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New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson

Three empty cars of a CSX freight train derailed last night in Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel, but other cars - some carrying hazardous materials - were not endangered, a railroad spokeswoman said.

Milford, Massachusetts's move to purchase the CSX-owned rail bed running from the Sherborn line to Hopping Brook Road -- stalled for several months because of leadership changes at the rail company -- will be put "on the fast track," CSX officials said yesterday.

Workers with Ontario's provincially owned north-south railway have ratified five three-year collective agreements, Ontario Northland Transportation Commission said Wednesday.

Canada's transportation watchdog is largely pointing the finger at Canadian National Railway Co. for a fatal derailment, in a report that the company wants delayed because it could affect a court case involving the same accident.

On Wednesday, February 23, Canadian National Railway train M30711-22 derailed near Sainte-Perp

The Bush administration's effort to force passenger rail restructuring by driving Amtrak into bankruptcy probably would force the railroad to sell off its stations and trains to repay billions of dollars in debt, leaving the system in tatters, rail specialists said last week.

Canadian Pacific Railway has applied to the province of British Columbia to purchase about 1 acre of land west of Kamloops for a possible siding extension.

A plan to connect the rail systems between Memphis, Tennesse, and Bristol, Virginia, could affect Oliver Springs, TN.

Officials say there aren't enough commuter trains between Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts -- and passengers complain they're being packed like sardines on to the trains that do run.

Standing in front of Amtrak's Piedmont passenger train, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta used Charlotte's rail station as a backdrop Tuesday to lobby for the administration's plan to turn over development of the nation's passenger rail system to the states.

The state of Idaho sought an emergency court order Tuesday to shut down a train refueling station that sits atop the source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in two states - and has leaked twice since last fall, but a judge adjourned court before learning of the last-minute filing.

In March, 12 ex-Metra F40C locomotives will be delivered to several Kansas City Southern locations as part of a nine-month lease from Helm.

According to a report published in the Journal de Montreal, the owners of the former General Motors Boisbriand auto plant have inked a tentative deal with Canadian National Railway to buy its historic parcel of land in Point St. Charles, Montreal.

Amtrak was approved recently by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to continue operating Caltran's commuter train service on the Peninsula for the next three years, according to Amtrak.

The Bush administration plans to introduce legislation to restructure the nation's passenger rail system, while Amtrak supporters in Congress fight to maintain funding in next fiscal year's budget.

OmniTRAX has leased CSX Transportation's Alabama Mineral Subdivision, based in Gadsden, Alabama.

Nearly a decade after Gloucester County, New Jersey, officials rejected building a train line to transport commuters into the fast-growing county, the idea is back.

Two years after the President's Day snowstorm caused the roof collapse of the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the starting place of american railroading is back, better than ever.

A five-car freight train derailed about 13 miles north of Salisbury, North Carolina, on Sunday, rendering train tracks leading to Charlotte impassable and forcing train passengers onto buses for much of the day.

BNSF has opened a new 16,000 square foot telecommunications facility in Kansas City, Kans., that consolidates work previously done at 20 radio repair shops.

Better get on board if you're planning a trip to Frostburg on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) and the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 103 (CAW Local 103) announced that they have reached a tentative labor agreement.

The Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad has won CSX's Second Annual Short Line and Regional Railroad Marketing Award for the most carload growth in 2004 among its interline partners. CSS traffic with CSX increased by nearly 11,000 carloads, or almost 60 percent, when compared with 2003. A new contract between CSS, CSX and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCo) to handle unit-trains of coal to NIPSCo's Bailly Generating Station near Burns Harbor, Ind., and shipments of steel slabs from several International Steel Group (ISG) plants to ISG's Burns Harbor steel mill, accounted for most of the winning margin. CSX is SouthShore's largest interchange partner together handling nearly 30,000 carloads in 2004, representing 50 percent of SouthShore's 2004 carload total.

A freight train headed to Thunder Bay derailed early yesterday in eastern Ontario, leaving a mess but causing no injuries.

Starting June 1, passengers on the Alaska Railroad can choose to travel in first-class luxury in two new, custom-designed railcars.

BNSF Railway has ended its contract with Thermo RETEC for remediation services following settlement of a case by the state of North Dakota against the railroad for diesel fuel contamination of Mandan property.

Virginia Railway Express service to Gainesville, Virginia, is still a long way off but the idea got a boost last week when Loudoun Del. Joe May (R-33), announced that he is seeking $5 million to study the rail extension.

For an unprecedented third time, SWS has received a contractor of the year award from CSX Transportation.

The new CEO of Florida East Coast Industries Inc. will get a $500,000 bonus spread over two years, a base salary of $630,000 and 25,500 shares of company stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Adolfo Henriques is scheduled to succeed outgoing CEO Robert Anesits on or about March 28. Henriques is currently regional CEO of Regions Bank (South).