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A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Washington County near Tennille, Ga., spilling about 85 tons of wood chips but causing no injuries, according to an incident report filed today with the National Response Center.The accident occurred about 10 p.m. Friday and involved the derailment of five train cars, of which one tipped over completely and spilled its load of wood chips onto the railroad’s

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... This can't possibly be a good thing. I contacted somebody in Oswego to let them know what I found. I assumed since they were the closest town that they would be the best ones to contact. When I checked back with them a few days later I was told that the information was passed on to Illinois Railway. I figured it was just a matter of time before someone was out there to fix it.Two and a half

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ALAMOSA — Railroaders learning to operate locomotives used the San Luis Valley tracks for training grounds this week.San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad provided four Permian Basin Railways conductors Engineer Ground School, an inaugural program inspired by last year’s SLRG successful Conductor Ground School.“It is a good place to train new conductors and new engineers,” said SLRG General Manager Matt

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Very simply, the Pittsylvania County Parks and Recreation Department wants people to have some fun.To that end, the department sponsors trips that include a wide variety of activities, enjoyment and destinations.The first outing offered by the department, which is less than a year old, was a November bus trip from various stops on U.S. 29 to the Lynchburg train station where the participants

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La Junta, Colo. — ... Two senators from North Dakota recently put together a grant and other support for rail travel in the amount of $97 million. “If North Dakota can do it, Colorado can do it!” he said.Burlington Northern-Santa Fe has been unwilling to repair rails between Newton and La Junta and between Trinidad and La Junta to support Amtrak passenger trains, since their freights require only

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Annual ridership on Amtrak's Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha line cracked the 800,000 mark for the first time last year, the state Department of Transportation reported Friday.The Hiawatha provided a record 823,163 rides in 2011, up 4% from 792,848 in 2010, the department said. Continued

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BNSF railway has just completed construction of a new car shop and inspection tracks in Minot.The railway says the expansion is to meet the growing freight volume in North Dakota. ... BNSF expects to expand their North Dakota workforce as well. Continued

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Gov. Jerry Brown is on a mission to prevent the United States from becoming a Third World country, and he says the solution is a high-speed railroad in California."We're not going to be a Third World country if I have anything to do with it," Brown said in a Friday morning interview on KCBS-AM in San Francisco. Fourteen countries already have high-speed rail, but the United States does not.

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Railroads have undoubtedly shaped the course of American history -- but have you ever thought about their effect on the Civil War? The War Came By Train at the B&O Railroad Museum (901 West Pratt St., Baltimore, Md.) explores the first war in which railroads played a prominent role, starting with the Baltimore riot of 1861 and ending with Lincoln's funeral train. Continued

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Windsor’s train station doesn’t have passenger rail service yet, but it’s already dictating how the town will grow over the next 20 to 25 years. In a half-mile radius around the station, urban planners have come up with a vision to enhance the area “as the civic and cultural heart of the downtown.”The station is considered integral to a transit-oriented future in which people live and work within

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BELLINGHAM - With a musical kickoff from bandZandt singing "No Coal Trains," local activists launched their "Coal-Free Bellingham" campaign for a citizen initiative to outlaw coal trains through a city ordinance.Stoney Bird, a retired corporate attorney who is one of the key organizers, said it may be a week or two before signature-gatherers hit the streets. The language for the ballot title

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PITTSBURG, Kan. - A plan under way to relocate and restore a Pittsburg landmark has drawn the ire of some residents, about 20 of whom turned out to protest at the City Commission meeting Tuesday night.But those who are working to save Kansas City Southern Railroad Steam Engine 1023 by moving it from Schlanger Park to the historic Carona Depot say the plan’s wheels already have been set into

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EVERETT, Wash. - A BNSF Railway spokesman says waves crashing over the seawall at four spots between Everett and Mukilteo, Wash., have washed rocks away from one of two sets of mainline tracks in the area.Spokesman Gus Melonas says the main rail line closest to Puget Sound in that area has been closed for repair. Continued

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Are 10-car trains the wave of the future on Metro?Never mind that the system is only designed to accommodate service for eight-cars trains, the transit authority has disclosed two recent incidents involving 10-car trains.Continued

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Freight trains are running along the track that saw a derailment Monday near Hoover Forest Preserve, but Poplar Drive might not be fully open until Friday, Yorkville officials said.A handful of Illinois Railnet cars carrying sand were derailed Monday evening, and the clean-up contractors left a pile of gravel on Poplar Drive that limited traffic on the road, which is the only access to homes

