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Recently, Kansas City Southern Railroad engineer and Operation Lifesaver (OL) volunteer, Steve Ezell of Leesville, La. was recognized by Louisiana OL with a Level C award for making 57 presentations this year, reaching a total of 2,387 people with the Operation Lifesaver message.

General Motors Corp. is near a deal to sell its locomotive unit to two private U.S. equity firms, ending more than two years of negotiations, but any agreement is contingent upon a new union contract, sources familiar with the nrgotiations said on Tuesday.

A Calera, Alabama, man has filed a lawsuit against the City of Calera and CSX Transportation claiming that their negligence has resulted in extensive flood damage to his house, yard and automobile.

Anticipating the busiest travel week of the year, Amtrak is planning ahead for Thanksgiving and encouraging customers to do the same.

The holidays have been launched on Union Pacific Railroad as the traditional movement of Christmas trees by rail from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California is high- balling.

A union official says contract talks between the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad Corporation and its employees may be in line for binding arbitration.

A Norfolk Southern Railway train headed south pulling 62 cars loaded with automobiles derailed just south of Elko, Georgia, early Monday.

A railroad improvement project that could boost ridership of Amtrak

The president of Union Pacific was in San Antonio, Texas, last Friday to apologize for the recent train derailments in South Texas and promised to improve safety and repair the rail company's tarnished image.

CN and Union Pacific Railroad announced today that they have reached a routing protocol agreement to streamline their exchange of rail traffic at major gateways.

November 2, 2004 was a historic day on the Montana Rail Link with the signing of an agreement with Electro-Motive Division of General Motors for the purchase of 16 new SD70Ace locomotives.

Planning, design and construction management firm Gannett Fleming has been tapped to study the pros-pects of passenger rail on the Florida East Coast Railway tracks.

VIA Rail is standing by its purchase of 139 used rail cars from Britain and says they represent good value for the taxpayer and meet Canadian standards.

The funding Congress is giving Amtrak, $1.2 billion instead of the requested $1.8 billion, is speeding the railroad toward disaster, its officials say.

A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed, sending two engines and six cars off the tracks, in front of the Clayton County Water Authority along Georgia Highway 54 in Morrow around 13:00 EDT Sunday.

Amtrak service from Carbondale to Chicago has resumed after a freight train derailment Saturday 40 miles north of Champaign crippled the Canadian National Central Illinois railway for more than 15 hours.

Union Pacific Railroad has replaced its superintendent for transportation services in San Antonio, the site of recent deadly derailments.

More than 3,000 former Canadian members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE) at Canadian National Railway (CN) have voted to be represented by the United Steelworkers in a mail-in ballot counted Friday at the offices of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) in Winnipeg.

A proposal that would have produced more jobs rebuilding locomotives at Norfolk Southern's Roanoke, Virginia East End shops has fallen apart.

Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to town on Friday, November 26, on board one of five special SEPTA Santa Express trains as they make their annual trip to Philadelphia's Center City shopping district.

Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers' IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks.

Railinc announced the signing of a multi-year commitment and a successful implementation of its NextPath Value Added Network (VAN) messaging services with the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has come up with a $110 million plan that would increase various automotive fees paid by state motorists to raise funds for public transit.

Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Fame member Tracey Brown and Canadian country music award winners, the Ennis Sisters have been confirmed to join The Moffatts as headliners for the 2004 CPR Holiday Train's cross-country journey in support of food banks in Canada.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), Hillwood and the M.T. Cole Trust today announced plans to expand Logistics Park-AllianceTexas(R) by adding 327 acres of direct rail access for customers that load rail cars at their facilities.

According to a representative from CSX Transportation, the cause of a Wednesday train derailment near Milford, Indiana, is still under investigation.

More needs to be done to ensure cargo being brought into the United States on railroads is secure, a top Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official said at a maritime and port security summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) announced it has enhanced its Web site to allow customers access to the information they need from a single personalized Web page.

Commuter trains buzzing from Rockford and Belvidere to Elgin and Chicago would attract 222,000 passengers a year, a $200,000 federally funded study says.

A treacherous curve is gone and now, frequent downtown derailments should become part of Vicksburg, Mississippi