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Six short lines changing ownership
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Six short lines changing ownership Regional and short line railroad operator Patriot Rail reached an agreement in principle with paper manufacturer and forest products supplier Weyerhaeuser to buy six small rail lines the shipper has in Washington state and the South, the Journal of Commerce re...
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Train derails near site of infamous crash of 1887
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Train derails near site of infamous crash of 1887 (The following story by Erich Murphy appeared on the Pontiac Daily Leader website on August 10, 2010.) CHATSWORTH, Ill. A freight train derailed at the southeastern Livingston County community of Chatsworth Tuesday. No official details were prov...
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NTSB criticizes Metro board over fatal crash in 2009
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NTSB criticizes Metro board over fatal crash in 2009 (The following story by Derek Kravitz appeared on the Washington Post website on August 10, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Federal safety officials reviewing the fatal June 2009 Red Line crash criticized Metro's board of directors Monday, while its c...
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Historical train crash marker dedicated
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Historical train crash marker dedicatedThe new historical marker along a recreational trail in southwest Lincoln, Neb., marks where 11 people died in an 1894 train wreck, the Journal Star reports. But Joel Williamsen, the writer who dedicated the marker Monday, said he hopes it will honor one cra...
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Mexican outfit ta buy new power
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Ferromex to acquire 44 new locomotives Friday, July 30, 2010 Grupo Mexico announced Thursday that Ferromex, the largest railroad company in Mexico, expects to invest $134 million for the year, mainly on infrastructure renewal, Octavio Ornelas, a director of the companys transportation arm...
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BNSF, UP officials optimistic about getting federal funds for Fort Worth's Tower 55
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BNSF, UP officials optimistic about getting federal funds for Fort Worth's Tower 55 (The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on August 4, 2010.) FORT WORTH, Texas Work on railroad crossings and rail lines near downtown Fort Worth could begin as soon a...
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Feds approve expansion of Wyo. coal mine
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Feds approve expansion of Wyo. coal mineROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bridger Coal mine in southwestern Wyoming is expanding its operations to approximately another 2,000 acres, the Associated Press reports. The expansion was approved last week by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The expansion in...
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Port Authority of NY-NJ to pay $15 million for 10 more PATH rail cars
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Port Authority of NY-NJ to pay $15 million for 10 more PATH rail cars (The following story by Steve Strunsky appeared on The Star-Ledger website on August 5, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. Despite declines in ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to approve the purchase of 10 more PATH ra...
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Light-rail train and pickup collide in S. Seattle
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Railroad tunnel connecting N.J., N.Y. will increase property values, study says
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Railroad tunnel connecting N.J., N.Y. will increase property values, study says (The following story by Steve Strunsky appeared on The Star-Ledger website on July 30, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. The planned trans-Hudson commuter rail tunnel will boost home values by thousands of dollars and help hold d...
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Ex DM&E chief may gain arbitration
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Ex DM&E chief may gain arbitrationSIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to keep Kevin Schieffer from arbitrating a severance package with his former employer, the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, reports the Associated Press. U.S. District Judge Rob...
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Amtrak extends Boardman's CEO contract through 2013
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Amtrak extends Boardman's CEO contract through 2013 (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 2, 2010.) Late last week, Amtraks board voted to extend the contract of President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman through 2013. Boardman was first appointe...
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Pasco? Why not? Nothin' else happenin' there!
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BNSF proposes wind energy 'hub' in Pasco, WA August 2nd, 2010 Monday, August 02, 2010 BNSF wants to create a wind energy hub in the Big Pasco Industrial Center, the Tri City Herald reports. The railroad company, which operates one of North America's largest rail networks, with about 32,000 route mil...
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Genesee & Wyoming 2Q net more than doubles
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Genesee & Wyoming 2Q net more than doubles (Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on August 3, 2010.) GREENWICH, Conn. Genesee & Wyoming Inc.'s (GWR) second-quarter profit more than doubled following prior-year charges, as higher shipments gave revenue a lift. Results beat Wal...
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Prototype rail cars to be tested in Chicago
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Prototype rail cars to be tested in ChicagoCHICAGO -- The Chicago Transit Authority says it's ready to begin testing rail car prototypes on the city's Blue Line, according to the Associated Press. Ten prototype rail cars will make their first Blue Line appearance on Monday. The CTA says the goal is t...
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Editorial: Derail NOPBR gravy train
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Editorial: Derail NOPBR gravy train(The following editorial, "New Orleans Public Belt Railroad is quite the gravy train for agency officials," appeared July 30, 2010, in the Times-Picayune. Investigators with the state legislative auditor's office have been spending lots of time...
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NTSB faults D.C. rail-transit management
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NTSB faults D.C. rail-transit managementWASHINGTON - Chronic track circuit failures and a negligent attitude toward safety made a catastrophic accident such as last year's fatal Red Line crash inevitable, the National Transportation Safety Board determined in its final report on the inciden...
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New chief NTSB rail accident investigator
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New chief NTSB rail accident investigator WASHINGTON The National Transportation Board has appointed New Jersey Transit and Conrail veteran Stephen J. Klejst as director of the Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigation; and James H. Ritter as deputy director for the...
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RailAmerica loses $4.2M in 2Q
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RailAmerica loses $4.2M in 2QRailAmerica, a major operator of short line railroads across the United States, said it lost $4.2 million in the second quarter after charges totaling $8.5 million for early debt retirement and the cost of ending some interest rate swaps, the Journal of Commerce repor...
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Rail Scaresters Face Prison in Illinois
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Rail Scaresters Face Prison in Illinois SPRINGFIELD, Ill. UTU supported legislation imposing fines or imprisonment for vandals who frighten train crews has been signed into law here and becomes effective Jan. 1. The new law dramatically raises possible penalties for so-called pranksters who i...
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NTSB report on D.C. metro crash may impact transit systems nationwide
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NTSB report on D.C. metro crash may impact transit systems nationwide (The following story by Ann Scott Tyson appeared on the Washington Post website on July 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The announcement by the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday on the likely cause of the June 2009 Met...
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Man spits blood on LIRR worker
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Man spits blood on LIRR workerA 28-year-old Hampton Bays man was arrested Friday night after he spit blood on a Long Island Rail Road employee on the East End, Southampton Town Police told the Long Island Press. Fernando Good, who was highly intoxicated, had several arguments with passengers on an e...
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SEPTA seeks to become rider friendly
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SEPTA seeks to become rider friendlySEPTA regular Laura Herbine of Lansdale noticed the change on all the electronic boards at Suburban Station Sunday. They named the Regional Rail lines by destination only, without the usual "R" and number, such as R3 or R4, the Philadelphia Inquirer...
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Senate committee ups Amtrak appropriation, cuts high-speed rail funding
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Senate committee ups Amtrak appropriation, cuts high-speed rail funding (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 23, 2010.) Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a transportation bill that would provide Amtrak $1.96 billion, $666 million sh...
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GATX profit rises 69 percent despite rail slide
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GATX profit rises 69 percent despite rail slide (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on July 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Rail equipment leasing giant GATX depended partly on a pickup in its shipping operations to post a 69 percent profit jump to $21.5 milli...
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