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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS - As construction starts Friday on SunRail, officials concede that the success of the $1.2 billion commuter train likely will be tied as much to buses as to laying new tracks or future depots.The reason is simple: The station that will serve this town of more than 43,000 residents is — like others on what eventually will be a 61-mile system — not that close to where many will

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TOPEKA - The state transportation department says questions about funding have derailed plans to expand passenger rail service in Kansas.... The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/xGplrN) that KDOT was studying extending the route Amtrak's Heartland Flyer, which runs between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. Proposals included adding a stop in Newton or extending the route to Kansas City,

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EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) Workers with Union Pacific are cleaning up after 80 barrels of oil spilled in south Arkansas when a contractor for the railroad accidentally ruptured an oil line.A Union Pacific Corp. spokeswoman tells the El Dorado News-Times (http://is.gd/t3RXFF ) that the contractor was loading rock and ballast Wednesday morning when the rear tire of a heavy piece of machinery sunk into

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ST. LOUIS - A railroad employee fell to his death from the MacArthur Bridge Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.Carter Perry, 57, who worked for the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, was working on the railroad bridge at South Sixth and Gratiot streets when he stepped onto an unsecured metal walkway about 12:50 p.m., according to St. Louis police. Continued

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RADFORD, Va. (AP) State environmental officials say a mountain of railroad ties has been cleared from a 7-acre site in Radford.The state Department of Environmental Quality said Thursday the removal of nearly 2 million rail ties ends a years-long effort to clear the former industrial site of a potential environmental threat. Continued

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IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — Members of the multi-agency Red Line Task Force met to discuss plans for a 25-mile commuter line, which could be in jeopardy, according to some decision makers."This rail project isn't in trouble. It's dead, at this point," said Iredell County Commissioner Ken Robertson.Robertson, along with four other members of the Iredell County Board of Commissioners, rejected the

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Amtrak has announced its plans for the next phase of improvements at the Lancaster Train Station.Work on the Capstone project will begin as soon as the current phase is complete in a few weeks, Amtrak announced. The Capstone project will restore passenger areas into "an accessible, comfortable and convenient station that is of historic significance," according to a news release. Continued

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Waiting for railroads to make a comeback along the Housatonic line?Well, you can fill in the empty hours while you wait for endless bureaucracy to endorse passenger service from New York City to the Berkshires by collecting railroad memorabilia—tangible reminders of the primacy of railroad travel in the not-too-distant past.Mitchell Borenstein, own­er of Applewood Auc­tions in New Milford, will

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This weekend the Gate City will celebrate the 156th anniversary of the North Carolina Railroad's completion in Greensboro.You can learn about the history of the railroad and the role it played in Greensboro at the Greensboro Historical Museum.January 29, 1856 is the day the two parts of the railroad, from Charlotte and Goldsboro, were connected between Greensboro and Jamestown. Continued

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The Port of West Sacramento's new mile of railroad track could bring more goods and jobs to Sacramento, with fewer emissions from trucking goods long distances.Continued

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The Department of Homeland Security is disputing a government memo obtained by Nextgov.com that said a targeted attack on the computer network of a railway company in the Northwest disrupted train service in early December."Following more in-depth analysis, it appears that the potential cyber incident did not in fact target a transportation entity," a senior DHS official told CNET today. "DHS

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MASON CITY - New railroad cars lining the Iowa Traction Railroad in Mason City and Clear Lake represent an economic boost for North Iowa, railroad owner Dave Johnson said.Since Jan. 1 he has stored about 100 empty tank cars along the Iowa Traction line from Mason City Cold Storage, 633 15th St. S.E., west to the IOOF Home, 1037 19th St. S.W.The cars will eventually haul petroleum products —

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After releasing its worst on-time performance record in five years, Metra is striving to increase the punctuality of its trains, a Metra representative told The Daily on Wednesday.Metra calculated that trains arrived on schedule 93.4 percent of the time in 2011, according to a report released in early January. From 2007 to 2010, the commuter rail system announced on-time performance records more

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(BUSINESS WIRE) Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (NASDAQ: “PWX”) announced that, at its regular quarterly meeting on January 25, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a dividend of $.04 per share on the outstanding Common Stock of the Company, payable on February 24, 2012 to common shareholders of record on February 10, 2012. Continued

