilot project, known as "Confidential Close Call Reporting System" (C3RS), has been formalized in a memorandum of understanding among the UTU, Amtrak and the Br...
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Two years after Chatsworth crash, Metrolink tries to look forward
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Two years after Chatsworth crash, Metrolink tries to look forwardhttp://www.scpr.org/news/2010/09/10/chatsworth-2yr.)
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Ex-Barstow RR credit union CEO arrested
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Ex-Barstow RR credit union CEO arrestedBARSTOW, Calif. -- The former chief executive officer of the Barstow Railway Employee Credit Union was arrested Tuesday (Sept. 7) morning on fraud charges relating to her work, the Desert Dispatch reported. Gina Samorajski, 52, of Helendale, is charged wi...
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STB: A bunch of happy train geeks
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STB: A bunch of happy train geeksWASHINGTON -- On the top three floors of an office building wedged between the railroad tracks and the Southwest Freeway in Washington, a tight-knit staff of lawyers, economists and analysts churns out reviews and decisions in one of the most obscure corners of the f...
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China to build $2bn railway for Iran
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Alameda Corridor hit hard by recession
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Alameda Corridor hit hard by recessionLOS ANGELES -- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are a cargo powerhouse, handling about 40 percent of the country's imported goods and making possible hundreds of thousands of well-paying freight-related jobs, according to The Los Angeles Times. Such a...
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Short line news...
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...although we've never heard of these outfits, unless Gulf & Ohio is the successor of the leavings of the old Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Gulf & Ohio buys Lancaster & Chester Thursday, September 02, 2010 Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc., is set to acquire the Lancaster & Chester Railwa...
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2 UTU members die in separate accidents
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Two UTU Members Die Two UTU members have died in separate on-duty rail accidents over the Labor Day period in Mobile, Ala., and near the southern New Jersey town of Paulsboro, a suburb of Philadelphia. These two on-duty fatalities bring rail-employee on-duty fatalities for 2010 to 13, which is thr...
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Mobile, AL Switchman Killed
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http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/accident-kills-one-at-mcduffie-terminal-Accident kills one at McDuffie TerminalUpdated: Monday, 06 Sep 2010, 5:56 PM CDTPublished : Monday, 06 Sep 2010, 5:56 PM CDTRenee DialsPhotojournalist: Vania KuyMOBILE, Alabama (...
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Metra director Pagano throws himself in front train, sources say
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Metra director Pagano throws himself in front train, sources say (The following report by Michael Sneed appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 7, 2010.) CHICAGO Embattled Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano, under investigation by his own agency for financial issues, threw himself in f...
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Amtrak hired private lawyers for executives
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Amtrak hired private lawyers for executives (The following story by Jim McElhatton appeared on The Washington Times website on September 2, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Top Amtrak officials declined to participate in an internal investigation until they were provided private lawyers on the govern...
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NS orders new power from CAT/Progress Rail
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NS orders four more Cat-powered locomotives Wednesday, September 01, 2010 Norfolk Southern on Wednesday announced the order of four additional EPA Tier 2 compliant, high-horsepower locomotives, designated the PR43C and powered by new generation Caterpillar engines. The new locomotives w...
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Amtrak guilty of unlawful retaliation
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Amtrak guilty of unlawful retaliationSEATTLE - An Amtrak coach cleaner has been awarded substantial damages for retaliation by her employer for reporting an on-the-job ankle sprain, Occupational Health & Safety, a trade-press Web site reported. The U.S. Department of Labor ordered Amtr...
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Production problems delay delivery of SEPTA's new Silverliner railcars
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Production problems delay delivery of SEPTA's new Silverliner railcars (The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 31, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA Already eight months behind schedule, SEPTA's new Silverliner V railcars will be delayed further by pr...
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Western U.S. railroads tout efficiency, future developments
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Western U.S. railroads tout efficiency, future developments (The following story by Mike Hall appeared on the Topeka Capital-Journal website on August 30, 2010.) TOPEKA, Kan. The Union Pacific Railroad is spending more than $11.5 million improving its track between Topeka and Herington, part...
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NS "Heartland Corridor" news
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NS starts testing on Heartland Corridor Friday, August 27, 2010 Norfolk Southern Friday began running test trains on its upgraded Heartland Corridor between Chicago and Norfolk, Va. NS says the upgraded route has been reduced 250 miles, while improvements such as clearances for doublestack int...
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2 accused of lying to agents about derailment
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2 accused of lying to agents about derailmentBUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two residents of the Seneca Nation's Cattaraugus Territory are charged with lying to FBI agents and state police investigating the attempted derailment of a passenger train carrying 354 people. The Buffalo News reported. And they als...
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Profits rolling in on major railroads
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Profits rolling in on major railroadsRecovering from the worst business downturn in nearly 80 years, U.S. Class I railroads earned an average rate of return on net investment of 9.60 percent in the 12 months ended June 30, compared with a year-ago ROI of 9.47 percent, reports Railway Age magazine...
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Metra conductors bar riders who ignore gates, lights
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Metra conductors bar riders who ignore gates, lights (The following appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on August 30, 2010.) CHICAGO As a Union Pacific conductor on Metra commuter trains, Gordon F. Bowe has seen too many people rushing around closed safety gates to get to their trains. He has...
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Western BIGS report more cash. For investors!
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BNSF, UP post double-digit ROI Thursday, August 26, 2010 Recovering from the worst business downturn in nearly 80 years, U.S. Class I railroads earned an average rate of return on net investment of 9.60% in the 12 months ended June 30, 2010, compared with a year-ago ROI of 9.47%.The nation's two la...
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UP patents its own design 'tri-level' auto rack car
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Union Pacific patents new multi-level car Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Union Pacific has unveiled its new AutoFlex convertible multi-level car for transporting vehicles. UP said it holds 15 patents related to the design and process in developing the car, designed by UPs engineering group and bu...
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