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Canadian National Railway Co. has reached a tentative labor agreement with the union representing 2,600 conductors, traffic coordinators and yard service employees in Canada.

Amtrak "is dying and everyone knows it," U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said during a news conference at Chicago's Union Station Monday.

With more than 2,000 positions to fill this year, and many more openings expected over the next five years, CSX Transportation (CSXT) is dedicating its new state-of-the-art training center in Atlanta at 11 a.m. Feb. 18 to prepare future railroaders for exciting careers.

A group of anonymous Maine companies is pushing for legislation to help improve the quality, availability and dependability of rail freight service to their factories and mills.

About 200 residents of San Marcos, Texas, were evacuated after seven cars of a train carrying at least residual amounts of hazardous materials derailed late Friday night, officials said. No injuries were reported. Homes within a 1,000-foot area of the 22:30 CST derailment were evacuated, Stephanie Garcia, assistant to the city manager, said early this morning.

Mayors from Scott, Campbell and Anderson, Tennessee, counties plan to seek approval from their county commissions to form a railroad authority as a way to keep a 41-mile stretch of railroad open that they consider vital to local coal mining.

Authorities this week were considering charges against four Rochester boys ages 12 to 14 for breaking a switch on the tracks of the Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad last week.

It's been almost 15 months since a massive fire and cave-in closed the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad's Tunnel 13 at the Siskiyou summit.

Opponents of Vermont Rail System's Rutland railyard redevelopment are taking to the airwaves to try to derail the plan in Rutland Town on Town Meeting Day. Four town residents, including a town lister and two former selectmen, taped an hour-long segment for public access television urging voters to say "no" to even discussing the plan in the future.

A rail tunnel in Bellows Falls, Vermont, too small for today's double-stacked train cars is being blamed for blocking the path to modernizing Vermont's rail network.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported January 2005 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

NJ Transit is researching whether it can link its Atlantic City rail line with the rest of the state, and also offer an upscale rail line between Atlantic City and New York City that would be a boon for casino customers.

The new operator of the state-owned Georgetown Loop Railroad has lost its lease to run a tourist train in Belfast, Maine, after the company missed consecutive monthly rent payments to the city.

Florida East Coast Industries Inc. announced that Mr. Adolfo Henriques has been appointed Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer succeeding Mr. Robert W. Anestis effective on or about March 28, 2005. Mr. Anestis will remain in his current capacity until then to ensure a seamless transition.

Rather than keep up with the Joneses, Lenoir City, Tennessee, strives to be the Joneses of the Loudon County economic scene, with another possible 300 acres of business and residential development in the offing.

In the wake of the City of Belfast, Maine, canceling its lease with the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad, the foundation holding the railroad's mortgage has taken steps to foreclose on the historic line.

BNSF Railway Company announced that it was selected by the Port of Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to begin discussions on a new intermodal container transfer facility about five miles north of the Port.

Union Pacific Corp. has as much as doubled some rates in Arizona for shipping items such as steel and copper, helping to cut demand for rail cars as the company tries to reduce congestion on its network.

Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004. Robert W. Anestis, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Florida East Coast Industries, stated, "During the fourth quarter our Railway and Realty businesses delivered record results. The Railway quickly rebounded from the third quarter hurricanes, and delivered strong fourth quarter revenues and operating profit. Loadings of aggregate and intermodal units were particularly strong in the quarter. Flagler's record performance was driven by strong leasing efforts, which resulted in improved occupancy. During the quarter Flagler started construction on an additional office building in SouthPark, located in Orlando, and signed a long-term lease for 81% of a build-to-suit 150,000 square-foot-warehouse at Flagler Center, located in Jacksonville. Lastly, Flagler closed on the sale of 460 acres in Doral, Florida for $80 million and is in active pursuit of replacement properties in addition to the recent $41 million purchase of a 241,000 square- foot office building in Miami to continue to strategically add to Flagler's asset base."

NJ Transit said Wednesday that spending $5 billion on a new Hudson River rail tunnel would create thousands of new jobs, millions in tax revenue, and $1 billion in personal income after the first 10 years.

A proposal to add a fifth Downeaster train from Boston to Maine has prompted a debate on the New Hampshire Seacoast about the future of public transportation in a state where less than 1 percent of the population uses buses or trains to commute. Supporters of the train service and its increasing ridership are urging New Hampshire to earmark $1.2 million in federal transportation funds for upgrades before putting another train on the already busy tracks. The money would pay for improvements that would allow freight and passenger trains using the tracks to pass each other safely. The Downeaster is New Hampshire's only commuter rail service, with stops at Dover, Durham, and Exeter.

Railway Age magazine has named Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Co. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) as 2005 Short Line Railroad of the Year, and Red River Valley & Western Railroad Co. at Wahpeton, North Dakota, as 2005 Regional Railroad of the Year.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police have charged the driver of a logging truck following a crash that derailed VIA Rail's 'Canadian' passenger train west of Edmonton last month.

Railroad officials said they don't think the derailment of a BNSF Railway train between Henriette and Grasston, Minnesota, is linked to two derailments last week near St. Cloud.

A CSX Transportation train derailed at Thomasville, Georgia's railroad yard causing some cars to overturn on Tuesday.

Amtrak would be a thing of the past under President Bush's proposal to dismantle the national rail system.

A federal court has overturned a $6.6 million judgment against BNSF Railway for the death of a Hardin, Montana, man at a rail crossing in 1999.

Rail operator CSX Transportation is asking a government regulatory agency to pre-empt legislation that would ban the shipment of hazardous materials within about two miles of the Capitol, warning that it "unreasonably burdens interstate commerce."

Alaska Railroad engineers have discovered an unusually large slab of ice buried under a frigid black spruce forest not far from Chugiak High School.

About 30 miles of Great Northwest Railroad trackage connecting Orofino, Idaho with a former plywood mill site near Pierce likely will be scrapped soon.