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SALEM, Ore.- Two legislators want to bring control of federal railroad lands back into the hands of the state with a new bill proposed for February’s session.State Senators Fred Girod, R-Lyons, and Jason Atkinson, R-Central Point, have proposed a bill requesting that the federal government give “full management authority” of the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands to the state

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A proposed plant in Batesville [Arkansas] is causing concern for some residents.The Batesville City Council last night approved a motion* to give the American Silica company permission to build a railroad across the north end of the North Complex Ball Park for its nearby frac sand* plant. Continued

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President Obama made no mention of high-speed rail in his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, providing a sharp departure from previous years' speeches in which when he vocally championed a nationwide network of railways.Likely coloring the omission was the fact that Republicans largely put the brakes on Obama's rail initiatives in 2011.The GOP-led House voted last year to eliminate

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At least two railroad cars carrying a type of granulated asphalt overturned in the Terminal Island area on the Long Beach-Los Angeles border today, but there were no injuries.The derailment was reported at 4:02 p.m. at E. Sepulveda Blvd. near Willow Street, said Matt Spence of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Continued

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YORKVILLE - For the second time in the past year-and-a-half, train cars have derailed on the Illinois Railway tracks on the west side of Yorkville. No one was injured.Trucks, bulldozers and other heavy equipment were in operation for much of Tuesday at the scene of the derailment just west of Poplar Drive in the River’s Edge Subdivision. Continued

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Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC), the second- biggest railroad in the eastern U.S., posted a 19 percent gain in fourth-quarter profits after carloads increased.Net income of $480 million, or $1.42 a share, compared with $402 million, or $1.09, a year earlier, the Norfolk, Virginia- based company said today in a statement. That included an $11 million benefit from state tax law changes. Continued

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If Illini Terminal Railroad locomotives look familiar, it is because a Wood River railroad man modeled them after the green and yellow engines made famous by the Illinois Terminal. The Illinois Terminal originated in Alton in the early 1900s with a steam railroad that offered high-speed suburban service for St. Louis and Alton. The founder and general manager of Illini Terminal, Terry Respondek

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Project Managers will answer questions at the Alaska Railroad (ARRC) open house to discuss the proposed capital project plans for 2012.The open house will be held at the Alaska Railroad Depot, 1745 Johansen Expressway in Fairbanks on the 31st of January at 4PM-6:30Pm. There are several Interior area projects that will be on display at the annual event. Continued

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They're gone now - relics lost to time and technology.Railroad stations that stood at intervals on the Southern Pacific railroad throughout the North County were once the centers of their communities.Painted in SPs dark yellow with brown trim, they stood at places like Concepcion, where SP tracks swing from east-west to north below lonely, tree-capped Point Conception, at the Sudden Ranch (now

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On July 4, 1872, after huge government land grants, the Wisconsin Central Railway connected Stevens Point and Marshfield, finally bringing rail service to Wood County.But it was not until November of that year that the Green Bay & Lake Pepin line steamed in at 20 miles per hour connecting Green Bay and Grand Rapids.In June 1873, the Wisconsin Valley Railroad (later the Milwaukee Road) built a

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Metro-North Railroad carried 82 million passengers last year, passing Long Island Rail Road in annual ridership for the first time ever.Long Island Rail Road posted 81 million rides in 2011, a decline from 81.4 million the year before, according to the railroads’ numbers.Metro-North’s ridership was the second-highest in its 29-year history, despite the pounding both railroads took from harsh

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Ramsey County will soon have a renovated depot with virtually no trains, while Hennepin County has hundreds of trains with no depot. It makes you wonder who the heck is planning our rail transit system.The answer is that rail transit planning in the Twin Cities metro area is being driven by the counties, each of which would like a rail line or two. Never mind whether they pass muster from a

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Hackers, possibly from abroad, executed an attack on a Northwest rail company's computers that disrupted railway signals for two days in December, according to a government memo recapping outreach with the transportation sector during the emergency.On Dec. 1, train service on the unnamed railroad "was slowed for a short while" and rail schedules were delayed about 15 minutes after the

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According to The Frontiersman, the Alaska Railroad rail extension to Point MacKenzie under construction may end up costing $300 million. At an open house last week, Alaska Railroad estimated it needs $180 more from the state to finish the project.In December, bidders offered estimates to build the first five miles of the extension, with Bristol Construction the low bidder at $17 million. Continued

