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Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet (NKCR) will acquire two rail lines consisting of nearly 89 miles of track from The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) in Southwestern Nebraska.

Canadian Pacific Railway has begun taking delivery of thirty-four leased General Electric Transportation Systems AC4400CW locomotives.

The borough of Portage, Pennsylvania, has filed misdemeanor charges against Norfolk Southern Corp. over rocks, some as large as softballs, falling from a railroad overpass.

Kansas City Southern announced that executive vice president and chief operating officer Gerald K. Davies will retire from the Company at the end of 2004.

Several fire departments and law enforcement agencies in Gaithersburg, Maryland were engaged in a terrorism drill Sunday morning - a scenario that organizers say could be very real.

A wheel set of a tank car on a Guilford Rail System freight train derailed in Shirley, Massachusetts, late Saturday afternoon.

Federal inspectors were troubled by what they had been seeing in recent years at Union Pacific.

Amtrak announced this week that a new Pacific Surfliner train will be welcomed in a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 at the Santa Barbara train station, 209 State St.

CN, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) today announced an agreement that will significantly improve freight service between Eastern Canada and the Eastern United States.

The North Pole Limited train ride will be held Dec. 5 and 12. Departure is at 13:30 EDT from the Depew, New York, Amtrak station for a bus ride to Niagara Falls and ride back with Santa and friends on the Amtrak train.

Union Pacific is doing its part to ensure the nation's peak holiday shipping season meets with Santa's expectations.

A train derailment, on the Canadian National line through downtown Jackson, Mississippi, was quickly cleaned up Wednesday.

An Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train derailed in Newton, Mass., Thursday injuring one person, officials said.

The convergence of an improving economy, increased international trade, bumper crops and higher fuel prices has led to a record-setting year for U.S. railroads.

Hampton Roads Transit and Norfolk Southern Corp. are negotiating again to find a way for the transit agency to secure a railroad corridor for light rail from Norfolk to Virginia Beach.

"We're running record volumes of freight across the Hi-Line," said Burlington Northern spokesperson Gus Melonas Tuesday.

RailPower Technologies Corp. the leading supplier of hybrid locomotives and Wabtec Corporation, a major worldwide supplier of railroad and transit components, announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ('MOU') between the two companies.

A Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, woman who suffered minor injuries when she was hit by a train while walking along railroad tracks is suing Norfolk Southern.

Approximately 75 railway industry representatives, suppliers, and union officials will meet Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament and other government officials Wednesday and Thursday to outline the role that the nation's freight and passenger railways play in the country's economy.

CSX Transportation officials have said that a "kink" in their track, the result of what was then recent rail line maintenance, caused a 17-car derailment in north Mobile County, Alabama, in August.

The South Carolina Association of Railroads has a new president and will be a holding its first annual meeting Thursday at the Conway Depot.

The completion and official certification of all rights of way for the Overman Pit, which clears the way for the first phase of the construction of the V&T Railway to begin, has been announced.

Wisconsin on Friday took the first step toward purchasing a 37-mile rail line between Saukville and Kiel that is set to be abandoned. According to a news release issued Friday by Gov. Jim Doyle's office, the state Department of Transportation is filing a notice of financial assistance, a precursor to entering into negotiations with the owner to buy the line.

Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004.

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) presented the Government of Canada with a blueprint that preserves and brings stability to Canada's grain handling and transportation system.

A venture undertaken in 1997 not only has proved itself to be well worth the risk, but recently celebrated an expansion.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced Monday that the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Inc. (T&P), it's newly formed subsidiary, has commenced operations under a previously announced 20 year lease agreement with the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company (PPU).

A Havre-based employee of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. was killed Monday morning at Bowdoin, about 15 miles east of Malta, Montana, a BNSF spokesman said.

The Washington Department of Transportation said it has paid $8 million to take ownership of about 300 miles of shortline railroad track in Eastern Washington and plans to spend $22 million on track improvements. Former owner Watco Inc. has owned and operated the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad since 1992, and the company will continue to handle operations under a 15-year, extendable lease with the state.

CSX Transportation (CSXT) and the city of Florence, South Carolina, Fire, Police and EMS will be holding a mock grade crossing collision drill at McQueen and Sanborn streets on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004.