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SEPTA will begin Phase I of an extensive track and signal improvement project on the railroad corridor between Wayne Junction and Glenside Stations, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that will impact weekend travel on several SEPTA regional rail routes beginning Friday, April 15.

Montana's dominant railroad said Tuesday that it will sue the state if the Legislature adopts a tax bill aimed at forcing Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway to reduce it grain-shipping rates in Montana.

Claude Mongeau, Canadian National Railway Co.'s chief financial officer and executive vice-president, has been named Canada's CFO of the Year for 2005.

Nineteen cars of a freight train derailed Thursday, sparking a huge fire and forcing the evacuation of 30 nearby homes because of fears that the flames could cause a pressurized tanker car to explode, officials said.

Amtrak canceled service Friday on its Acela Express because of brake problems with the high-speed trains that carry passengers between Washington, New York and Boston.

A series of mishaps in less than 70 minutes disrupted the evening commuting of tens of thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders yesterday.

The MBTA will spend $40 million during the next several months to rebuild dilapidated stations and bridges along the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line in Boston, Massachusetts, a long-suffering service that is scarcely used by city residents. "We still rely on buses," said Lee Matsueda of the Four Corners Action Coalition. "We've made a lot of noise over the years and we need to continue to apply that pressure . . . to make sure new stations are constructed." T officials will join city and state leaders today to break ground on renovations to the Uphams Corner Station - the first of several projects that will also rebuild the Morton Street Station and several bridges along the line. The 9-mile Fairmount Line runs between South Station and Readville and is the only rail service for parts of Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury. Still, most residents in those neighborhoods don't use the line because stations are dilapidated and too far apart. Matsueda and other community activists are pushing the T and Gov. Mitt Romney to release more than $43 million appropriated by the Legislature to build four additional stations on the line. Those stations - at Newmarket, Four Corners, Talbot Avenue and Blue Hill Avenue - are included in the T's long-term plans, but have not received financial backing. "The improvements along the Fairmount Line are getting a warm reception from the Romney administration," T General Manager Michael Mulhern said yesterday. "I'm very optimistic some state bond funds will become available."

CSX Transportation has leased its railroad track from Yulee to Fernandina Beach, Florida, including the lines that serve Rayonier and Smurfit-Stone mills and the Port of Fernandina.

Dozens of Prince George County, Virginia, residents stormed out of the administration boardroom late Tuesday night after officials rezoned 219 acres for the construction of a controversial intermodal hub.

Two cars of Amtrak's Empire Builder train No. 7 derailed while crossing over from one track to another in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but the cars remained upright and no one was injured.

A Union Pacific Railroad crew member was transported to the hospital after a crash Wednesday between two trains in eastern Iowa, Union Pacific railroad officials said.

Officials for Baltimore and CSX Corp. report that they have put in place the safety recommendations sought by federal transportation officials after their investigation of the 2001 train derailment and fire in a Baltimore tunnel.

A New York City lawyer is suing the board of directors for Union Pacific Corporation.

U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to run America's rail safety agency suggested Tuesday that the White House's proposal to end federal funding for Amtrak would not go forward if the company changed its operations.

Canadian National Railway has signed a tentative labor agreement with the union representing 400 locomotive engineers on CN's former Illinois Central lines in the United States.

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) honored 50 shippers with BNSF's Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2004. Three companies, BP Amoco Chemical Company, Eka Chemicals Inc. and Olin Chlor Alkali, have won the award every year since the awards were first given in 1997.

The new operator of Colorado's Georgetown Loop railroad failed to obtain an obscure state permit before importing its antique steam engine last month.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month ended March 31, 2005.

CN Rail announced that its customers can now obtain instantaneous carload prices 24 hours a day, seven days a week from the railway's website, www.cn.ca.

A 38-year-old Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed Monday in Riverdale, Utah, after police believe he was run over by a train car.

A bomb was discovered under railroad tracks about one mile east of Fairfield on Friday afternoon.

California's Santa Cruz county is one step closer to owning a rail line, as transportation commissioners Thursday approved the financial plan to buy it and agreed to apply for almost $11 million in state funds.

Vermont Rail System subsidiary Green Mountain Railroad is proposing running a commuter rail service between Burlington and its southern suburbs for the next six months.

Shippers on the Guilford Rail System are expressing frustration with the shortline's service and have organized to press for changes, including urging Maine legislators to increase scrutiny of rail operations in that state, reports Argus Rail Business newsletter.

NJ Transit's pursuit of a groundbreaking rail safety project has dragged for more than eight years as experts try to fix flaws in the complex $150 million system that is supposed to prevent trains from running stop signals.

Her hand on the throttle of a 4,000-horsepower, 200-ton diesel locomotive, Union Pacific Railroad engineer Bonnie Leake had reason to be concerned while she was driving the train back from Blue Diamond a few years ago.

CSX Transportation refused a federal judge's request Thursday to enter into settlement talks with the District of Columbia in a dispute over whether the city can ban hazardous shipments near potential terrorist targets in the nation's capital.

Warning signs will stay on rail cars carrying hazardous materials, despite fears of terrorism.

CSX Transportation announced the lease of a 32-mile segment of its track from Yulee to Fernandina, Fla., and from Yulee north to Seals, Ga., to First Coast Railroad (FCRD), a subsidiary of Rail Link, Inc.

A Norfolk Southern Railway employee was killed early Wednesday morning after being struck by a train at the company's Jeff Davis Avenue, Selma, North Carolina, railway yard.