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... I will always remember Moore as the man who tried to undercut Allen by giving all his customers a free jug of whiskey if they used his mill.James Allen and his brother, Dr. Thomas Allen, moved to Ray County from Farmville, Va. in the 1830s and settled northeast of present-day Henrietta. In 1849, James built his three-story brick, stream-operated flour mill in the community they called

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Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.With modest expansion, railroads can handle all new oil produced in western Canada through 2030, according to an analysis of the Keystone proposal by the U.S. State Department. “

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Union Pacific Railroad, the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) and Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) recently formed the CO/UP Wheat Work Group.Including representatives from CWAC, CAWG, UP’s grain team and the Colorado grain industry, as well as Colorado transportation consultants, the group will work collaboratively to reach a common understanding, address accountability

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CSX) - CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) today announced fourth quarter 2011 earnings of $0.43 per share, versus $0.38 per share in the same period last year. This represents a 13 percent year-over-year improvement in earnings per share and a fourth quarter record. The results were driven by revenues of nearly $3.0 billion, operating income of $841 million and an operating ratio of

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HAVERHILL, MA - You can forget about taking the train to Boston to watch a Celtics or Bruins game during the weekend, if the most recent proposal by the MBTA is approved.City leaders are angry at the MBTA's plan to eliminate weekend service and make other changes because of the commuter agency's financial problems.Those leaders said the changes would hurt Haverhill's efforts to draw tourists by

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URBANA - The University of Illinois will be the site of a rail transportation and engineering research center, thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.The grant, given to a consortium of seven universities, will support the National University Rail Center, which will focus on education and research to improve railroad safety, efficiency and reliability.Specific

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Exactly 100 years after Henry Flagler was greeted by a Key West parade celebrating his first Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad train’s journey from mainland Florida to the island city, a similar parade was held Sunday to commemorate the centennial of the railroad’s debut.The parade through Key West’s Old Town was a highlight of the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad Centennial Celebration that continues

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Union Pacific's plan to spend $1 billion on Nebraska rail projects in the next several years could help spark other investments from businesses, Gov. Dave Heineman said Friday.The Omaha-based railroad will distribute the money on projects across the state, ranging from $70 million for track expansions and technology upgrades at North Platte's Bailey Yard to $206 million for a new bridge, crew

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The Kaua‘i Plantation Railway — a modern replica of the typical narrow-gauge railroads of Hawai‘i’s sugar cane era — has only been in business for five years, but the pictures of it in last Sunday’s photo quiz, as well as the mention of railways on the other islands, stirred many memories in Hawai’i Insider readers. Continued

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Two brothers are on their way to recovery and the Sixth Street railroad bridge has been reopened after an Aiken (SC) man drove his pickup onto it and crashed into a trestle beam Friday morning. ... Susan Terpay, a spokeswoman for Norfolk Southern, said the bridge was reopened about 4 a.m. Saturday and was running normally after it had been shut down because Anderson’s damaged a trestle beam about

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If there's ever going to be regular commuter rail service between the Matanuska Valley and Anchorage, trains are going to have to cover the distance in less time.Key to that is making tight curves straighter, but the expense of doing that is huge, Alaska Railroad officials tell the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. Continued

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WAUKEGAN - No one was hurt when a Metra equipment train derailed Friday morning, but the incident crippled morning commuter service on the Union Pacific North Line.The derailment happened in Metra’s Waukegan rail yard, causing two front wheels of the train’s locomotive to come off the tracks, Metra spokesman Tom Miller said. No passengers were aboard and no crew members were hurt. Continued

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GALESBURG - After seeing the BNSF rail yard firsthand Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk vowed to fight against any new federal regulations that could stymie the rail company's growth, even including future expansion at the Galesburg yard site.Kirk, a first-term Republican senator, met with BNSF officials, as well as community representatives, at the BNSF classification yard for an hour as company

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Fallen trees and debris have temporarily shut down passenger rail service between Portland and Seattle, BNSF Railway announced.BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said officials decided to suspend Amtrak routes at 10 a.m. to protect passenger safety. But freight lines along the same corridor — and across the state — remain open, he said.There wasn't a specific timetable set for the closure early Thursday

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St. Louis (KSDK) - On Saturday, January 21 and Sunday, January 22, Metro will not run MetroLink trains between the Wellston and North Hanley stations due to construction beginning near the UMSL South station.Passengers will be transported between stations by shuttles and should allow for an extra 20 to 25 minutes for their commute those days. Continued

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Straphangers won't see normal weekend service on the No. 7 train again until the spring as maintenance work will suspend trains between Manhattan and Queens for the next 11 weekends.The MTA said the weekend shutdowns, beginning Saturday morning, are necessary for the agency to replace signals along the track to improve reliability and safety and reduce future maintenance. Long-term work on the

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As a child growing up in the Western San Gabriel Valley, Wendell Mortimer loved to watch the Pacific Electric passenger trains headed one way and the Southern Pacific, half a block away, headed in the other carrying its daily freight load.That was more than a half century ago. Today most Alhambrans know of the city’s railroads only by the earthshaking rumbling of the anonymous trains thundering

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It was the case of the missing marsupial.After it emerged that a stowaway opossum had been spotted aboard a late-night subway train last week in Brooklyn, forcing the evacuation of fellow riders and a delay on the D line lasting nearly 30 minutes, one key question remained unanswered:What happened to the opossum? Continued

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HUNTINGTON, WV - A train derailment late Tuesday caused damage to tracks at the CSX rail yard, but no injuries or spills were reported.CSX representative Bob Sullivan said the incident occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at the CSX yard behind the Cabell-Huntington Health Department on 7th Avenue. It involved the derailment of 12 train cars carrying coal. The train was working in the

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Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S. railroads surged 7.4 percent year-over-year in the week ending Jan. 14 and skyrocketed 18.2 percent from the week prior, suggesting American companies see strong demand this year.Carload traffic rose 5.5 percent year-over-year and 8.2 percent from the prior week, a sign manufacturers have a similar confidence degree of confidence, according to the

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NORFOLK, VA. - Norfolk Southern has loaded the largest volume cargo in the history of its Pier 6 coal transloading facility at Lamberts Point in Norfolk.Early yesterday morning, Norfolk Southern finished loading 159,941.45 net tons (145,097.931 metric tons) of metallurgical coal into the M/V Cape Dover, destined for China. That quantity can be used to make about 207,000 tons of steel - enough to

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Double-stacked Norfolk Southern Corp. trains have begun moving between Columbus and Cincinnati, Columbus Business First reported.Much of the Heartland Corridor work focused on making way for stacked container trains between Columbus and Norfolk, Va. ... With work completed on the $6.1 million capacity-increasing project, double-stacked trains began rolling Sunday night from Cincinnati to Columbus

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(Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp (UNP.N), the No. 1 U.S. publicly held railroad, reported above-forecast quarterly results driven by higher volume and pricing, and forecast record profit in 2012 on slow but steady economic growth.The company's shares, up 45 percent from October's low, ran up to a split-adjusted lifetime high on Thursday.Core pricing rose 5 percent as automotive, chemical, energy

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MARGARETTA TOWNSHIP — Crews are cleaning up a train derailment on Barrett Road in Margaretta Township that occurred yesterday afternoon, according to Margaretta Township Fire Department Lt. Tom Johnson.The train was coming from Conway, Pa., and going to Elkhart, Ind., when it derailed, according to Dave Pidgeon, of Norfolk Southern.The cause of the derailment is still under investigation, however

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At 1:38 a.m. on a cold, still night, 31 train cars derailed west of Minot and right next to the Teirrecita Vallejo neighborhood. Eight of those cars split open and what spilled out was a familiar, but toxic chemical, anhydrous ammonia. A resident of Teirrecia Vallejo, John Grabinger tried to get out of his home, but the thick fog of toxic gas became too much and he died. 1300 more residents would

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... The vehicle is a ballast regulator, which works with the large gravel that lines the tracks. Anderson said it carries about 75 gallons of diesel fuel when full and 90 gallons of hydraulic fluid, both fed the blaze.The tracks were shut down for about an hour. Continued

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Madison County is considering whether to throw its support behind a regional group trying to halt the abandonment of the railroad line between Canton and Grenada.In September of last year, Grenada Railway LLC sought permission from the National Surface Transportation Board to abandon the 83-miles of track and sell it for scrap. However, the company withdrew the proposal in November before a

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South Shore riders should be able to connect to free Wi-Fi on trains in 2012, with the commuter railroad now wiring cars in preparation for installing the necessary hardware.South Shore operator Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District has contracted with Blueweb Mobile Media PLC to supply the Wi-Fi hardware, according to NICTD Planning and Marketing Director John Parsons. The company

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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday afternoon that new Amtrak passenger train service from Norfolk will launch about 10 months earlier than previous projections.In the statement, McDonnell said the service that will connect with Petersburg and take riders as far north as Boston is set to begin by Dec. 31. The deal was first announced in December, 2010 and the service was scheduled to start in

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It was called the “First All-American Tush Tally,” an informal test to measure the behinds of two dozen New Yorkers to see if they could fit into the prescribed space in new subway cars made by Kawasaki.The seats were about 17 inches wide; the rears ranged between 13 and 23 inches wide. The organizer of the tush tally was Carol Greitzer, then on the City Council. The year was 1984. Continued

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Truckload and logistics giant Schneider National Inc. said Tuesday it has signed a multiyear agreement with Eastern railroad CSX Transportation to expand their intermodal transportation partnership in the heavily congested Eastern region of the United States.The agreement "sets the stage for sustained, long-term service within the Eastern United States as Schneider's intermodal freight volumes

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CIRCLEVILLE - A deteriorated rail is believed to be the culprit of a train accident Monday that overturned three Norfolk-Southern railroad cars and knocked two more off the tracks.According to reports from the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office, the train was on the spur track leading from Cargill to the main Norfolk-Southern track when the incident occurred just south of Williams Drive about 400

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BERGEN — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., travelled to Genesee County Tuesday afternoon to implore the CSX freight railroad to sign a needed agreement so that work can begin on a high-speed rail line that would pass through this village.The federal government has pledged $58 million to build an 11-mile-long track between Riga in Monroe County and Byron in Genesee County to serve Amtrak

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The National Park Service is seeking volunteers for the the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR).Training will be provided.ContinuedAlso: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad gets $3.2 million to upgrade trains, facilities

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The Durango City Council has given the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad a three-year extension on rights to downtown property to keep a proposed hotel project alive, The Durango Herald reports.Operators of the narrow-gauge railroad want to build a 20-room hotel and conference center, but haven’t been able to because of the economy. Continued

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COATESVILLE, PA - The city Redevelopment Authority is going to begin negotiations with Amtrak to obtain the current city train station.Authority Chairman Joseph "Zeke" Disciullo said the railroad company will likely not sell the current station on Fleetwood Avenue until the new station is completed. The new station is proposed for just up the street from the current station. Continued

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It was a few minutes before 4:30 a.m. when the call came in: a suspicious passenger was aboard a Manhattan-bound subway train. Other riders were alarmed. The suspect was said to be making furtive movements. And there was something else: this suspect had a tail. Continued

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GIBSON CITY, Ill. - A train carrying ethanol has derailed in central Illinois, slipping off railroad tracks near Gibson City in Ford County. Gibson City fire chief Bruce Kallal says three tanker cars derailed on Thursday afternoon but no ethanol spilled or leaked. ... Norfolk Southern Railroad officials are investigating the incident. Continued

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GLADSTONE, Va. (WTVR) A tiny town is protesting a giant stink.The residents of Gladstone said that when they step outside to get some fresh air, they get smacked in the face with the stench of sewage.The little town, with a population around 24, is settled at the base of Buck Mountain, about two hours southwest of Richmond. Continued

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Part of a Wisconsin Central Ltd. train derailed on Wausau's east side tonight and struck a building in which a janitor was working.Three Wisconsin Central Ltd. train cars came off the tracks at approximately 6:15 p.m. about a quarter-mile south of Townline Road.Police and railroad officials are still investigating how the derailment happened, but the train struck a train yard office building used

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MIDLAND COUNTY, TX - On Thursday morning, Midland County businesses at County Roads 1285 and 127 were getting work done just like every other day.Until just after 9 a.m., when five rail cars found themselves off the rails and on the road."They were loaded at the chemical facility. Union Pacific was taking those cars out to the main railroad line. In the process, these cars came off the tracks and

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BNSF Railway has announced their participation in New Mexico’s Statehood Centennial commemoration.BNSF’s Platinum Level Sponsorship will include a contribution to the Centennial Children’s Legacy Fund, in addition to special rides in their vintage business cars for American Indian Tribes and Pueblos in July and August of 2012, and the BNSF Holiday Express for military veterans in December.

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The MTA giveth and the MTA taketh away. After giving weeknight subway closures a whirl on the 4, 5, 6, the Authority this weekend is getting ready to shut down 7 train service between Queens and Manhattan for 11 weekends in a row. On the plus side: someday folks in New Jersey might have to deal with this crap, too. Continued

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An independent filmmaker who was pulled from the train tracks early Sunday morning has declined several requests to thank the man who helped save his life, the New York Post is reporting, even as the good Samaritan remains in critical condition due to his heroics."I have nothing to say," Jonathan Parisen, 40, a former Stapleton resident living in East Orange, N.J., told the

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Both Central Appalachian and Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb thermal coal contracts sold off for a second consecutive session on Wednesday, with prices down by a considerable margin over the two-day period.CAPP and PRB 8,800 coal prices followed the broader energy complex lower. The NYMEX natural gas futures contract settled 5.7% lower at $2.774/MMBtu Wednesday, the lowest level for a front month

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The chief executive of the state’s high-speed rail agency resigned Thursday amid growing criticism of the $98.5-billion bullet train project and declining public support for the proposal.Roelof van Ark, 59, announced his departure in a major shakeup that included the replacement of attorney Thomas Umberg, a former state legislator, as chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority Board of

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For 60 years, passengers on the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad have been robbed on each trip the train has made.And yet, year after year, guests keep returning to the Knott’s Berry Farm attraction.It could be that having robbers on an 1880s-vintage train just seems appropriate. Continued

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A power outage this morning did not stop Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority members from receiving a key presentation on the Colebrookdale Railroad's Secret Valley tourist line. Nathaniel Guest gave the presentation to the board in a darkened meeting room at PDIDA's Hanover Street headquarters.Guest outlined steps the railroad would need to take to become a viable economic engine

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A blast from the past hit the Alaska Railroad Corp. this month with the return of one of its original steam locomotives. There will be no museum or warehouse destination for it either. Engine No. 557 is ready to be renovated and put into service as a tourism vehicle. Continued

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Amtrak will build the first of 70 planned electric locomotives and 130 long-distance cars this year to update its fleet, Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman said.The U.S. national passenger railroad plans to extend electronic ticketing to all trains this year and improve service in the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston, Boardman told reporters on a conference call today.... The

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BART has given its board members and riders a glimpse into the future.BART staff members unveiled the initial designs for its new fleet of train cars at a board meeting on Wednesday.The engineering firm hired by BART came up the proposed new train design after receiving input from BART and transit riders.The 10 key features are: Continued

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(NS) Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 73 new industries and the expansion of 27 existing industries along its rail lines in 2011.New plants and expansions announced in 2011 represented an investment of $9.5 billion by Norfolk Southern customers and are expected to create 6,800 jobs in the railroad's territory, in future years potentially generating more than 152,000

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Railroad and intermodal volumes continued to move in the right direction in 2011, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).Total carload volume in 2011 at 15,155,992 was up 2.2 percent year-over-year compared to 2010’s 14,820,128 and up 9.7 percent over 2009’s roughly 13.8 million.And intermodal volume at 11,892,431 trailers and containers was up 5.4 percent

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ROCKFORD, IL - The Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum will present a lecture about local railroads at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, at the museum's visitor center.The lecture will be presented by Simon Cordery of Monmouth College. Cordery has a bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University, a master's from University of York and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently the

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(CSX) Both tracks have re-opened in Northwest Indiana between Chicago and Garrett, Indiana, but trains continue to operate slowly through the site of Friday's derailment near Portage, Indiana.Customers with traffic over this line should continue to expect residual delays as CSX works through the congestion and backlogged traffic, and completes train re-routes. Continued

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Kansas City Southern railcars are rumbling over the Rio Grande as record trade between Mexico and the U.S. buffers the railroad from a slowing global economy.Escalating shipping and labor costs in world manufacturing centers such as Asia have encouraged Nissan, DuPont and other companies to shift capital spending to Mexico. Many of the goods will head to the U.S., the destination for about 80

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Here’s a unique Back-To-The-Future idea about improving Rockland commuters’ weekday trip to NYC without building a new Tappan Zee Bridge. The Pedestrian Observations blog says electrifying several of the old rail lines that cross Rockland, Orange and Bergen counties can achieve some of the goals of building a new bridge while costing billions less than constructing TZB II. Continued

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